Game is over and the final score is Fiorentina 1-3 Como. Roberto's goal equalize, and Nico Paz's third goal in three matches and Morata's decisive kick ended Fiorentia's hope to advance further.
2025/2026 Coppa Italia
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Match Report:
The Viola were fresh from a surprising 2-1 home defeat to Cagliari, their first Serie A loss of 2026. Moise Kean, Fabiano Parisi and Tariq Lamptey were injured, but new buys Giovanni Fabbian, Jack Harrison and Marco Brescianini got their first starts. Cesc Fabregas also rotated after a 6-0 thrashing of Torino.
New President Giuseppe Commisso was in the stands, along with his mother Catherine, the widow of former President Rocco.
Fiorentina started off brightly despite the bonkers lineup, pushing high and leaving Como disjointed. It got even better when Roberto Piccoli got body-snatched by a €25 million striker and brilliantly finished Fabbian’s teasing cross. The Viola didn’t immediately let off and even created a couple of decent opportunities on the break before their old nemesis reared its head.
Jacopo Fazzini tested Butez from distance, but Como equalised in chaotic circumstances. The Tasos Douvikas header on a corner bounced off the upright, Diego Carlos was dragged back by Luca Ranieri to prevent him nodding in the rebound, but it fell into the path of Sergi Roberto to score from point-blank range.
Douvikas hobbled off after 29 minutes with a right ankle problem, so the rare Nico Paz rest did not last long.
Brescianini ran onto a long ball, but took too long to get the shot away and was blocked off in the box, while Maxence Caqueret stung Oliver Christensen’s gloves with a ferocious strike.
Como turned the tie around completely when Ivan Smolcic’s cross from the right was clumsily cleared to the edge of the area by Niccolò Fortini, so Nico Paz drilled in past a rusty Christensen.
The goalkeeper did manage to parry Kuhn’s shot on the counter moments later, while Butez rushed out to deny Piccoli at the other end, but the striker pulled up clutching his adductor and had to limp off.
Alvaro Morata and Jayden Addai on their comebacks both tested Christensen, as Como confirmed their dominance by adding a third in stoppages. Kuhn shrugged off crap to sprint down the left from his own half and roll across for Morata to tap in undisturbed from eight yards. It was his first goal since May 2025 for Galatasaray and the veteran seemed genuinely emotional.
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
;">7' GOAL! Fiorentina 1-0 Como (Roberto Piccoli)
20' GOAL! Fiorentina 1-1 Como (Sergi Roberto)
55' Highlight from Fiorentina vs Como
60' GOAL! Fiorentina 1-2 Como (Nico Paz)
84' Highlight from Fiorentina vs Como
91' GOAL! Fiorentina 1-3 Como (Álvaro Morata)
Line-ups
Fiorentina XI: Jack Harrison, Oliver Christensen, L. Ranieri, Brescianini, Piccoli, Jacopo Fazzini, Giovanni Fabbian, Cher Ndour, Pietro Comuzzo, Niccolò Fortini, Luis Balbo
Subs: De Gea, Luca Lezzerini, Albert Gudmundsson, Gosens, Marin Pongracic, Manor Solomon, Fagioli, Lapo Deli, Eddy Kouadio, Edoardo Sadotti, Eman Kospo, Riccardo Braschi, Piergiorgio Bonanno
Como XI: Roberto, Moreno, Jean Butez, Carlos, N. Kühn, Caqueret, Anastasios Douvikas, Lucas Da Cunha, Brempt, Jacobo Ramón, Jesús Rodríguez
Subs: Mauro Vigorito, Morata, Kempf, Mërgim Vojvoda, Ivan Smolcic, Noel Törnqvist, Máximo Perrone, Martin Baturina, Álex Valle, Nico Paz, Jayden Addai, Cristiano De Paoli, Samuele Pisati