Empoli 1 - 3 Chievo : Flying Donkeys down Empoli
Posted Monday, August 24, 2015 by PA
Chievo scored three second-half goals to clinch a come-from-behind 3-1 victory at Empoli in their Serie A opener.
Italian midfielder Riccardo Saponara put Empoli ahead in the seventh minute with a left-footed shot from 12 yards to beat goalkeeper Albano Bizzarri.
Chievo hit back with substitute Riccardo Meggiorini equalising in the 55th minute when he headed Valter Birsa's cross past Empoli goalkeeper Lukasz Skorupski.
Birsa then put Chievo in front on the hour with a powerful left-footed shot from 20 yards.
Alberto Paloschi made it three and sealed the win for the visitors three minutes later when he got his head behind Meggiorini's cross to beat Skorupski.
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