For the 7th day of Serie A, Hellas Verona hosted promoted Venice and had to win to move up the rankings. But Oristiano opened the scoring for Venezia (1-0, 2nd), before Tengstedt’s quick equalizer (1-1, 5th).
But after a hard-fought second half, Hellas finally won thanks to an own goal from Joronen (2-1, 81st) and moved up to 10th place. For its part, Venice remains in 19th place with only one victory in seven days.