Serie A | Verona 1-1 Juventus: Conceicao not enough for Old Lady

There was tension early on, as Federico Gatti was booked for a tussle with Domagoj Bradaric, then his weak headed back-pass allowed Gift Orban to pounce forcing a tricky Michele Di Gregorio save.

Francisco Conceicao made his season debut and had an immediate impact, as he gathered from Khephren Thuram to cut inside from the right and drill between a defender’s legs into the far bottom corner with his left foot from the edge of the area.

VAR intervened when a long Bradaric throw-in was flicked down onto the arm of Joao Mario, resulting in a Verona penalty. Di Gregorio got a hand to it, but was only able to push it onto the underside of the crossbar to bounce in for the equaliser.

After the restart, a quickly-taken Kenan Yildiz throw-in sent Dusan Vlahovic on the attack, forcing Lorenzo Montipò to parry with an outstretched foot at the base of the near post.

Unai Nunez charged down the ferocious Kenan Yildiz strike, then Hellas went on the counter, Di Gregorio flying to palm the Orban screamer over the bar.

Vasilije Adzic fired straight at Montipò and Orban failed to make the most of two promising Verona counter-attacks, but Hellas thought they had taken the lead on 68 minutes. A corner was flicked on by Nunez to the back post for the Suat Serdar header from point-blank range, but VAR spotted the offside position and it was disallowed.

Verona kept pushing, Orban’s angled drive flashing just wide and Di Gregorio getting down to palm the well-taken Martin Frese half-volley out of the bottom corner.

Lois Openda stung Montipò’s gloves at the near post and then his cross seemed to surprise Andrea Cambiaso at the back post, blocked off by Bradaric.

Verona 1-1 Juventus

Francisco Conceicao 19 (J), Orban pen 44 (V)

20-09-2025 17:00 MatchDay 4 Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi

Verona

Juventus 1 - 1

Player statistic

1st half

Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro		7'
		9'		Federico Gatti
		19'

Francisco Conceição (Assist: Khéphren Thuram)     39' Lloyd Kelly Gift Orban

44'     Gift Orban 45+2'     2nd half

		65'		Teun Koopmeiners
Antoine Bernede

76'     Verona Juventus

Starting lineups

1

Lorenzo Montipò Goalkeeper 12

Domagoj Bradaric Defender 3 Martin Frese Defender 7 Rafik Belghali Defender 78' 5

Unai Núñez Defender 15

Victor Nelsson Defender 24

Antoine Bernede Midfielder 11

Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro Midfielder 77' 8

Suat Serdar Midfielder 90' 16 Gift Orban Attacker 90' 17 Giovane Attacker 63' 16 Michele Di Gregorio Goalkeeper 27 Andrea Cambiaso Defender 4 Federico Gatti Defender 25 João Mário Defender 83' 6

Lloyd Kelly Defender 15 Pierre Kalulu Defender 19

Khéphren Thuram Midfielder 57' 5

Manuel Locatelli Midfielder 46' 9

Dusan Vlahovic Attacker 57' 7 Francisco Conceição Attacker

70' 10 Kenan Yıldız Attacker

Substitutes

34 Simone Perilli Goalkeeper 23

Enzo Ebosse Defender 37

Armel Bella-Kotchap Defender 94 Giacomo Toniolo Goalkeeper 73 Moatasem Al-Musrati Midfielder 19 Tobias Slotsager Defender 90 Ioan Vermesan Attacker 71 Davide De Battisti Defender 9 Amin Sarr Attacker 63' 36

Cheikh Niasse Attacker 77' 20

Grigoris Kastanos Midfielder 78' 72 Junior Ajayi Attacker 90' 4 Yellu Santiago Midfielder 90' 3

Bremer Defender 22

Weston McKennie Midfielder 23

Carlo Pinsoglio Goalkeeper 24

Daniele Rugani Defender 1

Mattia Perin Goalkeeper 18

Filip Kostic Midfielder 32 Juan Cabal Defender 8

Teun Koopmeiners Midfielder 46'

Loïs Openda Attacker 57' 17

Vasilije Adžić Midfielder 57' 30

Jonathan David Attacker 70'

Edon Zhegrova Attacker

83'