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The Como Post

14 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Matthias Braunöder says Como went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Jesús Rodríguez in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Como this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Tasos Douvikas falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad

No hiding place for Assane Diao

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Assane Diao, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

Nico Paz runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match

A bad afternoon for Como against Atalanta

0‑2 to Atalanta, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The terraces

Everybody has an opinion about Jean Butez

He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.

Market

The Assane Diao question follows Como around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Assane Diao’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

Player ratings

An afternoon Álvaro Morata will want back

Marked 5.25. Nothing he attempted worked and by the hour mark he had stopped attempting much, which is the part a manager notices rather than the mistakes.

In brief

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The Como Post

8 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Jean Butez

There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Squad

Remember the name: Assane Diao

He is 21, he is averaging 7.41, and older professionals have started passing to him in the difficult minutes. That last part is the real scouting report.

Squad

Álvaro Morata signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Álvaro Morata commits to Como for another 2 years.

Squad

Lucas Da Cunha falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Boardroom

Como beat the market to Francesco Borriello from Triestina

Triestina will keep picking him until June and will get nothing for him after it. Francesco Borriello has pre-agreed a move to Como, and the only people who lose in that arrangement are the ones who let the contract run down.

Match

Como are shipping goals every week

Two or more conceded in each of the last 4 matches. It is not one mistake repeating itself, which would be the easier thing to fix; it is a different one every week.

Match

Como come up short against Cagliari

Cagliari left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Player ratings

Ninety minutes of Nico Paz at his very best

Marked 8.24. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Como.

Loan watch

Thomas Leggio wants to come home

“I did not go to Campobasso to sit and watch. I want to come back to Como and fight for my place.” 4 appearances in 23 matches say the rest.

In brief