Como’s Stunning Rise: A 1-0 Win at Verona Seals the Club’s First-Ever European Spot
Anastasios Douvikas scored the winner as Como stayed two points behind AC Milan and moved within reach of a Champions League place.
- On Sunday, Como defeated Hellas Verona 1-0 in Serie A, guaranteeing a spot in at least the Conference League for the first time in its 119-year history.
- Since Indonesian tobacco billionaire brothers Roberto Budi Hartono and Michael Bambang Hartono purchased the club in 2019, Como has risen from the fourth division seven years ago.
- Striker Anastasios Douvikas scored in the 71st minute at Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi after Como dominated possession, securing their European spot mathematically.
- Roma secured a dramatic 3-2 comeback victory at Parma, scoring two goals deep in stoppage time to remain level on points with Milan in the Champions League race.
- Two rounds remain in Serie A, with bigger teams reportedly interested in 39-year-old coach Cesc Fabregas; Fiorentina and Genoa are mathematically safe after a 0-0 draw.
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Como’s stunning rise: A 1-0 win at Verona seals the club’s first-ever European spot
MILAN (AP) — Seven years ago, Como was playing in the fourth division of Italian soccer. Next season it will be competing in Europe for the first time in its
The seal, in the end, has put Tasos Douvikas. It is his goal that gives the Como the qualification in Europe for the first time in its history. The victory of the team of Cesc Fabregas in Verona for 1-0, thanks to the network number twelve of the Greek this season, gives a historic qualification to the European cups, which is still not known. Everything is possible. It is the sublimation of a new story, begun in Serie D, under the leadership of …
Seven years ago the Como played in the fourth division of Italian football. Next season he will compete in Europe for the first time in his 119 years of history.
Como keeps UCL hopes alive
MILAN — Como kept up their stunning bid for Champions League football on Sunday by beating relegated Verona 1-0 and moving to within two points of Serie A’s top four. Tasos Douvikas rattled home the only goal of the game in the 71st minute at the Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi as Como moved up to fifth and piled pressure on fourth-placed AC Milan, AFP. Como has never played in European competition in their history and were in the third tier of Ita…
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