Spezia vs Como, 2022-23 Coppa Italia, First Round

· Coppa Italia
Spezia
  • 43': M'Bala Nzola
  • 60': Daniele Verde (P)
  • 71': David Strelec
  • 76': M'Bala Nzola (P)
  • 89': Daniel Maldini
FT
5 - 1
Como
  • 55': Áex Blanco

About

Spezia are hosting Como at Alberto Picco, La Spezia, Italy, starting on . The match is a part of the Coppa Italia.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Foul by Alberto Cerri (Como).
  • 1': Mattia Caldara (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 5': Corner, Spezia. Conceded by Luis Binks.
  • 6': Corner, Spezia. Conceded by Leonardo Mancuso.
  • 8': Foul by Elvis Kabashi (Como).
  • 8': Mehdi Bourabia (Spezia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 9': Attempt missed. Daniele Verde (Spezia) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left from a direct free kick.
  • 10': Corner, Spezia. Conceded by Alessandro Bellemo.
  • 11': Corner, Spezia. Conceded by Leonardo Mancuso.
  • 12': Dangerous play by Leonardo Mancuso (Como).
  • 12': Jakub Kiwior (Spezia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 13': Offside, Como. Filippo Scaglia tries a through ball, but Alberto Cerri is caught offside.
  • 15': Attempt missed. Vittorio Parigini (Como) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is just a bit too high. Assisted by Elvis Kabashi.
  • 17': Foul by Vittorio Parigini (Como).
  • 17': Simone Bastoni (Spezia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 17': Andrea Cagnano (Como) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 17': Foul by Jacopo Sala (Spezia).
  • 18': Alberto Cerri (Como) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 18': Foul by Dimitrios Nikolaou (Spezia).
  • 21': Attempt blocked. Jacopo Sala (Spezia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by M'Bala Nzola.
  • 25': Alberto Cerri (Como) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 25': Foul by Jakub Kiwior (Spezia).
  • 28': Offside, Como. Andrea Cagnano tries a through ball, but Alberto Cerri is caught offside.
  • 29': Attempt blocked. Kevin Agudelo (Spezia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dimitrios Nikolaou.
  • 29': Attempt saved. Daniele Verde (Spezia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 29': Corner, Spezia. Conceded by Simone Ghidotti.
  • 30': Attempt blocked. Dimitrios Nikolaou (Spezia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
  • 30': Corner, Spezia. Conceded by Alessandro Bellemo.
  • 30': Attempt saved. Jakub Kiwior (Spezia) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Daniele Verde with a cross.
  • 31': Foul by Filippo Scaglia (Como).
  • 31': Kevin Agudelo (Spezia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 32': Corner, Spezia. Conceded by Nicolas Ioannou.
  • 32': Corner, Spezia. Conceded by Alberto Cerri.
  • 34': Foul by Filippo Scaglia (Como).
  • 34': M'Bala Nzola (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 37': Andrea Cagnano (Como) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 43': Goal! Spezia 1, Como 0. M'Bala Nzola (Spezia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Emmanuel Gyasi.
  • 45'+2': Attempt saved. Simone Bastoni (Spezia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Daniele Verde.
  • 45'+2': Attempt blocked. Alberto Cerri (Como) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
  • 45'+2': Attempt missed. Nicolas Ioannou (Como) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
  • 45'+4': First Half ends, Spezia 1, Como 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Spezia 1, Como 0.
  • 46': Corner, Como. Conceded by Emmanuel Gyasi.
  • 49': Andrea Cagnano (Como) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 49': Foul by M'Bala Nzola (Spezia).
  • 51': Andrea Cagnano (Como) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 51': Foul by Mehdi Bourabia (Spezia).
  • 52': Alberto Cerri (Como) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 52': Foul by Jakub Kiwior (Spezia).
  • 52': Alessandro Bellemo (Como) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 52': Foul by Kevin Agudelo (Spezia).
  • 54': Attempt missed. Daniele Verde (Spezia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by M'Bala Nzola.
  • 55': Goal! Spezia 1, Como 1. Álex Blanco (Como) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Vittorio Parigini.
  • 58': Penalty Spezia. Mattia Caldara draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 58': Penalty conceded by Elvis Kabashi (Como) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 59': VAR Decision: Penalty Spezia.
  • 60': Goal! Spezia 2, Como 1. Daniele Verde (Spezia) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 62': Foul by Simone Bastoni (Spezia).
  • 62': Vittorio Parigini (Como) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 62': Simone Bastoni (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 63': Attempt blocked. Elvis Kabashi (Como) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Álex Blanco.
  • 63': Foul by Álex Blanco (Como).
  • 63': Kevin Agudelo (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 63': Álex Blanco (Como) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 64': Alberto Cerri (Como) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 64': Foul by Jacopo Sala (Spezia).
  • 65': Substitution, Spezia. David Strelec replaces Daniele Verde.
  • 65': Substitution, Spezia. Arkadiusz Reca replaces Simone Bastoni.
  • 67': Substitution, Como. Ettore Gliozzi replaces Leonardo Mancuso.
  • 71': Goal! Spezia 3, Como 1. David Strelec (Spezia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Arkadiusz Reca.
  • 74': Substitution, Como. Tommaso Arrigoni replaces Álex Blanco.
  • 74': Substitution, Como. Liam Kerrigan replaces Vittorio Parigini.
  • 74': Substitution, Como. Alessandro Gabrielloni replaces Alberto Cerri.
  • 75': Penalty conceded by Luis Binks (Como) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
  • 76': Goal! Spezia 4, Como 1. M'Bala Nzola (Spezia) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
  • 77': Substitution, Spezia. Mikael Ellertsson replaces Jacopo Sala.
  • 77': Substitution, Spezia. Daniel Maldini replaces M'Bala Nzola.
  • 78': Foul by Arkadiusz Reca (Spezia).
  • 78': Liam Kerrigan (Como) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 79': Alessandro Gabrielloni (Como) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 79': Foul by Mikael Ellertsson (Spezia).
  • 82': Attempt missed. Alessandro Bellemo (Como) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Tommaso Arrigoni with a cross.
  • 82': Attempt saved. Liam Kerrigan (Como) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luis Binks.
  • 83': Corner, Como. Conceded by Jeroen Zoet.
  • 84': Substitution, Spezia. Emil Holm replaces Emmanuel Gyasi.
  • 85': Foul by Kevin Agudelo (Spezia).
  • 85': Liam Kerrigan (Como) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 86': Attempt missed. Mikael Ellertsson (Spezia) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by David Strelec.
  • 88': Attempt saved. Mikael Ellertsson (Spezia) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by David Strelec.
  • 89': Goal! Spezia 5, Como 1. Daniel Maldini (Spezia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Arkadiusz Reca.
  • 90'+1': Second Half ends, Spezia 5, Como 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Spezia 5, Como 1.

Statistics

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9 Fouls 12
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 0
2 Corner Kicks 8
4 Saves 1
43.7 Possession 56.3
7 SHOTS 15
2 ON GOAL 9
0.3 On Target % 0.6
0 Penalty Goals 2
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 2
244 Accurate Passes 333
301 Passes 382
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
3 Accurate Crosses 2
7 Crosses 13
0.4 Cross % 0.2
66 Long Balls 31
38 Accurate Long Balls 16
0.6 Long Balls % 0.5
2 Blocked Shots 3
11 Effective Tackles 18
14 Tackles 22
0.8 Tackle % 0.8
13 Interceptions 10
11 Effective Clearances 5
11 Clearances 5

Game Information

Competition: Coppa Italia

Venue: Alberto Picco
Location: La Spezia, Italy

Line-Ups

SPE Spezia (3-5-2)

No. Name
1 Jeroen Zoet (GK)
14 Jakub Kiwior
43 Dimitris Nikolaou
29 Mattia Caldara
33 Kevin Agudelo
6 Mehdi Bourabia
7 Jacopo Sala
20 Simone Bastoni Yellow Card
11 Emmanuel Gyasi
18 M'Bala Nzola
10 Daniele Verde
Spezia Substitutes:
Elio Capradossi, Mikael Ellertsson, Emil Kornvig, Emil Holm, Arkadiusz Reca, Samuel Mráz, Leonardo Dido, Luca Vignali, Petko Hristov, Ognjen Stijepovic, Petar Zovko, Suf Podgoreanu, Daniel Maldini, David Strelec.

COMO Como (3-5-2)

No. Name
1 Simone Ghidotti (GK)
2 Luis Binks
3 Andrea Cagnano Yellow Card
23 Filippo Scaglia
19 Áex Blanco
14 Alessandro Bellemo
8 Elvis Kabashi
44 Nicholas Ioannou
11 Vittorio Parigini
77 Leonardo Mancuso
27 Alberto Cerri
Como Substitutes:
Elia Di Giuliomaria, Davide Bertoncini, Tommaso Arrigoni, Pierre Bolchini, Cas Odenthal, Ettore Gliozzi, Luca Zanotti, Filippo Delli Carri, Liam Kerrigan, Enrico Celeghin, Alessandro Gabrielloni.

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