Como – Milan: Como play better, but get stopped by Maignan and suffer a comeback led by Rabiot (1-3)

Como under Fàbregas continue to show excellent football, being superior at home, but this time it was not enough to beat Milan, who scored three goals and prevented several others, coming from behind to defeat the hosts. The match was a postponed fixture from Serie A round sixteen.

Tactical analysis and match report by Marcus Arboés.

After losing to Roma, Como managed to put together a run of games despite several important absences Morata, Diao, Goldaniga and Addai. With that, Fàbregas lined up his team with Butez in goal; Van der Brempt at right fullback, Moreno on the left and the pairing of Kempf and Jacobo Ramon as center backs; Maximo Perrone and Lucas da Cunha as holding midfielders, with Nico Paz as the team’s organizer; on the right wing, due to the absences, Vojvoda was tested, while Baturina played on the left, with Douvikas leading the line as the striker.

On the other side, Allegri could not count on the injured Gimenez and Pavlovic. To maintain the longest unbeaten run in the competition, he set Milan up with the following lineup: Maignan as goalkeeper; Tomori, Gabbia and De Winter as a back three; Saelemakers and Bartesaghi on the flanks; a midfield trio of Modric, Rabiot and Fofana; Rafael Leão and Nkunku forming the attacking duo.

The impact of Como’s build-up

Saying that Como played better is no exaggeration. The team were clearly superior in the first half and could have scored several goals if not for Milan goalkeeper Maignan. Both this superiority and Milan’s equalizer, which brought the game back into contention, came from the key . . .