Como 2-1 Parma: Kaiki Seals It Late As Como's Dominance Finally Tells
SportSignals Match Desk · Football analysis desk ·
What Happened
Como 2-1 Parma. Write it down. Four wins from five in Serie A, playing at home, utterly dominant for long stretches. And yet somehow this went to the final whistle with a nervy edge. That tells you something about Como's finishing. It also tells you something about desire. Parma showed enough of it in that last ten minutes to make this uncomfortable. But Como had enough class to see it out. End of.
Jacobo Ramón Sets the Tone
The first goal came on 23 minutes. Jacobo Ramón, right foot, assisted by Nico Paz. Clean. Simple. The kind of finish that settles a side and tells the opposition exactly what the afternoon has in store for them.
The thing is, that goal was a long time coming. Como had 132 attacks in this match. One hundred and thirty-two. Parma managed 61. Como had 95 dangerous attacks. Parma had 35. Como had 28 shots to Parma's 12. They had 24 shots inside the box to Parma's 7. When one team is that much in control of a match and only leads 1-0 at the final whistle of the first half, you are asking for trouble. Como were asking for trouble.
The Finishing Was Unacceptable
Como missed four big chances in this match. Four. They created six big chances in total and converted two goals. The basics of finishing were simply not good enough for large portions of this game. I don't need to pull out a spreadsheet to tell you that a side with 28 shots should not be clinging on at 1-0 for as long as Como were. The attitude in front of goal let them down repeatedly.
Parma's Limitations Were Clear
Listen, Parma came into this with one win, one draw, and three losses in their last five Serie A matches. Their goals tally in those five games was two scored and five conceded. You looked at that and you knew what was coming. A side without enough quality or desire to go to Como and impose themselves.
They had 36 per cent of the ball. They completed 297 passes to Como's 587. They won 25 duels to Como's 47. In every single competitive measure, they were second. And yet they had moments. They hit the woodwork once. They kept themselves in the match when they had no right to be. I'll give them that much. But a team with those numbers does not deserve anything from a game. They got one goal and one point fewer than they deserved. That is football being fair.
The Substitutions Changed It
Both sides made their moves at 55 minutes. Como brought on Jesús Rodríguez and Martin Baturina came off with Maxence Caqueret replacing him. Parma brought on El Bilal Touré for Matija Frigan. At 64 minutes, Anastasios Douvikas replaced Moise Kean for Como. Fresh legs, fresh options.
It was Kaiki who finished the job. Eighty-three minutes. Left foot. Assisted by Máximo Perrone. That is how you win football matches. You keep pressing, you keep competing, and eventually the goal comes. Como found it. Credit for that.
What came next was entirely avoidable. In the second minute of stoppage time, David Romero, who had only come on as a substitute at 64 minutes, scored for Parma. Assisted by Pontus Almqvist. Right foot. That is the sort of goal that comes when a team switches off after scoring. The standards dropped. The accountability disappeared for a few minutes. You cannot do that at any level.
Como's Dominance in Context
Over the last five Serie A matches before this one, Como won four and drew one. They had beaten Genoa 4-1, beaten Napoli 2-1, drawn 1-1 with Udinese, beaten Cremonese 4-1, and beaten Parma 1-0 in the reverse fixture in May. That last result matters. Como have now beaten Parma in both meetings in the head-to-head record. They kept a clean sheet in May. They did not manage it today, and that will annoy them if they have any standards at all.
The 64 per cent possession tells a story. The 90 per cent pass accuracy tells a story. The 11 corners to Parma's 4 tells a story. Como were the better team by every measure you care to name. The only question is whether they are ruthless enough to turn that kind of domination into more convincing scorelines. Today they were not. Three points is three points. But four big chances missed is unacceptable.
Parma's Absences Worth Noting
Como went into this match carrying a significant suspension situation. Four players were listed as suspended, with three of those suspensions running until late January 2027. That is a significant chunk of your squad unavailable. And yet Como still dominated. That says something about the depth they have. It also raises questions about how those suspensions came about and what kind of discipline issues are sitting underneath the surface at the club.
Parma had two players listed as injured and out. Their situation is not comfortable either.
The Verdict
Como win. Three points. Deserved. The performance was dominant enough that the result was never seriously in doubt after Kaiki scored in the 83rd minute. The worry is the finishing. Six big chances created, four missed. That is not a sustainable conversion rate when you face better opposition. Against a Parma side who came into this match losing three of their last five, you need to put the game to bed much earlier.
The thing is, Como are doing the right things in the right areas. They are competing, they are creating, and they are winning. That is the basics of the game being executed. But the standards in front of goal need to be higher. The accountability for those four big chances missed has to be felt in training this week. If it is not, the next time a better side comes to Como, they will be punished for it. End of.
