Torino 1, Como 3: three late goals turn a game Como trailed
Jacobo Ramón, Nico Paz and Martin Baturina scored in the final stages to overturn Adams's first-half opener in Turin.
Como came from behind to win 3-1 at Torino on Tuesday night, scoring three times in roughly the last ten minutes of a Serie A matchday-nine game at the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino.
How it unfolded
Torino took the lead in the first half through Che Adams, whose goal came around the 25th minute. Goal describes it as a left-footed volley after a step-over from Fitz-Jim. Como had started brightly: Goal reports a Douvikas goal was ruled out for a marginal offside in the opening minutes, and the visitors appealed for a penalty after a challenge on Da Cunha that was not given.
The second half belonged to Como. Goal reports the visitors had increasingly sustained possession, and that three shots hit the crossbar over the half: Caqueret and Baturina for Como, Simeone for Torino. The uFootball report puts Como's shot count at 18 to Torino's 11, with expected goals of 2.16 to 1.0.
The breakthrough came late. Jacobo Ramón equalised with a header from a Nico Paz cross, his third goal of the season according to Como's own match report. Paz then headed in a Couto cross in the 87th minute to put Como ahead, and Martin Baturina sealed it in added time with a right-footed finish after a mistake by Vlasic, per Goal. The sources differ slightly on some goal minutes (Ramón's equaliser is the 81st in the club report and uFootball, the 84th in one of Goal's lists), so timings here are approximate except where they agree.
What it means
Goal reports Como moved up to 20 points, while Torino sit eighth on 13. Como, coached by Cesc Fàbregas, play Venezia next in the league at the Sinigaglia, according to the club's report. Torino are coached by Ignazio Abate.
uFootball paraphrases Fàbregas as saying the win reflected a change in mentality, that Como would not have taken three points from such a game last season, and that his side hit the post twice and should have been given a penalty. He also said the team kept pushing after going 2-1 up, which produced the third goal, and acknowledged the strain of heavy rotation, with six players injured. Asked about the title race, he said it was too early to look at the table in October. He described Torino as well organised.
For Torino the manner of the defeat will sting: they led at the break, hit the woodwork and still conceded three times in the final stages.