Pinamonti pokes home penalty to earn win for spritely Sassuolo in Serie A

Verona's Antoine Bernede, right, and Sassuolo's Aster Vranckx vie for the ball during the Serie A soccer match between Hellas Verona and Sassuolo at the Bentegodi Stadium in Verona, Italy, Friday Oct. 3 , 2025. (Paola Garbuio/LaPresse via AP)
Verona's Antoine Bernede, right, and Sassuolo's Aster Vranckx vie for the ball during the Serie A soccer match between Hellas Verona and Sassuolo at the Bentegodi Stadium in Verona, Italy, Friday Oct. 3 , 2025. (Paola Garbuio/LaPresse via AP)
Verona's head coach Paolo Zanetti reacts during the Serie A soccer match between Hellas Verona and Sassuolo at the Bentegodi Stadium in Verona, Italy, Friday Oct. 3 , 2025. (Paola Garbuio/LaPresse via AP)
Verona's head coach Paolo Zanetti reacts during the Serie A soccer match between Hellas Verona and Sassuolo at the Bentegodi Stadium in Verona, Italy, Friday Oct. 3 , 2025. (Paola Garbuio/LaPresse via AP)
Sassuolo's Sebastian Walukiewicz and Verona's Antoine Bernede, right, fight for the ball during the Serie A soccer match between Hellas Verona and Sassuolo at the Bentegodi Stadium in Verona, Italy, Friday Oct. 3 , 2025. (Paola Garbuio/LaPresse via AP)
Sassuolo's Sebastian Walukiewicz and Verona's Antoine Bernede, right, fight for the ball during the Serie A soccer match between Hellas Verona and Sassuolo at the Bentegodi Stadium in Verona, Italy, Friday Oct. 3 , 2025. (Paola Garbuio/LaPresse via AP)
Sassuolo's Andrea Pinamonti scores their side's first goal of the game during the Serie A soccer match between Hellas Verona and Sassuolo at the Bentegodi Stadium in Verona, Italy, Friday Oct. 3 , 2025. (Paola Garbuio/LaPresse via AP)
Sassuolo's Andrea Pinamonti scores their side's first goal of the game during the Serie A soccer match between Hellas Verona and Sassuolo at the Bentegodi Stadium in Verona, Italy, Friday Oct. 3 , 2025. (Paola Garbuio/LaPresse via AP)
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VERONA, Italy (AP) — Andrea Pinamonti scored a second-half winner for Sassuolo to leave Verona still seeking a first win in Serie A on Friday.

The well-travelled center forward saw his 71st minute spot kick saved by Lorenzo Montipò but he stabbed home the rebound to lift the newly promoted side into eighth place.

It was a rare away win for a club that lost 12 of its previous 15 top-flight away matches and an even rarer clean sheet.

The 1-0 win was its first clean sheet in 28 away matches in Serie A.

Verona has scored a league-low two goals in six games and sits fourth from bottom in the 20-team league.

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