Como by Cesc Fabregas promoted to Serie A: the draw at home was decisive in a 1-1 comeback against Cosenza, Venezia defeated 2-1 in Spezia and therefore forced to play in the promotion playoffs. The goals: in the 31st minute Tutino for the Calabrians; in the 29th minute Verdi (penalty) for the Como players. The Como team joins league leaders Parma (today 1-1 in the derby against Reggiana) and already promoted. This is the most important verdict of the Serie B championship which ended tonight.
Nothing to be done for Venezia who, with the 2-1 defeat at La Spezia, after taking the lead in the first half, and the simultaneous draw at Como, say goodbye to the dream of direct promotion to Serie A. Dream of category jump postponed to the playoffs.
Bari wins 2-0 against Brescia and wins the playout against Ascoli who are relegated to Serie C despite the 2-1 home win against Pisa.
Como in Serie A after 22 years, the party on the lake explodes
A 22-year long wait, a return that feels like a starting point: Como returns to Serie A. With Cosenza in the last 90 minutes of the season a draw is enough, because Venezia loses and goes to the playoffs. At Sinigaglia, dressed up for the occasion and also in the presence of Thierry Henry, Roberts and Fabregas’ team obtained the pass to Serie A. Venezia’s attempt to overturn the epilogue of the championship was in vain, as against Spezia they were playing for the possibility of canceling the -2 in the standings with which they had started the last 90 minutes of the game. In Como they were thus able to uncork the sparkling wine that they had already put on ice last Sunday, when the mathematical certainty of a return to Serie A failed due to the 0-0 draw at Braglia (a trip forbidden to Como fans), just as Venezia won in full recovery against Feralpisalò and kept the promotion dream alive. With the pass to the top category, Como gains the right stage for its possibilities and finances, given that the Indonesian ownership of the Hartonos is the richest in the Italian football scene. Now the ambition, needless to say, is immediately to appear in a European position, although the company has not made any programmatic manifestos.
Also because in the meantime there is a stage to be commensurate with these ambitions and in the next few days we will know more about the possible construction of the new plant, modern and in step with the expectations of a company that wants to export the Como brand to the world, linking it inextricably football and a tourist showcase. In the event that the new Sinigaglia cannot be built, an intervention to adapt the existing structure, with a possible move for a few matches at the start of the championship to another facility, probably Parma. On the pitch, Como’s ride was a progression. Three defeats in 2024: the home defeat against Ascoli at the end of January, with the 4-2-3-1, then the 3-0 in Palermo about twenty days later. Even if it seemed like the direct clash, third against second, with Cremonese on March 9th would break the bank. That day, Strefezza’s expulsion for a foul on Vazquez left Como with 10 men after 12 minutes, Stroppa making it 2-1 in the ninetieth minute. A hasty shower, after not even a week earlier Como had won the direct clash against Venezia with the same result: before the match, 500 people had flocked to training to support the team in a crucial moment. So much so that since that turning point in March, things have no longer gotten worse and from matchday 32 Como remained permanently in second place, which is worth direct promotion.
Yet, one of the key moments of the season is destined to be the victory over Cittadella on Thursday 1 May: in the 71st minute the Venetians were ahead with Pittarello. Verde recovers the result shortly after and when Roberts is about to put Iannou on the field, Como turns everything around and changes three, unbalancing the team forward. In full recovery, Goldaniga’s goal. In Catanzaro Iemmello instead made it 3-2 on a penalty against Venezia, giving the Como team +4 in the standings and their first match point. Before tonight’s winning serve.
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