Serie A Roundup: Lazio held to draw by struggling Verona
MILAN (AP) — Lazio was held at relegation-threatened Hellas Verona to 1-1 on Monday to hamper its hopes of consolidating its place within the prime 4 in Serie A in a good race for the Champions League spots.
Cyril Ngonge scored his first objective for Verona on his first begin after becoming a member of final month, to cancel out Pedro’s opener.
Lazio inched some extent above Atalanta and AC Milan, which each misplaced on the weekend. It was some extent behind Roma and 4 behind second-placed Inter Milan.
Verona moved to inside 4 factors of security. Sampdoria was 5 factors additional again and trying to finish a five-match shedding run when it performed at Monza late.
Lazio hoped to maneuver into third place in Serie A.
It broke the impasse in gorgeous trend on the stroke of halftime. Pedro performed a one-two with Danilo Cataldi, gathered along with his again to objective and swivelled to twist an impressive shot into the highest left nook.
Verona leveled six minutes after the break when Darko LazoviÄ whipped in a free kick for Ngonge to move in on the close to submit.
After establishing the equalizer, LazoviÄ nearly turned it round utterly two minutes later however his fierce effort got here off the suitable submit.
