Serie A | Cremonese 1-4 Como: Fabregas in the Champions League

There was even more bad news for Marco Giampaolo, who lost Youssouf Maleh to a muscular injury in the opening minutes and was forced into a change.

Assane Diao failed to keep his header on target at the back post, but the winger did sprint down the left and stand up a cross for Tasos Douvikas, the shot was parried by Emil Audero, but a poor Giuseppe Pezzella clearance fell straight to Jesus Rodriguez for the Como opener.

Como doubled their lead after the restart, this time it was Jesus Rodriguez who provided the assist for Tasos Douvikas to finish off at the back post.

However, Cremonese received a penalty when Jacobo Ramon bundled into the back of Jamie Vardy moments later. Federico Bonazzoli converted to pull one back.

VAR called the referee over for a Matteo Bianchetti high boot to block off the Douvikas half-volley inside the penalty area, and a very harsh penalty was awarded. Cremonese were furious, so Milan Djuric and David Okereke were sent off while warming up, followed by Alberto Grassi also for dissent. Lucas Da Cunha eventually converted the resulting spot-kick.

Da Cunha added a fourth goal by surprising the goalkeeper with a hard and low finish at the near post, when the far was expected.

They thought there was a fifth, but Alvaro Morata was offside on the assist to Sergi Roberto.

News came through after the final whistle that Milan had lost at home, meaning due to head-to-head records, the Juventus result was irrelevant, Como were in the Champions League.

Cremonese 1-4 Como

Jesus Rodriguez 36 (Co), Douvikas 51 (Co), Bonazzoli pen 55 (Cr), Da Cunha pen 74, 81 (Co)

Sent off: Grassi 72 (Cr), Okereke 71 (Cr bench), Djuric 71 (Cr bench)

24-05-2026 19:45 MatchDay 38 Stadio Giovanni Zini

Cremonese

Como 1 - 4

Player statistic

1st half

		20'		Jesús Rodriguez
Morten Thorsby		21'
		36'		Jesús Rodriguez

2nd half

		49'		Alberto Moreno
		51'		Anastasios Douvikas (Assist: Jesús Rodriguez)
Federico Bonazzoli		55'
Jamie Vardy		61'
Matteo Bianchetti		71'
Alberto Grassi

71'         74'

Lucas Da Cunha Jari Vandeputte

76'         81'

Lucas Da Cunha (Assist: Maxence Caqueret)

Match statistic

30 Possession % 70 6 Total shots 15 1 Shots on target 6 4 Shots off target 3 1 Blocked shots 6 2 Corners 4 3 Offsides 3 14 Fouls 12 Cremonese Como

Starting lineups

1

Emil Audero Goalkeeper 3

Giuseppe Pezzella Defender 15 Matteo Bianchetti Defender 5

Sebastiano Luperto Defender 33

Alberto Grassi Midfielder 24

Filippo Terracciano Midfielder 83' 2

Morten Thorsby Midfielder 46' 29 Youssef Maleh Midfielder 16' 7 Alessio Zerbin Attacker 46' 90

Federico Bonazzoli Attacker 85' 10

Jamie Vardy Attacker 1

Jean Butez Goalkeeper 18

Alberto Moreno Defender 76' 28 Ivan Smolcic Defender 14 Jacobo Ramón Defender 2

Marc-Oliver Kempf Defender 20 Martin Baturina Midfielder 83' 23

Máximo Perrone Midfielder 11

Anastasios Douvikas Attacker 83' 38 Assane Diao Attacker 83' 17 Jesús Rodriguez Attacker

64' 33 Lucas Da Cunha Attacker

Substitutes

69 Lapo Nava Goalkeeper 16

Marco Silvestri Goalkeeper 23

Federico Ceccherini Defender 9

Milan Djuric Attacker 77

David Okereke Attacker 55 Francesco Folino Defender 26 Tommaso Vigilati Defender 27 Jari Vandeputte Midfielder 16' 18 Michele Collocolo Midfielder 46' 22 Romano Floriani Mussolini Defender 46' 4 Tommaso Barbieri Defender 83' 21 Simone Lottici Tessadri Midfielder 85' 5

Edoardo Goldaniga Defender 22

Mauro Vigorito Goalkeeper 34

Diego Carlos Defender 10

Nico Paz Midfielder 19 Nicolas Kühn Attacker 21 Noel Törnqvist Goalkeeper 58 Samuele Pisati Attacker 15 Adrian Lahdo Midfielder 49 Riccardo Cassano Midfielder 6

Maxence Caqueret Midfielder 64' 77

Ignace Van Der Brempt Defender 76' 31

Mërgim Vojvoda Defender 83' 7

Álvaro Morata Attacker 83' 8

Sergi Roberto Midfielder

83'