In the early morning of January 22, Beijing time, a match in the 23rd round of Serie A, two midstream teams met narrowly, verona hosted Bologna. As a result, after 90 minutes of the battle, Verona relied on Kalinic's 84-minute killer goal to reverse the opponent 2-1 and win for the first time in more than a year.
Verona are a traditional serie A team, having won the top flight only once in history. After returning to Serie A, Verona's ranking is very stable, basically hovering around 10th. In the last match, under the leadership of Antonin Ballack, the team defeated Sassuolo 4-2 to maintain its hopes of qualifying for European competition.
In this match, Verona, who returned home, took on Bologna, the more historic team in Serie A, who had won the top flight seven times. Under Mikhainović, Bologna was relegated, but it was difficult to break into the European zone.
In the 13th minute of the match, Verona's backline made a mistake and Orsolini seized the opportunity to successfully score the goal, breaking the deadlock for Bologna to take the lead. Before half-time, the dominant Bologna equalised, scoring by Caprari.
In the second half, Verona, who played at home, clearly had a stronger desire to win, and the manager constantly strengthened his attack through substitution adjustments. In the 84th minute of the match, the manager's substitution was effective, 2 substitute players completed the scoring, Lasania assisted Kalinic to score, and Verona completed the reversal + kill.
After winning the match, we found in the Serie A table that Verona was very close to the European zone rankings. After the early morning games, Verona was in 9th place, and with one more game, Roma, who were 7th place, were just two points behind. From Fiorentina in 6th place to Verona in 9th place, there is only a 2-point gap between the four teams. If there are non-top 6 teams that win the cup, then the 6th place is a bottom line for European qualification.
For Mourinho, his current campaign in Serie A is very difficult. They are seven points behind Atalanta, and it is not a matter of time and a half to catch up. And Roma are currently only 7th in the rankings and are likely to be unable to compete in next season's European competitions. With Verona's rise, Mourinho has one more rival in Serie A.