Nigeria’s Simy Nwankwo provided his third assist of the season for Adam Ounas to score the firsy goal and set up the other as already-relegated Crotone beat Verona 2-1 on Thursday to climb out of last place in Serie A.
Ounas netted the opener after just 1 minute 16 seconds, meeting a low pass from the left with a finish from eight yards out. He then created the second goal in the 75th, passing for Junior Messias to slot into the net.
Verona pulled one back in the 87th when Koray Gunter’s header from a corner deflected into the net off Crotone winger Salvatore Molina.
That was the 91st goal conceded by Crotone in Serie A this season, equaling the all-time record set by Casale in 1933-34.
Crotone is in 19th place with 21 points from 36 games, one point more than last-place Parma. Verona is 10th on 43 points.
Simy has now gone three games without a goal after scoring 12 times in his last nine games before the drought.
The Nigerian has scored 19 times from 36 games this term and is ranked the sixth top scorer in the Serie A. His 19 goals is the most scored by a Nigerian in a Serie A season and his 29 goals in 80 games across three seasons makes him the Nigerian all-time top scorer in the competition.