ROME (AP) — Como beat relegation-threatened Pisa 5-0 on Sunday, clinching Serie A’s final Champions League spot with a fifth straight win. Serie A.
With the win, Cesc Fabregas’ side increased their lead to three points over fifth-placed Juventus, who drew 1-1 with Sassuolo on Saturday.
Assan Diao, Anastasios Duvicas, Martin Baturina, Nico Paz and Maximo Perrone scored for the hosts.
Duvicas’ 11th goal of the season made him the first Como player to score so many goals in the top flight since Giuseppe Baldini scored 13 and Renato Cattaneo 11 in the 1951-52 season.
Como’s victory comes three days after one of Como’s owners, an Indonesian tobacco billionaire. michael bambam hartonopassed away at the age of 86.
Hartono and his younger brother, Roberto Budi Hartono, took over as coach of Como in 2019, when the team was playing in Italy’s fourth division.
Como returned to Serie A in 2024 for the first time in over 20 years.
Serie A leaders Inter Milan then visited Fiorentina, while Roma hosted Lecce.
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Kenneth Taylor, who joined Lazio in January, scored two goals in the second half in a 2-0 win over Bologna, lifting the Roman club from the hosts to eighth place.
Dutch international Taylor, 23, was signed by Maurizio Sarri’s club from Ajax for 17 million euros ($20 million).
Lazio goalkeeper Edoardo Motta, playing in his third Serie A game, saved Riccardo Orsolini’s penalty in the 51st minute with the score 0-0.
It was Lazio’s third consecutive win.
Seventh-placed Atalanta also bounced back from their loss to Bayern Munich in the Champions League to beat Hellas Verona 1-0 with Davide Zappacosta scoring before the break.
Midfielder Marten de Roon made his 436th appearance for Atalanta in all competitions, a club record, and was celebrated before kick-off.
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