VERONA starting XI (3-4-1-2): Montipò, Dawidowicz (subbed for Livramento), Coppola, Ghilardi , Tchatchoua (subbed for Faraoni), Serdar, Duda, Bradaric, Suslov (subbed for Kastanos), Sarr (subbed for Belahyane), Tengstedt (subbed for Lazovic)
Bench: Berardi, Perilli, Dailiuc, Lambourde, Okou, Dani Silva, Magnani, Mosquera, Ajayi
LAZIO starting XI (4-2-3-1): Provedel, Hysaj, Gigot (subbed for Romagnoli), Gila, Tavares (subbed for Pellegrini), Guendouzi, Rovella (subbed for Castrovilli), Isaksen (subbed for Pedro), Dia, Zaccagni (subbed for Dele-Bashiru), Castellanos
Bench: Mandas, Furlanetto, Noslin, Basic, Ibrahimovic, Marusic
Goals: Gigot 2’, Dia 21’, Zaccagni 58’
Lazio had started 2025 with a loss in the derby against Roma, then drew at home to relegation-threatened Como last weekend.
They began the week by firing the man who handled the club’s eagle mascot after he posted explicit photos online of his penis implant.
However, Lazio got off to the perfect start in Verona as Samuel Gigot headed in a corner with less than two minutes on the clock.
Boulaye Dia doubled Lazio’s lead with an impressive counterattack in the 21st minute as he sprinted forward from inside his own half, took on three Verona defenders, and fired into the bottom left corner.
Mattia Zaccagni, who progressed through the ranks at Verona before joining Lazio in 2021, sealed the win early in the second half.
Verona midfielder Ondrej Duda was sent off in the final minute after a second yellow card.
Lazio moved fourth, four points behind Atalanta and 11 points behind Napoli.
Verona - bought by American firm Presidio Investors last week - remained in the relegation zone, level on points with 17th-placed Como.
AAP
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