Fabregas leads Como to their historic debut in the Champions League against Leipzig

The record holder in Como is naturally him, Cesc Fabregas. Who made his debut as a player and scored his first goal in the Champions League with Arsenal at seventeen, and in his career he made over one hundred appearances in Europe's top competition. But in his extraordinary list of successes, the Champions League is the only trophy he has never managed to conquer, the only sporting dream he has failed to realise. Therefore, this debut of his Como is not trivial even for someone like him. His first Champions League match as coach, the first ever in the history of the Como club. Which for now is climbing to the top of the championship but is certainly thinking of growing and consolidating itself at a European level too. Como-Leipzig, scheduled for Thursday evening, is an epochal stage, the city and the Como fans await it with great emotion. "A gift", defined it as Fabregas, who doesn't want to burden his young team with too much pressure.

An opportunity to grow, learn and mature, this is how Como experiences it. But if it gives us so much, it is the same spirit with which two summers ago the Como team approached Serie A, quickly becoming its protagonist. It is therefore legitimate, however different the difficulties, to expect that Como could also be a loose cannon at a European level. Given the low average age, there are only nine Como players who have experience in the Champions League: they range from Baturina's twenty-five appearances with Dinamo Zagreb and Kean's twenty-four with Juve and PSG, to Paz's three, with one goal, and Ramon's only one with Real Madrid. The one who scored the most was Kean, with five goals, Baturina two goals, and Chalobah also scored a goal for Chelsea. Also in this case, the record goes to Fabregas, with twenty-four goals. The start with Leipzig at home stimulates but does not scare. The giants will arrive later, this match could already be the opportunity to get the first points, thanks also to the fact of making their debut in front of their own fans in the second smallest venue, after Bodo, of this edition of the Champions League, with 10,875 seats. Still a mystery about the lineup, which shouldn't differ much from the one deployed in these first days of the championship: there is expectation about the possible starting position of Kean, who started well in the few minutes of his debut in Genoa, with a precious assist. His international experience and newfound enthusiasm could lead him to convince Fabregas to place him in the starting lineup.