Feyenoord 3-2 Como: Robert Sánchez's own goal and a stoppage-time consolation cap a five-goal thriller

Feyenoord picked up their first points of this season's Champions League league phase with a 3-2 win over Como that swung back and forth across the full 90 minutes. Como led inside 20 minutes, Feyenoord answered twice before the break and into the second half, a Como own goal made it 3-1, and Como pulled one back deep into stoppage time without finding a leveller.

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Como's unbeaten European start comes to an end

Como had opened this Champions League campaign with a 4-1 win over RB Leipzig, and arrived in Rotterdam on the back of a solid run domestically too — three wins in their last five Serie A matches, sitting 7th with 11 points from six games. This is their first defeat of the European season, and comes despite Robert Sánchez's own goal being the only one of the five that did not come from open-play build-up at the other end.

Feyenoord respond to a heavy opening defeat

Feyenoord had lost their opening Champions League fixture 1-5 to Barcelona, so turning this one around after going behind inside 20 minutes is a significant response. Zechiël and Hadj Moussa, scoring either side of half-time, did the damage in open play, while four different Feyenoord substitutes — including Gaoussou Diarra, who both came on and set up the second goal — were used to see the game out.

Five bookings in a stretched, open game

The game produced five yellow cards in total, three of them for Como players — Ivan Smolcic, Jacobo Ramón and substitute Lucas Da Cunha — as the visitors pushed numbers forward chasing the equaliser that never quite arrived.

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What's next

Feyenoord's first win of the league phase pulls them away from the bottom of the 36-club table, while Como remain in the knockout play-off places despite this defeat on the back of their strong opening result. Both sides resume domestic league commitments before the next round of Champions League matches.