Sanchez creates a yard of space for himself down the left-hand side of the field and lofts a dangerous cross into the centre of the box. With Inter players arriving at the back post, Silvestri is brave in coming off of his line to punch the delivery to safety.
90'
There will be six added minutes at the end of this match.
88'
C. Eriksen enters the game and replaces Borja Valero.
Having found themselves on level terms once again, Conte rolls the dice in bringing on Eriksen. Valero is the player to come off.
86'
Miguel Veloso has scored a goal for Verona! Assist by Amir Rrahmani.
GOAL! It’s all square again! Following a throw-in from the right, Verre slides the ball in field towards Rrahmani. The defender skips beyond Vecino on the edge of the box before laying it off to his left for Veloso, who finds the bottom-left corner with a well-placed strike. 2-2.
While Veloso deserves credit for the finish, the goal was made possible by Rrahmani’s quick feet in the offensive third. The defender weaved his way between two Inter players before having the composure to find his Portuguese teammate in space. The build-up was deserving of a goal.
84'
V. Verre enters the game and replaces D. Lazović.
Alan Empereur enters the game and replaces M. Kumbulla.
The second substitution sees Kumbulla make way for Empereur.
With the pressure mounting, Juric opts to make a double change. Lazovic, who scored the opening goal, is replaced by Verre.
80'
Di Carmine is caught late by Vecino, who gives away a free-kick to the home side a few yards inside Inter’s half.
78'
Godin clips Pessina and Verona are awarded a free-kick in an attacking position. The resulting set-piece, however, comes to nothing.
77'
L. Martínez enters the game and replaces R. Lukaku.
The visitors make their second change of the match with Lukaku coming off for Martinez. There are 13 minutes plus stoppage time left to play.
76'
Young is alert at the back post to steer Veloso’s lofted throughball away from danger and out for a throw-in down the right-hand side of the field.
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70'
M. Vecino enters the game and replaces M. Brozović.
Conte opts to make his first alteration on the 70-minute mark with Brozovic making way for Vecino. It remains 2-1.
68'
Adjapong is immediately involved as he sets off down the left-hand side of the field in seeking to force the issue. However, the hosts are quickly crowded out and forced to play back towards their own goal.
66'
C. Adjapong enters the game and replaces F. Dimarco.
The Yellow and Blues are forced into making their second substitution of the game as Adjapong replaces the injured Dimarco. There are 24 minutes of normal time left to play.
65'
A. Young gets yellow.
Young pulls back Veloso when the midfielder looked to launch a break for the home side and is shown a yellow card.
63'
Conte’s team are enjoying their best spell at present with Verona struggling to retain possession for a sustained period of time.
61'
Sanchez attempts to find Godin from a free-kick down the left, but the Uruguayan was adjudged to have been offside.
60'
A member of the Inter backroom staff has gone into the book following his reaction to a foul on Young by Amrabat, who, of course, has already been given a yellow card.
59'
Gagliardini is fouled inside Inter’s half by Rrahmani, and Conte’s side are given a free-kick.
55'
F. Dimarco is unfortunate, scores an own goal!
GOAL! An own goal gives the Nerazzurri the lead! Gagliardini drives at the hosts’ defence from deep before sliding the ball to his right for Candreva. The Italian sends a first-time cross into the box, which takes a huge deflection off of Dimarco and drops into the bottom-right corner. 2-1.
54'
S. Di Carmine enters the game and replaces M. Stępiński.
Juric makes his first change of the match as Di Carmine enters the fray in place of Stepinksi.
53'
Inter win possession back just outside of the home side’s box, giving Valero space to try and slide the ball into Lukaku’s path. However, Amrabat is alert to the danger and makes a last-ditch challenge to deny the Belgian getting a shot away.
51'
Godin makes an excellently-timed tackle to take the ball away from Pessina just as Verona looked to build down the right wing.
49'
A. Candreva has scored a goal for Inter Milan!
GOAL! Inter are level! Young expertly picks out Valero with a smart throughball down the left side of the hosts’ penalty area before the ball is played to Lukaku in the middle of the box. On the turn, the Belgian strikes the post from close range, before Candreva arrives to turn the rebound into the bottom-left corner. Game on! 1-1.
46'
We are back underway! Irrati, the referee, blows his whistle and Verona get the second half kicked off.
De Vrij and Handanovic almost get themselves in a mix up at the back straight after the restart, but Skriniar just manages to hook the ball away from the danger area.
45' +3
HALF TIME: HELLAS VERONA 1-0 INTER
45' +2
Borja Valero gets yellow.
S. Amrabat gets yellow.
Valero also picks up a yellow card for the incident with Amrabat.
After an altercation following a tackle on Valero by Amrabat, the Moroccan midfielder is booked by the referee.
45'
There will be two added minutes at the end of the first half.
41'
The pace of the game is being disrupted by a succession of cynical fouls. Brozovic this time brings down Pessina, leading to the referee giving the Yellow and Blues a free-kick just inside the Inter half.
39'
Valero found himself in acres of space and attempted to slide the ball down the right for Candreva, but the Italian just made his run a fraction too early and was flagged for offside.
37'
K. Günter gets yellow.
Gunter is the latest player to go into the book after pulling Sanchez to the floor when the attacker looked to have skipped beyond him in launching a quick counter. He can have no complaints with that decision.
36'
Lukaku catches Kumbulla on the edge of Verona’s box and Irrati awards the hosts a free-kick.
35'
Inter are beginning to get a foothold in the game despite being behind on the scoresheet. Young receives the ball from Sanchez before finding Brozovic on the edge of the box. The Croation opts to take on a first-time shot, but sends it wide to the left of Silvestri’s goal.
34'
Godin is well placed to block Pessina’s cross in the centre of the box with Stepinski lurking at the far post.
33'
Lukaku drops deep to try and link-up play in an effort to force the issue, although Amrabat reads the Belgian’s headed pass to Valero and sends it out for a throw-in down the near side.
29'
F. Dimarco gets yellow.
Dimarco cynically brings down Sanchez on the edge of the host’s area following some positive link-up play with Lukaku. As a result, the wing-back picks up the first yellow card of the match.
26'
Faraoni concedes a corner to the left, but Sanchez’s in-swinging set-piece is easily headed away by Gunter.
24'
Sanchez is impeded by Gunter and the visitors win a free-kick in their own defensive third.
17'
Sanchez attempts to send Candreva away down the right, but the referee’s assistant has his flag up for offside against the winger.
13'
Lukaku shows good strength to protect the ball down the left side of the hosts’ penalty area. After cutting onto his right foot and crossing, Kumbulla calmly takes the delivery down before hooking it to safety.
12'
Candreva finds himself in acres of space down the right wing and drives at Dimarco. After getting to the byline, however, the Italian’s cross sails out for a goal-kick.
10'
The Nerazzurri are beginning to find their rhythm after Verona’s positive start. Valero once again drifts over to the left flank, but this time his lofted delivery is easily claimed by Silvestri.
8'
Inter are given a free-kick in a central area halfway inside Verona’s half following a foul on Sanchez by Amrabat. Conte’s team opt to work it short and over to the left-hand side of the field.
4'
Candreva is caught down the right flank by Dimarco and the visitors are awarded a free-kick.
2'
D. Lazović has scored a goal for Verona! Assist by F. Dimarco.
The opening goal is extremely well worked from the Yellow and Blues with Dimarco playing an inch-perfect throughball over the top of the Inter defence for Lazovic to chase. The winger showed great pace to reach the lofted pass before finishing off the move.
GOAL! Verona take an early lead! The home side work the play neatly down the left-hand side of the field and Lazovic easily skips beyond Skriniar. After breaking into the box, the attacker keeps his cool and finds the bottom-left corner from an acute angle. 1-0.
1'
Kick off! The referee, Massimiliano Irrati, blows his whistle and Inter get us underway.
The home cheaply lose possession on the edge of their area to Valero, who slides a forward pass to Lukaku. The Belgian attempts to backheel the ball into Sanchez’s past, but the Chilean’s first touch lets him down and Kumbulla makes a much-needed interception.
Hello and welcome to live match coverage of the Serie A fixture between Hellas Verona and Inter at Marcantonio Bentegodi.
The home side come into this game looking to bounce back after suffering a 2-0 defeat last time out against Brescia. Inter, meanwhile, will be also be seeking a return to winning ways following their 2-1 loss at home to Bologna in their previous league match.
HELLAS VERONA (3-4-3): Marco Silvestri; Amir Rrahmani, Koray Gunter, Marash Kumbulla; Davide Faraoni, Sofyan Amrabat, Miguel Veloso, Federico Dimarco; Darko Lazovic, Matteo Pessina, Mariusz Stepinski.
INTER (3-4-1-2): Samir Handanovic; Diego Godin, Stefan de Vrij, Milan Skriniar; Antonio Candreva, Roberto Gagliardini, Marcelo Brozovic, Ashely Young; Borja Valero; Romelu Lukaku, Alexis Sanchez.
HELLAS VERONA SUBS: Alessandro Berardi, Boris Radunovic, Alan Empereur, Matteo Lovato, Claud Adjapong, Emmanuel Badu, Lucas, Valerio Verre, Samuel Di Carmine, Filippo Terracciano.
INTER SUBS: Daniele Padelli, Tommaso Berni, Andrea Ranocchia, Lorenzo Pirola, Kwadwo Asamoah, Cristiano Biraghi, Lucien Agoume, Matias Vecino, Christian Eriksen, Lautaro Martinez, Sebastiano Esposito.
Since the resumption of Serie A, Verona have won two of their five matches. However, in that time, Ivan Juric’s side have failed to keep a single clean sheet, conceding a total of 10 goals. The hosts come into this fixture ninth in the table, with a win potentially taking them five points behind sixth-placed Napoli in the race for a European spot. Inter, on the other hand, can leapfrog Atalanta and move into third with a victory over Verona. Conte’s team have lost only one of their last five league games, but have gone down to ten men on three occasions during that run.
The teams are out, and kick-off will soon be upon us here at Marcantonio Bentegodi.
Verona’s Croatian manager will be pleased with how his side has performed thus far and will looking for more of the same after the restart. In addition to their goal, the hosts have created more clear-cut chances than their opponents, with Lazovic continuing to cause problems down the left flank. Conte, on the other hand, will demand a lot more from his team in the second half. Gagliardini and Brozovic have failed to have much of an impact on the match thus far, leaving the visitors to go long towards Lukaku, which did not prove fruitful in the opening 45 minutes.
Verona will be seeking to build on this result when they travel to Fiorentina in their next league match. Inter, on the other hand, will be seeking a return to winning ways as they host Torino.
That brings an end to our coverage of the Serie A clash between Hellas Verona and Inter at Marcantonio Bentegodi. Thank you very much for joining us. Goodbye!
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