Verona held on right down to 10 males for a degree towards Udinese, thanks largely to the saves of Lorenzo Montipò, who pushed a late screamer onto the crossbar.
This and Hellas have been revitalised by two wins of their final three, dragging them out of the drop zone, however the season was over for Abdou Harroui after knee ligament surgical procedure. The Friulani remained comfortably mid-table following a win away to Fiorentina and 2-2 draw with Torino. Maduka Okoye, Keinan Davis, Oier Zarraga and Lautaro Giannetti have been nonetheless out, however Martin Payero returned and thrown straight into the beginning XI.
Suat Serdar’s scorcher from distance stung the Udinese goalkeeper’s gloves within the opening minutes, then one other roller was deflected simply extensive by Solet.
Kingsley Ehizibue would’ve given away a penalty for handball on 37 minutes, however Domagoj Bradaric was flagged offside first, rendering it irrelevant.
Lorenzo Montipò fingertipped a Florian Thauvin free kick over the bar and after the restart Casper Tengstedt didn’t take advantage of a Payero error.
Montipò made a determined save on the Sandi Lovric volley from 10 yards on a Thauvin cross, however Udinese missed a sitter when Hassane Kamara ballooned over the bar from shut vary, having been gifted a fortunate ricochet on the clearance.
Lorenzo Lucca turned his marker to pressure a save on the close to publish, as did the ferocious Suslov free kick.
Montipò acquired behind a towering Lucca header, however Verona went right down to 10 males when Serdar clumsily lunged at Jurgen Ekkelenkamp for his second yellow card.
Udinese tried to take benefit, however Arthur Atta’s rocket from distance was acrobatically fingertipped onto the crossbar by Montipò, who additionally denied Ekkelenkamp on the rebound, even with the offside flag up.
Verona 0-0 Udinese
Despatched off: Serdar 71 (V)
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