High-flying Como continue to soar with victory over Parma in Serie A

[p]Coming into today’s game on the back of a brilliant UEFA Champions League debut victory, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/como/ttyLthOA/"]Como[/a] started on the front foot here and had the first opportunity after a well-worked corner from the left found the unmarked [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/paz-martinez-nicolas/GG6EYRT0/"]Nico Paz[/a], whose 17-yard effort was deflected wide.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/couto-yan/fVyb9zlg/"]Yan Couto[/a] then forced [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/parma/6DxlaxHN/"]Parma[/a] goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/corvi-edoardo/j33di9cK/"]Edoardo Corvi[/a] into a save, with the Italian palming his effort away for a corner.[/p][p][b]From the resulting set-piece, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ramon-jacobo/dIvLWqXc/"]Jacobo Ramon[/a] met Paz’s cross from the left and fired home from inside the box to put Cesc Fabregas’ side ahead on 23 minutes. [/b][/p][p]The goal continued Como’s impressive first-half scoring form, with the Lariani having entered the round with a league-high five goals before half time.[/p][embed guid="45ca7da2-a14e-45c1-af93-754e805db2d5" url="https://x.com/SerieA_EN/status/2099543582847697253" social-type="twitter" /][p]The hosts continued to control possession but were unable to find a way through a resolute Parma defence again before the break.[/p][p] The away side’s only real opportunity came on the stroke of the interval when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lontani-simone/vwz40r9n/"]Simone Lontani[/a] latched onto a lofted pass from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/britschgi-sascha/pl4jaKil/"]Sascha Britschgi[/a] on the edge of the six-yard box, but powered his header just over the bar.[/p][p]Following a slow start to the second half, Parma had a glorious chance to level just after the hour mark when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/valeri-emanuele/l8UQT6rE/"]Emanuele Valeri[/a]’s ball into the area found substitute [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/romero-jose/hnBeXvEK/"]David Romero[/a] four yards out, but his first-time effort was brilliantly kept out by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sanchez-robert/Q74F6aqr/"]Robert Sanchez[/a], who got down to his left to turn the ball onto the post.[/p][image alt="Momentum" id="dcbafd85-778e-45ea-80c4-b4c95a0f580e" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="4804db33-0b90-4aec-b159-49fa4734260d" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]Como threatened again when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/caqueret-maxence/0U8JJaVd/"]Maxence Caqueret[/a] slipped a lovely weighted ball through to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kaiki/lh7XKPT1/"]Kaiki Bruno[/a], who chipped onrushing goalkeeper Corvi, but his effort drifted wide of the right-hand post.[/p][p][b]Carlos Cuesta’s Parma continued to push for a late leveller, but Como struck again on 83 minutes when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ricci-samuele/thdNLRpt/"]Samuele Ricci[/a]’s ball from the right was spilled by Corvi, allowing Kaiki to slot home from eight yards.[/b][/p][embed guid="a784f8d9-6fc3-4397-922c-702b9c38e3e9" url="https://x.com/SerieA_EN/status/2099563599563833623" social-type="twitter" /][p]The home side had a chance to add another when Couto’s effort was saved by Corvi, with Caqueret firing the rebound wide of the right-hand post. [/p][p][b]Parma grabbed a late consolation in added time through Romero, who turned home [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/almqvist-pontus/vL30lp6C/"]Pontus Almqvist[/a]’s cross, but it was too little too late as Como held on to extend their unbeaten H2H run to six games (W3, D3). [/b][/p][image alt="Match stats" id="a5721789-908e-4109-b45b-cdffc6710824" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="313f485d-5c9c-4aa6-8bc0-f96ecf778cfa" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]The Crociati are still winless in the league and will be aiming to improve that record when they host [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/genoa/d0PJxeie/"]Genoa[/a] ahead of the international break this weekend.[/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/paz-martinez-nicolas/GG6EYRT0/"]Nico Paz[/a] ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/como/ttyLthOA/"]Como[/a])[/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/como-ttyLthOA/parma-6DxlaxHN/?mid=rFwuw4qS"]See all the stats from the match here[/a][/b][/p]