European football: Como claim vital victory and keep up push for Champions League
Como kept up their stunning bid for Champions League football on Sunday by beating relegated Verona 1-0 and moving to within two points of Serie A’s top four.Tasos Douvikas rattled home the only goal of the game in the 71st minute at the Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi as Como moved up to fifth and piled pressure on fourth-placed Milan.Como are now guaranteed at least a place in the Conference League, having never played in European competition, and were in the third tier of Italian football when acquired by the tobacco giant Djarum in 2019.Cesc Fàbregas’s team will drop back down to sixth, the Conference League place, if Roma win at Parma later on Sunday. Milan host Atalanta in the day’s late match and could be level on points with Roma by the time they kick off at San Siro.Also on Sunday night, Barcelona will seal the Spanish title if they avoid defeat in the home clásico against Real Madrid, while in France Paris Saint-Germain entertain Brest and can move to the verge of the Ligue 1 title.
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