Tag: Hellas Verona

Pulisic scores in fourth straight, breaks personal goal record with Verona finish

Pulisic is in the form of his life this season for AC Milan, bagging his 12th goal of the campaign on Sunday

In front of goal, things have never been better for Christian Pulisic.

The U.S. men’s national team attacker scored his 12th goal of the season for AC Milan, getting on the scoresheet for the fourth straight match as the Rossoneri defeated Hellas Verona 3-1.

Pulisic has been on a superb run over the past month, posting five goals and two assists in Milan’s last seven matches, and has drawn three red cards for opposing players to boot.

Sunday’s strike at the Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi might have been the easiest goal of the bunch. Noah Okafor did most of the heavy lifting on what would eventually be the match-winner, stripping Verona’s Paweł Dawidowicz near midfield in the 50th minute.

The Switzerland forward would sprint away and go for goal himself only for Lorenzo Montipò to make a save at the near post.

Unfortunately for the Verona goalkeeper, the player to win the race for the rebound was Pulisic, who calmly tapped the loose ball into the empty net.

The tally takes Pulisic up to 12 goals and eight assists in all competitions, following up on goals against Empoli and Slavia Prague, who saw the USMNT star get on the scoresheet in both legs of a Europa League last-16 tie. Per Opta, no other American in a top-five league has scored in four straight games since at least 2010.

Watch Pulisic score his 12th of the season

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Victor Osimhen enjoyed mocking racist Hellas Verona fans

The striker and Hellas supporters have an ugly history

Napoli star Victor Osimhen had a little something extra for the Hellas Verona fans after scoring on Monday, and it’s pretty easy to see why.

Osimhen scored Napoli’s second goal in its Serie A opener on Monday as the Nigerian helped his team to a 5-2 victory on the road.

After his goal Osimhen celebrated with his teammates and then proceeded to mock cry in front of the vociferous home support, with whom the striker has an ugly past.

Hellas was handed a partial stadium ban last season after its fans aimed racist chants at Osimhen and his teammate Kalidou Koulibaly, who is now with Chelsea.

The chants were just another chapter in a lengthy list of racist incidents involving Hellas Verona’s supporters.

This goal must have felt pretty satisfying.

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How to watch Hellas Verona vs Juventus – Serie A: Date, time, channel, odds and live stream

Serie A table – Hellas Verona vs. Juventus live stream

Juventus takes on Hellas Verona Saturday in a Serie A matchup that you’ll only be able to watch on ESPN+. Juventus leads the head-to-head results, going 4-1-1 over the last six matches against Verona.

First-place Juventus will look to extend their lead over Inter Milan on the Serie A table standings with a win over Verona. They’ve been on quite the roll recently, winning five of their last six matches, with Napoli being their only loss in 2020 so far.

Verona sits in ninth place currently but could quickly climb the Serie A standings with a big win over Juventus. But they’ll have to perform better than they have recently, going 3-3-0 thus far in 2020. That likely means figuring out a way to stop Cristiano Ronaldo, who is the second-leading scorer in Serie A right now.

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How to watch Hellas Verona vs Juventus:

Serie A – Matchday 23

Hellas Verona vs Juventus

Saturday, Feb. 8, 2:45 p.m. ET

Marcantonio Bentegodi, Verona, Italy

Serie A live stream:

Serie A stream: ESPN+

Serie A odds:

Juventus (-189) is favored over Verona (+575), according to BetMGM.

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