Ronaldo has pulled away from the crowd in the box to get on the end of the corner and he tries to hit the shot on the volley. He scuffs the effort though and it's comfortable save for Silvestri to make.
90' +2
Faraoni is being given a lot of space down the right and he puts his cross into the box from the byline. None of his team-mates have made a supporting run though and Szczesny holds onto it.
90'
Verona have most of their outfield plays back in their own box in an attempt to smother Juventus' chances. Dybala is forced to have a shot from distance, but once again, he fires it high over the bar.
88'
Now the Juventus fans are asking for a penalty after Cuadrado goes to ground in the box under pressure from Kumbulla. It was a soft one though and the referee waves the claim away just as Ronaldo's cross is blocked.
86'
Penalty goal scored by G. Pazzini for Verona!
VERONA LEAD! It's a great penalty by Pazzini as he curls his shot above Szczesny, who went the right way, and into the right side netting to put his side ahead. 2-1 Verona!
85'
L. Bonucci gets yellow.
Bonucci is shown a yellow card for the handball that gave away the penalty.
82'
M. De Sciglio enters the game and replaces R. Bentancur.
Sarri's final change is a defensive one as he brings on De Sciglio in place of Bentancur.
79'
F. Dimarco enters the game and replaces D. Lazović.
Final change for Verona now and Dimarco is coming on to replace Lazovic.
78'
Alex Sandro's low cross takes a deflection off Ramsey but still falls to Dybala on the edge of the box. He takes the shot first time but leans back as he hits it and fires it high over the crossbar.
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76'
F. Borini has scored a goal for Verona!
VERONA EQUALISE! Pjanic tries to poke the ball away from Borini but ends up playing it right into his path. He gets one-on-one with Szczesny and curls his shot around the goalkeeper and into the bottom-right corner. 1-1!
75'
P. Dybala gets yellow.
It's a clumsy challenge from Dybala as he brings down Borini and he picks up a yellow card.
74'
Ronaldo has another chance to run at Verona's defence but he chooses to square it to Ramsey. He doesn't have the room to get a shot away so lays it off to Dybala and Kumbulla makes an important interception to nick it off him.
72'
A. Ramsey enters the game and replaces Douglas Costa.
Costa has gone down injured on the edge of the box and he instantly signals that he can't carry on. He comes off with the medical team and Ramsey is on to replace him.
69'
G. Pazzini enters the game and replaces M. Zaccagni.
Second change for Verona and Zaccagni is making way for Pazzini.
67'
Borini is fouled by Alex Sandro in his own half and Verona use the free-kick to try and break quickly to catch out Juventus. It's Zaccagni that puts the cross into the box, but he overhits it and there's nothing Borini can do with it.
65'
Cristiano Ronaldo has scored a goal for Juventus! Assist by R. Bentancur.
JUVENTUS TAKE THE LEAD! Ronaldo starts the move in his own half by playing the one-two with Bentancur as he makes a driving run forward that Rrahmani can't keep up with. He keeps his cool on the edge of the box and hits his shot into the bottom-left corner. 1-0 Juventus!
Bentancur got the ball on the halfway line and just waited for Ronaldo to make his run into Verona's half before playing him in.
63'
It's patient build-up play from Juventus at the moment as they're struggling to find a way in behind Verona. They're keeping hold of the ball well but just can't get into the final third.
59'
P. Dybala enters the game and replaces G. Higuaín.
Sarri makes his first change now as well and it's Dybala that's coming on for Higuain.
58'
V. Verre enters the game and replaces Miguel Veloso.
Jovic makes the first change of the game as he brings on Verre for Veloso.
54'
Alex Sandro plays a good throughball forward and Silvestre has to rush off his line to clear it away before Ronaldo can get on the end of it. He just makes it but the flag has gone up for offside anyway.
52'
The Juventus players all turn to the referee and they're asking for a penalty after the ball struck Gunter on the arm. His arm was tight to his body and VAR stick with the onfield decision of no penalty.
50'
Juventus are getting out to the Verona players quicker than before and aren't allowing them to get in behind them. Pessina picks up the ball on the right and he's immediately put under pressure and knocks it out of play.
48'
Costa pulls away from Lazovic on the right and drills a brilliant low cross into the six-yard box. Higuain is waiting for it at the near post, but can't sort his feet out quick enough and it bounces off him and to Kumbulla.
46'
Juventus get us back underway for the second half!
45' +1
HALF-TIME: HELLAS VERONA 0-0 JUVENTUS.
45'
Cuadrado plays another quick pass forward, this time looking to set Higuain through the middle. The Argentine was stood in an offside position and had to let it run through to Silvestri who clears his lines.
41'
M. Pessina gets yellow.
Pessina is booked after catching De Ligt with a late challenge.
39'
D. Lazović gets yellow.
It was a poor challenge by Lazovic on Cuadrado and he has his name taken by the referee.
38'
Juventus are starting to move the ball around quicker when they're attacking now and Verona's tackling is getting a bit sloppy as they keep giving away needless free-kicks.
34'
A lot of space opens up ahead of Bentancur on the right and he whips an early cross into the box for Ronaldo. He gets caught on his heels though which gives Gunter the chance to get back and clear his lines.
32'
Juventus just can't keep hold of the ball as Cuadrado tries to set Pjanic on the attack but the Verona defenders are alert and Amrabat dives in front of him to head it away.
26'
Costa is the one that steps up to take the free-kick and his cross sails over the crowd of players waiting in the middle of the box. Silvestri doesn't take any chances with it though as he punches it away.
25'
The fans are making their frustration clear after the disallowed goal and now there are more shouts ringing around the stadium as a free-kick has just been given against Veloso after Bentancur went to ground.
20'
Alex Sandro gets yellow.
Alex Sandro picks up the first yellow card of the game after sliding in and catching Faraoni with a late tackle.
17'
Juventus just can't get out of their own half at the moment as Verona continue to pile on the pressure. This time it's Borini who goes for goal as he drills his shot from outside the box but he drags it wide of the far bottom corner.
15'
Bonucci is looking for options but can't pick out a pass to one of his team-mates, so he decides to go for goal just inside Verona's half. It's a speculative effort and it bounces very wide of the left post.
13'
It's patient build-up from Juventus as they venture forward again and Cuadrado curls a cross to Ronaldo on the edge of the box. He heads it back out to the right but none of his team-mates are there to bring it down.
8'
Verona have a free-kick in a good position on the left which is swung into the box by Veloso. Gunter rises highest in the middle but he gets caught under the ball and heads it high over the bar.
6'
Zaccagni whips a great cross into the middle of the box where Borini is waiting. His back is to goal so he tries to go for the spectacular, but Bonucci does really well to intercept it before the forward can make contact.
4'
Juventus are keeping the ball well in the opening minutes here despite Verona closing them down high up the field. A loose pass from Rabiot gifts possession to Veloso though and Pjanic ends up bringing him down in his attempt to win it back.
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Pessina gets the game underway for Verona!
Hello and welcome to live coverage of the Serie A meeting between Hellas Verona and Juventus at the Marc'Antonio Bentegodi!
Juventus have the chance to go six points clear at the top of the league table if they beat Verona today, with Inter not due to play until tomorrow. They've lost just one of their last seven games in all competitions (W6), but that did come in their last league game away from home when they lost to Napoli. Verona are unbeaten in each of their last seven matches (W3 D4), drawing both of their outings in the last week.
HELLAS VERONA STARTING XI (3-4-2-1): Marco Silvestre; Amir Rrahmani, Koray Gunter, Marash Kumbulla; Marco Faraoni, Miguel Veloso, Sofyan Amrabat, Darko Lazovic; Matteo Pessina, Mattia Zaccagni; Fabio Borini.
HELLAS VERONA SUBS: Valentin Eusseric, Federico Dimarco, Claud Adjapong, Valerio Verre, Alessandro Berardi, Pawel Dawidowicz, Boris Radunovic, Samuel Di Carmine, Alan Empereur, Giampaolo Pazzini, Salvatore Bocchetti, Mariusz Stepinski.
JUVENTUS STARTING XI (4-3-3): Wojciech Szczesny; Juan Cuadrado, Matthijs de Ligt, Leonardo Bonucci, Alex Sandro; Rodrigo Bentancur, Miralem Pjanic, Adrien Rabiot; Douglas Costa, Gonzalo Higuain, Cristiano Ronaldo.
JUVENTUS SUBS: Carlo Pinsoglio, Aaron Ramsey, Blaise Matuidi, Luca Coccolo, Daniele Rugani, Mattia De Sciglio, Gianluigi Buffon, Marco Olivieri, Paulo Dybala.
The teams are out on the pitch now, with kick-off just moments away.
Sarri looked frustrated on the sidelines during the first half but his side did eventually grow into the game and start creating some good chances for themselves - they just need to be more clinical. Verona have caused Juventus some real problems and Jovic will want to see more of the same from his team after the break.
Juventus miss the chance to go six points clear at the top after their second away loss on the bounce - Inter could go level on points with them if they win tomorrow. Next up for them is a Coppa Italia semi-final first-leg against Milan. Verona extend their unbeaten run to eight games and jump to sixth in the table. Their next game is against Udinese.
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