🧨 Como snatch fourth, Da Cunha stunner, Cagliari beaten 2-1❗ | OneFootball

Como wins 2-1 against Cagliari in a hard-fought match: after Baturina's goal (14'), Sebastiano Esposito (56') equalizes, scoring again after three months, but the decisive moment comes with Da Cunha's golazo into the top corner (76').

Fabregas' team moves up to 51 points, catches up with Roma in 4th place for now and pulls away from Juventus at 47 points, who are 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 back in the final third, Paz sends Da Cunha deep, then a deflection brings the ball back to Baturina who scores with a cross-shot.

Cagliari responds with a long-range shot from Adopo, saved by Butez, but chances are few and far between, even though Pisacane's team improves as the minutes go by.

In the 36th minute, Perrone is forced to be substituted after a blow from Sulemana, despite trying 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 other side puts the ball back in the middle, and Esposito heads it in to equalize the match.

Sebastiano Esposito scores again after more than 3 months: his last goal was in the Coppa Italia match against Napoli at the start of December; to find his last league goal, you have to go back to November 29th against Juventus.

🟨 2 yellow cards for simulation for Cagliari: fair? 🧐

Cagliari attacks and Marinelli books two players for simulation: first Palestra falls after contact with Moreno, the player's shoe comes off but the referee is unmoved.

A correct but borderline decision according to Marelli on DAZN: "Maybe there was contact but it was very slight, perhaps the yellow for Palestra was excessive"

A few minutes later, Sebastiano Esposito is also booked on the edge of the box, this time incorrectly: Ramon sticks out his leg and trips 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 retakes the lead with a golazo from Da Cunha: the captain receives the ball 25 meters out, sets himself up and with his left foot shoots into the top corner. An unstoppable shot for Caprile, in fact this goal was worth only 0.02xG: meaning only 2 out of 100 shots 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 saves the result with Cagliari finishing the match on the attack.

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