JAKARTA - Como 1907 is aiming for the Champions League zone after winning 1-0 over Udinese in an Italian Serie A match at the Giuseppe Sinigaglia Stadium, Saturday, January 3, 2026 WIB.
Como managed to cut the point gap with the top teams. After picking up the second consecutive victory, Como began to be taken into account because they had the opportunity to enter the Champions League zone.
In the previous match, Como successfully defeated Lecce 3-0. The positive trend continued when Cesc Fabregas' team defeated Udinese with a single goal from Lucas Da Cunha.
The victory at home makes Como stay in sixth place with 30 points. The team, which has the support of a company in Indonesia, is still three points behind AS Roma, which is in fourth place or in the Champions League zone.
However, Como is also competing with Juventus who are currently still stuck in fifth place. Juve itself is one point ahead of Como which makes the competition for one of the positions to qualify for the European competition more intense.
Meanwhile, Udinese, who had surprised by defeating the elite team Napoli 1-0, experienced a decline. After the surprising victory, they were slaughtered by Fiorentina 5-1.
Furthermore, Udinese drew 1-1 against Lazio and finally lost to Como, which made them still struggling in the middle of the table. Udinese, now, is ranked 11th with 22 points.
In that match, Udinese had put pressure. They, recorded, got a good chance through Nicolo Zaniolo who fired a shot. Only, the kick of the Italian national team player was still not on target.
Como finally managed to get out of the pressure and started to dominate. The hosts didn't take long to break the opponent's goal when they got a penalty in the 18th minute.
The penalty was given after midfielder Jakub Piotrowski pulled Alberto Moreno down to the ground in the penalty box. The referee immediately pointed to the white spot and Da Cunha easily executed the penalty.
1-0 advantage makes Como more aggressive in pressing Udinese's defense. Even I Lariani got another chance through Jesus Rodriguez and Maxi Perrone. Unfortunately, they couldn't take advantage of that opportunity to be converted into a goal.
Entering the second half, Como continued to play offensively. However, Udinese also changed the game so that they were able to match the home team's game.
Even I Bianconeri had the opportunity to equalize through Jurgen Ekkelenkamp. Unfortunately, his kick was still wide on the left side of goalkeeper Jean Butez.
Udinese actually managed to break Como's goal when receiving the ball in the penalty box. He had to deceive Butez before shooting into the goal. Only that goal was then annulled because Zaniolo was in an offside position.
Como then put pressure by creating a number of opportunities. They were recorded to have the opportunity to add goals through Anastasios Douvikas and Nico Paz who returned to play.
However, the two of them could not maximize the opportunity so that the score of 1-0 for Como lasted until the end of the match.
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