Hellas Verona 2-1 Juventus: Giampaolo Pazzini scores late penalty awarded by VAR to shock Juve

Published on: 08 February 2020

Hellas Verona club captain Giampaolo Pazzini (right) came off the bench to score a nerveless penalty and secure a priceless three points for his side

Giampaolo Pazzini scored a late penalty, awarded by the video assistant referee, to hand Hellas Verona a shock victory over Juventus.

Cristiano Ronaldo netted in his 10th successive league game to open the scoring for the league leaders before Fabio Borini equalised for the hosts.

But Pazzini converted an 86th-minute spot-kick to win it after VAR adjudged Marash Kumbulla's goal-bound header to have hit Leonardo Bonucci's arm.

Victory sees Verona rise to sixth.

Meanwhile, Juve remain top with 54 points but Inter Milan could replace them at the summit of Serie A if they beat AC Milan on Sunday.

The hosts, who won promotion to the Italian top flight via the play-offs last season, impressed in the first half and could have easily gone ahead when Davide Faraoni's powerful drive was tipped over by Wojciech Szczesny.

Kumbulla thought he had given his side an unlikely lead on 23 minutes when his header from Miguel Veloso's deep free-kick beat Szczesny only to be ruled out by VAR.

But the champions did have chances of their own - Ronaldo struck the post after driving infield while Douglas Costa drew a super save from ex-Leeds keeper Marco Silvestri.

And it was away side who broke the deadlock as Ronaldo latched on to Rodrigo Bentancur's through ball, shrugged off the attentions of Amir Rrahmani, and fired home to become the first Juve player to score in 10 consecutive Serie A games.

Ronaldo, who turned 35 on Wednesday, has now scored 20 goals from 20 league games this season, with 15 of those strikes coming in his last 10 outings.

However, it was not to be for Ronaldo and co, as ex-Liverpool and Sunderland striker Borini capitalised on a defensive error by Miralem Pjanic to break into the area and slot home the equaliser.

And with time running out it was another 35-year-old, Pazzini, who had the final say as he rifled past Szczesny from the spot to seal a famous win for his side and put Juve's hopes of defending their title in jeopardy.

    Line-ups Match Stats Live Text

Line-ups

Hellas Verona

    1Silvestri

    13Rrahmani

    21Günter

    24Kumbulla

    5Faraoni

    4Pinto VelosoSubstituted forVerreat 58'minutes

    34S Amrabat

    88LazovicBooked at 39minsSubstituted forDimarcoat 79'minutes

    32PessinaBooked at 41mins

    16Borini

    20ZaccagniSubstituted forPazziniat 69'minutes

Substitutes

    8Eysseric

    9Stepinski

    10Di Carmine

    11Pazzini

    14Verre

    15Bocchetti

    22Berardi

    23Dimarco

    27Dawidowicz

    33Empereur

    96Radunovic

    98Adjapong

Juventus

    1Szczesny

    16Ju Cuadrado

    4de Ligt

    19BonucciBooked at 85mins

    12Lobo SilvaBooked at 20mins

    30BentancurSubstituted forDe Sciglioat 82'minutes

    5Pjanic

    25Rabiot

    11Douglas CostaSubstituted forRamseyat 72'minutes

    21HiguaínSubstituted forDybalaat 59'minutesBooked at 75mins

    7Cristiano Ronaldo

Substitutes

    2De Sciglio

    8Ramsey

    10Dybala

    14Matuidi

    24Rugani

    31Pinsoglio

    35Olivieri

    41Coccolo

    77Buffon

Referee:

Davide Massa

Match Stats

Home TeamHellas VeronaAway TeamJuventus

Possession

Home46%

Away54%

Shots

Home16

Away15

Shots on Target

Home5

Away3

Corners

Home3

Away4

Fouls

Home11

Away18

Live Text

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Match ends, Verona 2, Juventus 1.

Full TimePosted at 90'+6'

Second Half ends, Verona 2, Juventus 1.

Posted at 90'+4'

Paulo Dybala (Juventus) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 90'+4'

Foul by Federico Dimarco (Verona).

Posted at 90'+4'

Attempt saved. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Paulo Dybala with a cross.

Posted at 90'+3'

Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Koray Günter.

Posted at 90'+2'

Foul by Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus).

Posted at 90'+2'

Fabio Borini (Verona) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 90'

Attempt missed. Paulo Dybala (Juventus) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Alex Sandro.

Posted at 88'

Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Marco Faraoni.

Goal!Posted at 86'

Goal! Verona 2, Juventus 1. Giampaolo Pazzini (Verona) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.

BookingPosted at 85'

Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.

Posted at 85'

VAR Decision: Penalty Verona.

Posted at 84'

Penalty conceded by Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus) with a hand ball in the penalty area.

Posted at 84'

Attempt blocked. Marash Kumbulla (Verona) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Federico Dimarco with a cross.

Posted at 83'

Corner, Verona. Conceded by Leonardo Bonucci.

Posted at 83'

Attempt blocked. Fabio Borini (Verona) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Giampaolo Pazzini with a headed pass.

SubstitutionPosted at 82'

Substitution, Juventus. Mattia De Sciglio replaces Rodrigo Bentancur.

SubstitutionPosted at 79'

Substitution, Verona. Federico Dimarco replaces Darko Lazovic.

Posted at 78'

Attempt missed. Paulo Dybala (Juventus) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Aaron Ramsey.

Posted at 78'

Attempt blocked. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Paulo Dybala.

Goal!Posted at 76'

Goal! Verona 1, Juventus 1. Fabio Borini (Verona) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom right corner.

BookingPosted at 75'

Paulo Dybala (Juventus) is shown the yellow card.

Posted at 75'

Foul by Paulo Dybala (Juventus).

Posted at 75'

Fabio Borini (Verona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

SubstitutionPosted at 72'

Substitution, Juventus. Aaron Ramsey replaces Douglas Costa because of an injury.

Posted at 71'

Attempt saved. Giampaolo Pazzini (Verona) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sofyan Amrabat with a cross.

Posted at 71'

Foul by Juan Cuadrado (Juventus).

Posted at 71'

Fabio Borini (Verona) wins a free kick on the left wing.

SubstitutionPosted at 69'

Substitution, Verona. Giampaolo Pazzini replaces Mattia Zaccagni.

Posted at 69'

Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Koray Günter.

Posted at 69'

Attempt blocked. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Adrien Rabiot.

Posted at 67'

Foul by Alex Sandro (Juventus).

Posted at 67'

Fabio Borini (Verona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Goal!Posted at 65'

Goal! Verona 0, Juventus 1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rodrigo Bentancur following a fast break.

Posted at 64'

Attempt blocked. Sofyan Amrabat (Verona) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marco Faraoni.

Posted at 64'

Attempt blocked. Juan Cuadrado (Juventus) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Posted at 62'

Paulo Dybala (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 62'

Foul by Koray Günter (Verona).

Posted at 61'

Attempt saved. Fabio Borini (Verona) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mattia Zaccagni.

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Source: bbc.com

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