{"id":225236,"date":"2025-10-19T13:52:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T13:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/225236\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T13:52:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T13:52:07","slug":"european-football-nico-paz-pearler-helps-como-climb-above-juventus-european-club-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/225236\/","title":{"rendered":"European football: Nico Paz pearler helps Como climb above Juventus | European club football"},"content":{"rendered":"

Juventus lost 2-0 at Como in Serie A on Sunday, suffering another disappointing result after five successive draws in all competitions for Igor Tudor\u2019s side.<\/p>\n

Como took the lead in the fourth minute when the defender Marc-Oliver Kempf volleyed in from close range at the far post following Nico Paz\u2019s curling cross. Juventus thought they had equalised in the 36th minute when Jonathan David slotted home from close range, but the Canadian\u2019s effort was ruled out for offside in the buildup.<\/p>\n

Early in the second half, Kempf required treatment for a cut to his forehead after an accidental clash with teammate Jacobo Ram\u00f3n but was able to continue with heavy strapping. Juventus continued to struggle and Paz doubled Como\u2019s lead in the 79th minute with a brilliant solo effort on the break.<\/p>\n

The 21-year-old Argentinian cut inside from the right, gliding past Andrea Cambiaso before curling a left-footed strike beyond the visiting goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio. Victory moves Cesc F\u00e0bregas\u2019 side up to fifth in the table, above Juventus on goal difference.<\/p>\n

Paz has contributed to eight of Como\u2019s nine league goals this season with four goals and four assists in seven matches, the most in Serie A<\/a>. Juve face a tough task to end their winless run in midweek \u2013 they go to the Bernab\u00e9u in the Champions League on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Later on Sunday in Italy, Milan \u2013 third at the start of the weekend \u2013 host struggling Fiorentina after unbeaten Atalanta host Lazio. In Spain, the night\u2019s big match is a Madrid derby, with Real Madrid visiting Getafe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Juventus lost 2-0 at Como in Serie A on Sunday, suffering another disappointing result after five successive draws…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225237,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-225236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}