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Como wins 2-1 against Cagliari in a hard-fought match: after Baturina’s goal (14'), Sebastiano Esposito (56') equalizes, scoring for the first time in three months, but the decisive moment comes with a stunning goal by Da Cunha into the top corner (76').
Fabregas’s team moves up to 51 points, catches up with Roma in 4th place for now and pulls away from Juventus, who are at 47, still waiting to play against Pisa.
💥 Baturina wins the ball and scores, Perrone out 🤕
Como starts well, keeps possession and breaks the deadlock in the 14th minute: Baturina wins the ball high up the pitch, Paz sends Da Cunha deep, then a deflection brings the ball back to Baturina who scores with a cross-shot.
Cagliari responds with a shot from Adopo outside the box, saved by Butez, but chances are scarce, even though Pisacane’s team improves as the minutes go by.
In the 36th minute, Perrone is forced to come off after a blow from Sulemana, although he tries to stay on the pitch.
🔙 Esposito equalizes: scores again after 3 months
In the second half, the teams seem to cancel each other out, possession is even and Cagliari scores the 1-1 in the 56th minute: Palestra crosses from the right, Obert on the far side puts the ball back in the middle and Esposito heads in the equalizer.
Sebastiano Esposito scores again after more than 3 months: his last goal was against Napoli in the Coppa Italia at the beginning of December; to find his last league goal, we have to go back to November 29th against Juventus.
🟨 2 yellow cards for simulation for Cagliari: justified? 🧐
Cagliari attacks and Marinelli books two players for simulation: first Palestra goes down after contact with Moreno, the player’s shoe comes off but the referee stands firm.
A correct but borderline decision according to Marelli on DAZN: "Maybe there was contact but it was very slight, perhaps the yellow card for Palestra was excessive"
A few minutes later, Sebastiano Esposito is also booked on the edge of the area, this time incorrectly: Ramon sticks out his leg and obstructs the striker. Wrong decision for Marelli: "There was a foul by Ramon who should have been booked".
A potentially important decision, since at the end of the match Ramon is booked for another foul.
🤯 GOLAZO Da Cunha! Como 4th in Europe for goals from outside the box
In the 76th minute, Como takes the lead again with a golazo from Da Cunha: the captain receives the ball 25 meters out, sets himself and fires a left-footed shot into the top corner. An unstoppable shot for Caprile; in fact, this goal was worth just 0.02 xG: that is, only 2 shots out of 100 from that position become goals.
This is Como’s 10th goal from outside the box, the best in Serie A in this statistic and 4th in Europe after Barcelona, Aston Villa, and Bournemouth. In the final minutes, Butez preserves the result as Cagliari finishes the match on the attack.
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here.
