A golden point. Patrick Cutrone’s fourteenth goal of the season is perhaps the most important of the season so far. Because, in addition to giving Como a draw following a comeback in Genoa against Sampdoria, it keeps the Azzurri in second place in the Serie B table.
Only one point ahead, but it could be the good one for promotion, with three days to go.
First half of authority for the Azzurri who, despite conceding something, dominated their opponent and were only stopped by Stankovic’s amazing day.
The match is resolved in the second half.
Samp lead in the 21st minute: Borini, served at the limit, beats Semper with a precise diagonal. Shortly before, the Croatian goalkeeper had intercepted a close-range shot from Stojanovic.
Then Cutrone takes care of equalizing the scores in the 37th minute: Verdi, as soon as he comes in, puts it in the middle. He mixes in the area, with an attempt also by Nsame, who is blocked.
The ball reaches Paré’s striker who makes it 1-1 and puts Como back in control of their destiny with a one-point advantage over Venezia.
Scorers: Borini in the 21st minute, Cutrone in the 37th minute.
SAMPDORIA (3-5-2): Stankovic; Piccini (from 29′ st Piccini), Ghilardi, Gonzalez; Stojanovic, Depaoli (from 34′ st Benedetti), Kasami, Yepes, Kasami, Murru; Borini (from 29′ st Pedrola), Esposito. Available: Tantalocchi, Ravaglia, Ricci, Verre, Alvarez, Giordano, Ntanda, Darboe, Benedetti. All. Pirlo.
COMO (4-4-2): Always; Iovine. Goldaniga, Barba, Sala; Strefezza (from 29′ st Verdi), Baselli (from 25′ st Abildgaard), Braunoder (from 40′ st Bellemo), Da Cunha; Cutrone (from 40′ st Gioacchini), Gabrielloni (from 25′ st Nsame). Available: Vigorito, Curto, Chajia, Odenthal, Ioannou, Cassandro, Fumagalli. All. Roberts.
Referee: Camplone di Pescara.
NOTES – Booked: Depaoli, Sala, Borini, Strefezza, Braunoder, Esposito. Angles: 1-5.
Program – Friday 26/4: Pisa-Catanzaro 2-2, Venezia-Cremonese 2-1. Saturday 27/4: Brescia-Spezia 0-0, Modena-Sudtirol 1-0, Parma-Lecco 4-0, Ternana-Ascoli 0-1, Cittadella-Feralpisalò 1-1, Cosenza-Bari 4-1, Palermo-Reggiana 1-2, Sampdoria-Como 1-1.
Ranking – Parma 73; Como 68; Venice 67; Cremonese 60; Catanzaro 57; Palermo 52; Brescia 47; Sampdoria (-2) 46; Pisa and Cittadella 45; Sudtirol, Modena and Reggiana 43; Cosenza 42; Ascoli, Ternana and Spezia 37; Bari 36; Feralpisalò 32; Lecco 26.
Next round – Wednesday 1/5: Cremonese-Pisa at 12.30 pm, Ascoli-Cosenza, Catanzaro-Venice, Como-Cittadella, Spezia-Palermo, Sudtirol-Ternana at 3 pm, Bari-Parma, Feralpisalò-Brescia, Lecco-Sampdoria, Reggiana- Modena 6pm.
