Two goalkeeping errors occurred in Wednesday’s Serie A match between Milan and Como. The final score between the two Lombardy clubs was 1-1—not enough for the Rossoneri, who are now seven points behind city rivals Inter in the title race.
In the early stages of this Serie A match on matchday 24, the visitors from Como controlled the game against a harmless AC Milan with a lot of possession. However, scoring chances were few and far between, and it took almost half an hour for that to change. With a little help from the home side: Milan’s recently celebrated goalkeeper Maignan made a serious mistake in his own build-up play in front of the home crowd at San Siro, playing a cross-field pass to Pavlovic that was far too inaccurate. Paz intercepted the ball and had no trouble finishing into the empty net (32′).
After taking the lead, Como remained the more active team, while Milan offered very little in attack. The most notable player was Como’s goalscorer Paz, who was involved in almost all of Cesc Fabregas’ team’s attacks.
Rafael Leao capitalizes on another goalkeeper error
In the second half, the home side finally stepped up their game, living up to their role as favorites in this Lombardy derby as the second-placed team in the table. They looked much more alert and attacked the opposition’s defense with more energy.
After almost an hour, DFB striker and AC winter signing Füllkrug was also in the game—and witnessed the next goalkeeper blunder up close: after a long ball from Milan’s Jashari, Como’s keeper Butez was far too far in front of his goal, which Rafael Leao gratefully accepted and scored the equalizer with a lob (64′). . In the final stages, the hosts were even close to taking the lead, but were also lucky that Saelemaekers, who had already been booked, did not receive a second yellow card within a few minutes.
In the end, the score remained 1-1, which meant that Milan’s city rivals Inter (who had recently won 3-2 in the Derby d’Italia against Juventus and suffered a surprise 3-1 defeat to Bodö/Glimt in the first leg of their Champions League play-off) were now comfortably in first place with seven points. Next up for the Rossoneri is Parma (Sunday, 6 p.m.). Como, still hoping to be the surprise team in international competition, faces another real cracker in its next match: on Saturday (3 p.m.), Fabregas’s team will take on the record champions from Turin.