Como Makes a Dream Debut in the Champions League: Four Goals Against Leipzig

A dream debut in the Champions League for Como, which crushed Demichelis’s Leipzig 4-1 at home at Sinigaglia Stadium and kicked off its European campaign in the best possible way. The Como side came out strong right from the start and took the lead in the 15th minute: Baturina exchanged passes with Douvikas, dribbled past an opponent, and coolly put the ball in the net to make it 1-0.

Leipzig tried to respond through Nusa, but Butez was alert and made the save. Como continued to control the match, but in the 35th minute, the home team’s goalkeeper had to make another great save on a shot by Maksimovic. Three minutes later, however, Como doubled their lead: in the 38th minute, Baturina played a deep ball to Douvikas, who outpaced Lukeba and beat the German goalkeeper with a precise right-footed shot across the goal to make it 2-0.

In the second half, Leipzig tried to get back into the game with an aggressive start, but Como struck again in the 54th minute. Da Cunha recovered the ball and fed Nico Paz, who set up Diao: he controlled it and fired a diagonal shot into the far post for a 3-0 lead. The German side responded just four minutes later, with Maksimovic capitalizing on an assist from Nkunku to pull one back with a left-footed shot. Como, however, remained composed and sealed the victory in the closing minutes.

In the 90th minute, they scored their fourth goal: Nico Paz was once again the star with his second assist of the night, this time setting up Perrone, who made no mistake and sealed the final 4-1 score.