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

Como wins 2-1 against Cagliari in a hard-fought match: after Baturina’s goal (14'), Sebastiano Esposito (56') equalizes, scoring his first goal in three months, but it’s Da Cunha’s stunning strike into the top corner (76') that proves decisive.

Fabregas’ team moves up to 51 points, catching up with Roma in 4th place for now and keeping Juventus at bay on 50 points.

💥 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 on the edge of the final third, Paz sends Da Cunha deep, and after a deflection the ball comes 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 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, with possession evening up, 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 in the equalizer.

Sebastiano Esposito scores again after more than 3 months: his last goal was against Napoli in the Coppa Italia at the start of December; for his last league goal, we 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 goes down 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 very slight, perhaps the yellow card for Palestra was excessive"

A few minutes later, Sebastiano Esposito is also booked on the edge of the box, this time wrongly: Ramon stretches out his leg and impedes the striker. Wrong decision for Marelli: "There was a foul by Ramon who should have been booked."

A potentially important decision, since in the final minutes 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 with his left foot fires into the top corner. An unstoppable shot for Caprile, in fact this goal was worth only 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.

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