Football Italia
·20 July 2024
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·20 July 2024
Serie A teams are in action for pre-season friendly tests, as Cesc Fabregas watches Como beat Las Palmas 2-1, Lecce flatten Werder Bremen 3-0 and Bologna defeat the Sunderland youth side.
Italian football is just getting up and running again to prepare for the new campaign, with the first few friendlies being played.
Como debuted some of their new signings, including Pepe Reina, in today’s 2-1 victory over Spanish side Las Palmas in Marbella thanks to goals from Patrick Cutrone and Gabriel Strefezza.
Lecce were very impressive against Werder Bremen as part of their pre-season training camp in Austria, crushing the Bundesliga outfit 3-0.
Nikola Krstovic was the star of the show with two goals in the first half, while Hamza Rafia added a third late on.
Bologna are still getting to grips with new coach Vincenzo Italiano and swept the Sunderland youth team aside 3-0.
Santiago Castro had opened the scoring just before half-time and Riccardo Orsolini netted twice after coming off the bench.