Hellas Verona celebrated their first Serie A victory of the season, inflicting a surprising 3-1 end result in opposition to on-form Atalanta on a foggy night time on the Bentegodi.
La Dea had actually discovered their ft beneath new coach Raffaele Palladino, as after his debut defeat to Napoli, they received three on the bounce with out conceding in Serie A, the Champions League and Coppa Italia. Kamaldeen Sulemana picked up a thigh harm within the and might be out for 2-3 weeks. Hellas had been all-time low and nonetheless , scraping one level from the final 5 rounds. To make issues worse, Roberto Gagliardini was suspended, with Domagoj Bradaric, Tomas Suslov, Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro and Suat Serdar injured.
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VERONA, ITALY – DECEMBER 06: Raffaele Palladino, Head Coach of Atalanta, seems to be on previous to the Serie A match between Hellas Verona FC and Atalanta BC at Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi on December 06, 2025 in Italy. (Picture by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Photos)
Giovane had the ball within the web after 9 minutes, however was clearly offside when beginning the run from midfield.
Atalanta threatened from a nook with a glancing Isak Hien header, that was cleared virtually off the road.
One other set play brought about issues, as Armel Bella-Kotchap risked an personal objective along with his flick on the Davide Zappacosta free kick, forcing Lorenzo Montipò right into a determined one-handed save on the base of the far put up.
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Giovane examined Marco Carnesecchi from distance, whereas a deflected Charles De Ketelaere effort looped simply off track.
It was Verona who broke the impasse, as Daniel Mosquera sprung the offside entice on a protracted ball excessive, discovered Belghali with a back-heel flick, who despatched Odilon Kossounou to floor earlier than blasting into the roof of the web from six yards.
Hellas added a second in fashion, because the Martin Frese throw-in was flicked on to the sting of the world, the place Giovane let it bounce and hit a screamer of a left-foot half-volley for 2-0.
VERONA, ITALY – DECEMBER 06: Giovane of Hellas Verona celebrates scoring his staff’s second objective with teammates in the course of the Serie A match between Hellas Verona FC and Atalanta BC at Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi on December 06, 2025 in Italy. (Picture by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Photos)
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Nikola Krstovic managed to show Victor Nelsson to fireside straight at Montipò, then after the restart with two modifications, Atalanta went shut with Raoul Bellanova’s cross flicked on for De Ketelaere on the again put up, the goalkeeper managing to claw it off the road.
Hellas additionally threatened a 3rd, Giovane pulling again for Mosquera to drill inches extensive, however there was a chaotic few moments.
With Lazar Samardzic furiously calling for a penalty for Bella-Kotchap handball, Verona went on the counter and scored for 3-0 with Giovane rolling throughout from the best for Antoine Bernede to fireside into the underside nook from the sting of the field. VAR checked footage by the fog and determined because the ball didn’t change route, that there was no contact with Bella-Kotchap’s fingertips, in any other case the Verona objective would’ve been disallowed and Atalanta awarded a spot-kick.
ITALY – DECEMBER 06: Davide Zappacosta of Atalanta holds off Giovane of Hellas Verona in the course of the Serie A match between Hellas Verona FC and Atalanta BC at Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi on December 06, 2025 in Italy. (Picture by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Photos)
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Atalanta went very shut moments later, as Gianluca Scamacca on the flip smashed his strike onto the crossbar from the sting of the field. Nevertheless, this time VAR did spot the Bella-Kotchap deflection with an outstretched arm and the penalty was given, transformed with energy by Scamacca.
Verona held on for his or her first dwelling win in Serie A since February, that means solely Fiorentina are left now and not using a single victory this season.
Verona 3-1 Atalanta
Belghali 28 (V), Giovane 36 (V), Bernede 72 (V), Scamacca pen 81 (A)