Como dominated for the overwhelming majority of the sport in opposition to Genoa in on Monday night and thought they had been heading for 3 factors because of Nico Paz’s first-half strike, however Patrick Vieira’s facet discovered a late equaliser by means of Caleb Ekuban simply moments after the hosts had been diminished to 10 males.
Each Fabregas and Vieira made two modifications apiece after the worldwide break: Maxence Caqueret and Niklas Kukn coming in for the hosts and Malinovskiy and Stefano Sabelli for the guests.
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Offered with the Serie A Younger participant of the month award forward of kick-off, it was Nico Paz who opened the scoring with a thunderbolt after simply 13 minutes on the Stadio Sinigaglia. He pulled off a neat spin earlier than dispatching his thumping effort into the nook of the web from virtually 25 yards out.
COMO, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 15: Nico Paz of Como 1907 celebrates along with his team-mates after scoring their crew’s first objective throughout the Serie A match between Como 1907 and Genoa CFC at Giuseppe Sinigaglia Stadium on September 15, 2025 in Como, Italy. (Picture by Marco Luzzani/Getty Pictures)
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Como had been offered with a superb alternative to double their benefit by means of Kuhn, who was despatched working into the Genoa half by Megrim Vojvoda, however waited too lengthy and couldn’t squeeze previous Nicola Leali from the nook of the six-yard field. Alvaro Morata then put the follow-up off track.
Genoa additionally got here near discovering the equaliser earlier than half-time, however a courageous block from younger left-back Alex Valle prevented Patrizio Masini from shut vary, shortly after Lorenzo Colombo’s effort was thwarted within the space.
Como continued to seek for a second objective effectively into the second half, dominating by way of possession and probabilities in entrance of objective.
Vojvoda got here the closest for the hosts, drawing an vital save from Nicola Leali with simply over 20 minutes left to play.
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In a shock flip of occasions, Como had been diminished to 10 males after Jacobo Ramon was despatched off for a sliding problem on Junior Messias within the Genoa half. The sensation was that the sending off was barely on the tough facet, however the determination was referred to VAR and was upheld.
Then, within the subsequent assault of the sport, Ekuban drew Genoa stage. Brooke Norton-Cuffy’s preliminary effort was cleared off the goalline, however Ghanaian was available to slam dwelling on the follow-up: His facet’s first objective of the 2025-26 marketing campaign.
COMO, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 15: Cesc Fabregas and coach Patrick Vieira earlier than the Serie A match between Como 1907 and Genoa CFC at Giuseppe Sinigaglia Stadium on September 15, 2025 in Como, Italy. (Picture by Marco Luzzani/Getty Pictures)
Como 1-1 Genoa
Paz (C) 13’, Ekuban (G) 90+2’