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Lazio vs Hellas Verona Report
Hernanes sends Lazio into the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia with a spectacular stoppage-time free-kick against Verona.
Lazio scraped into the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia after surviving a two-goal fight-back from Hellas Verona to claim a dramatic 3-2 victory thanks to a superb free-kick from Brazilian midfielder Hernanes in second half stoppage-time.Having come from a 4-0 defeat to Siena in the Serie A on Saturday, Lazio were looking to rebound against the second-division club. Despite creating several clear-cut opportunities to go ahead throughout the half they had to wait until the stroke of half-time to break the deadlock, when Brazilian defender Andre Dias tapped home a Cristian Ledesma corner-kick.
It seemed that the match had been settled when Tommaso Rocchi doubled Lazio's lead in the 58th minute when his drive took a wild deflection off Giuseppe Pugliese before finding itself in the back of the net.
Gabon vs Brazil Report
Sandro and Hernanes get on score sheet as Brazil cruise past Gabon in one-sided friendly.
Brazil defeated Gabon 2-0 in an international friendly match that marked the opening of the D'Angondje stadium, the venue which will stage the final of the 2012 African Cup of Nations which will be co-hosted by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.Despite fielding a below-strength side, Brazil dominated their opponents from the beginning to the end. After creating several clear-cut goal-scoring opportunities, Brazil finally went ahead in the 11th minute when Sandro scored from a right-sided Bruno Cesar cross.
Brazil managed to play exciting attacking soccer, even if the poor condition of the soaked surface made this very difficult. The five-time world champions dominated proceedings against the vulnerable Africans, and looked extremely dangerous each time they raced down the wings.