Serie A | Monza 1-3 Como: Strong comeback revitalises Fabregas

Originally posted on Football Italia | By Susy Campanale | Last updated Apr 5, 2025 10:55 AM ET

Como completed the comeback from an early Dany Mota Carvalho goal to push Monza ever closer to relegation with Jonathan Ikone, Assane Diao and Mergim Vojvoda strikes.

The hosts were rock bottom and practically doomed already, missing Matteo Pessina and Andrea Carboni. Cesc Fabregas was irritated with his squad after scraping two points from the last four rounds, held by Venezia and Empoli. Ignace van der Brempt, Alberto Dossena and Ivan Azon were on the treatment table, as Nico Paz and Dele Alli returned from suspension.

See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog.

It was Monza who took a surprise early lead when Dany Mota Carvalho controlled a long Georgios Kyriakopoulos ball over the top and Oliver Kempf seemed to have it under control, but was far too weak in his defending, so the striker got it back to sweep in with the inside of the right boot from eight yards.

Como equalised 11 minutes later, when Jonathan Ikone cut inside from the right past two defenders and drilled a left-foot finish into the far bottom corner, with Stefano Turati a little unsighted.

Tasos Douvikas got his first Como start and stung Turati’s gloves, only a warning as they turned the game around when Pedro Pereira failed to effectively cut out the Maxence Caqueret roll across from the right, allowing Assane Diao to pounce from 12 yards.

It really should’ve been 3-1 moments later when Dany Mota was robbed in midfield to spark a counter-attack, but Diao saw his shot parried by Turati and the Douvikas follow-up was blasted over the bar.

The referee pointed to the spot just before half-time when Jean Butez brought down Dany Mota, but the Monza striker was offside.

Straight after the restart, Butez made an extraordinary double save, pushing the Keita Balde Diao strike onto the crossbar with one hand, then doing the same on Dany Mota’s follow-up.

Moments later, Como extended their lead instead, as Mergim Vojvoda was not closed down on a Caqueret pass and smashed a right-foot rocket into the near top corner.

Butez again denied Dany Mota with a fine reaction save at the near post, while Douvikas turned Danilo D’Ambrosio to skim the upright from the edge of the area.

Monza 1-3 Como

Dany Mota 5 (M), Ikone 16 (C), Diao 39 (C), Vojvoda 51 (C)

05-04-2025 14:00 MatchDay 31 Stadio Brianteo (U-Power Stadium)

Monza

Como Live 1 - 3

Player statistic

1st half

Dany Mota (Assist: Georgios Kyriakopoulos)	5'
	16'	Jonathan Ikoné (Assist: Assane Diao)
Georgios Kyriakopoulos	24'
Alessandro Bianco	38'
	39'	Assane Diao

2nd half

51'

Mërgim Vojvoda (Assist: Maxence Caqueret) 55'

Mërgim Vojvoda Monza Como

Starting lineups

30 Stefano Turati Goalkeeper 4

Armando Izzo Defender 33

Danilo D’Ambrosio Defender 80' 77

Georgios Kyriakopoulos Defender 57' 19 Samuele Birindelli Defender 56' 42 Alessandro Bianco Midfielder 57' 7

Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro Midfielder 67' 13

Pedro Pereira Midfielder 47 Dany Mota Attacker

Keita Baldé Attacker 84 Patrick Ciurria Attacker 30

Jean Butez Goalkeeper 41 Álex Valle Defender 5

Edoardo Goldaniga Defender 2

Marc Oliver Kempf Defender

Mërgim Vojvoda Defender 59' 80

Maxence Caqueret Midfielder 60' 79 Nico Paz Midfielder 87' 11

Anastasios Douvikas Attacker 38 Assane Diao Attacker 19

Jonathan Ikoné Attacker 71' 33 Lucas Da Cunha Attacker

71'

Substitutes

Stefano Sensi Midfielder 37

Andrea Petagna Attacker 8 Kacper Urbanski Midfielder 69 Andrea Mazza Goalkeeper 80 Samuele Vignato Midfielder 21 Semuel Pizzignacco Goalkeeper 35 Silvère Ganvoula Attacker 3 Stefan Lekovic Defender 20 Omari Forson Attacker 2 Arvid Brorsson Defender 11

Gaetano Castrovilli Midfielder 56' 6

Roberto Gagliardini Midfielder 57' 5

Luca Caldirola Defender 57' 10

Gianluca Caprari Attacker 67' 22 Tomas Palacios Defender 80' 25

Pepe Reina Goalkeeper 10

Patrick Cutrone Attacker 6 Alessio Iovine Midfielder 9 Alessandro Gabrielloni Attacker

Dele Alli Midfielder 77 Ignace Van Der Brempt Defender 18

Alberto Moreno Defender 27 Matthias Braunöder Midfielder 16 Alieu Fadera Midfielder 15 Fellipe Jack Defender 28 Ivan Smolcic Defender 59' 23 Máximo Perrone Midfielder 60' 7

Gabriel Strefezza Attacker 71' 20

Sergi Roberto Midfielder 71' 26

Yannik Engelhardt Midfielder

87'

This article first appeared on Football Italia and was syndicated with permission.

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