Serie A | Roma 1-0 Como: Wesley Franca revives Giallorossi

Lorenzo Pellegrini’s free kick was knocked down by Mario Hermoso for a mad scramble, then Wesley wasted from a promising position by ballooning over the bar.

Matias Soulé saw his strike charged down by Marc-Oliver Kempf, but there were chances at both ends in one move. Pellegrini’s acrobatic attempt on a corner found Ndicka for an effort charged down by Jacobo Ramon, so Diao sprinted away on the counter-attack, shrugged off two, until Devyne Rensch got back in time for the decisive block.

Diao pulled up just as he was finishing that run and limped off a few minutes later with a muscular injury, putting him in doubt for the Africa Cup of Nations with Senegal.

Martin Baturina made a crucial block to deflect Ferguson’s finish over the bar at the end of a well-worked team move, then moments later Ferguson prodded a Wesley assist straight at Jean Butez.

Como threatened in first half stoppages when a free kick was flicked on by Kempf for Tasos Douvikas, forcing Mile Svilar to rush off his line and palm it away from close range.

Straight after the restart, Soulé nodded onto the upright and Bryan Cristante fired in the rebound, but none of it mattered because Pellegrini was offside on the initial cross.

Como threatened too, as Svilar had to scramble across to claw the deflected Douvikas shot away from Baturina at the back post. On the resulting corner, Nico Paz saw his volley charged down, and the Lucas Da Cunha follow-up was deflected wide.

Roma broke the deadlock when Como had Addai down hurt near the corner flag after diving into a tackle, as the move continued with a cross that Soulé laid off for Wesley, his daisy-cutter going through Alex Valle’s legs into the far bottom corner.

Ferguson’s angled drive flashed wide, while Jesus Rodriguez swung a dangerous ball across the face of goal that no Como teammates could connect with.

Ndicka made a decisive sliding block from six yards on Stefan Posch, while Posch also hit the side-netting after an Ignace van der Brempt strong run. Leon Bailey forced a fingertip save from Butez at the near post in added time.

There was tension at the final whistle with a row between Gianluca Mancini, who shoulder barged Jacobo Ramon off the field, and the Como players. It continues with an intense conversation between Mancini and Cesc Fabregas.

Roma 1-0 Como

Wesley 60 (R)

15-12-2025 19:45 MatchDay 15 Stadio Olimpico

Roma

Como 1 - 0

Player statistic

2nd half

		55'		Jayden Addai
Gianluca Mancini		58'
		59'		Nico Paz
Wesley (Assist: Matìas Soulé)

60'     Stephan El Shaarawy 88'     Wesley

89'     Roma Como

Starting lineups

99

Mile Svilar Goalkeeper 2 Devyne Rensch Defender 5

Evan Ndicka Defender 23

Gianluca Mancini Defender 22

Mario Hermoso Defender 43

Wesley Defender 4

Bryan Cristante Midfielder 7

Lorenzo Pellegrini Midfielder 73' 17

Manu Koné Midfielder 11

Evan Ferguson Attacker 18

Matìas Soulé Attacker 82' 1

Jean Butez Goalkeeper 3 Álex Valle Defender 28 Ivan Smolcic Defender 79' 14 Jacobo Ramón Defender 2

Marc Oliver Kempf Defender 20 Martin Baturina Midfielder 79' 6

Maxence Caqueret Midfielder 65' 10

Nico Paz Midfielder 38 Assane Diao Attacker 37' 42

Jayden Addai Attacker

65' 33 Lucas Da Cunha Attacker

Substitutes

35 Tommaso Baldanzi Midfielder 21

Paulo Dybala Attacker 3

Angeliño Defender 95

Pierluigi Gollini Goalkeeper 12

Konstantinos Tsimikas Defender 32

Devis Vásquez Goalkeeper 61 Niccolò Pisilli Midfielder 87 Daniele Ghilardi Defender 24 Jan Ziolkowski Defender 69 Muhammed Bah Midfielder 92

Stephan El Shaarawy Attacker 73' 31

Leon Bailey Attacker 82' 99

Alberto Cerri Attacker 31

Mërgim Vojvoda Defender 22

Mauro Vigorito Goalkeeper 44 Nikola Cavlina Goalkeeper 34

Diego Carlos Defender 18

Alberto Moreno Defender 55 Andrea Le Borgne Midfielder 11

Anastasios Douvikas Attacker 37' 27

Stefan Posch Defender 65' 17 Jesús Rodriguez Attacker 65' 77 Ignace Van Der Brempt Defender 79' 19

Nicolas Kühn Attacker

79'