Zanetti hope Verona fans can be ‘decisive’ against Juventus too | OneFootball

Verona coach Paolo Zanetti hopes the home fans can be ‘decisive’ for them against Juventus today and is impressed with Giovane’s attitude.

It kicks off at the Stadio Bentegodi at 17.00 UK time (16.00 GMT).

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from today’s three Serie A games on the Liveblog.

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VERONA, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 15: Roberto Gagliardini of Hellas Verona FC receives a medical help during the Serie A match between Hellas Verona FC and US Cremonese at Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi on September 15, 2025 in Verona, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images)

Hellas had a difficult start to the campaign, drawing away to Udinese, suffering a 4-0 defeat at Lazio, then earning the 0-0 with Cremonese here.

“The fans were decisive in our first home game against Cremonese, we showed character, which is what the crowd wanted to see. We need their support,” Zanetti told DAZN Italia.

There are numerous new faces in the Hellas Verona squad, as they revamped over the summer yet again, having already been active in the January transfer window too.

“This is the start of the journey for a largely new team, so we’ve still got to work out what potential we’ve got. It was a fantastic performance, even if we didn’t score goals, and we hope to build on that today.”

Roberto Gagliardini, Tomas Suslov, Nicolas Valentini, Daniel Mosquera, Daniel Oyegoke, Abdou Harroui and Fallou Cham are all on the treatment table for Hellas.

Zanetti has therefore chosen Giovane and Gift Orban to lead the attack.

“Giovane is very intelligent, his Italian and English aren’t great, but we still manage to communicate and discuss what needs doing with the help of videos. He is eager, hungry, and getting into the mechanisms of the team.”