Como dominates Lecce and overtakes it
Como-Lecce 2-0
The first Monday match of the 18th day of Serie A between Como and Lecce ended with an authentic showdown. The Larians, in fact, after failing a penalty kick in the first half, went wild in the second half finding two goals with Nico Paz and Patrick Cutrone and going several times close to the third goal.
Not even five minutes passed and Como immediately went very close to the lead: Cutrone took advantage of a defensive mix-up by the opponents to pounce on the ball and shoot from outside the box, but the ball was printed on the crossbar with Falcone beaten. The Larians continue to dominate in the first half and on 30’ they get a penalty kick for a foul by Baschirotto on the former Milan player: from the eleven meters Nico Paz shows up, who is hypnotized by the Lecce extreme defender.
A few minutes after the restart, Como deservedly found the lead: Cutrone from the left serves Nico Paz, who waits for the ball at the edge of the area in a central position and then turns it into the goal with a very precise left: the ball touches the post to the left of Falcone, who tries to stretch, without, however, being able to save the ball.
On 58’ the hosts also managed to find the doubling goal with Cutrone, but the’referee annulled everything due to offside position of Fadera at the moment of the’assist. After once again going close to doubling with Strefezza, the effort of the Larians was repaid at 79’: Van der Brempt kicked from a defiladed position finding a good response from Falcone. On the rebound, però, è Cutrone the mostù quick to pounce and regain the joy of the goal that had been missing for over three months.
Despite Lecce’s final forcing, Como managed to manage the ball and the rhythms well and give themselves an unbroken goal, the three points and a very important success in terms of salvation.
Thanks to this victory, the Larians move up to 15th place on 18 points, overtaking the Salentini themselves, who remain firm on 16.
