De Rossi: Como Are Very Strong, Facing Fabregas Is a Pleasure

Genoa are aiming to secure their first point of the season and will host Como in the third round of Serie A.

Genoa have not had an easy start to the league campaign, suffering a narrow home defeat to Napoli before facing Lazio away. At the pre-match press conference, De Rossi said Como are a surprising team. The surprise does not come from their ability, but from the fact that Como have developed rapidly recently and ultimately secured qualification for next season's Champions League.

The match is very important for Genoa, and the team hopes to celebrate again in front of their home supporters. De Rossi said before the game: "We consider Como a truly strong team in this league. Of course, every team can be beaten. Last year we played a very close match against them at home, but the details in that game did not go in our favor."

This match will open the third round of Serie A and will also see two young coaches, De Rossi and Fabregas, face each other, with their football philosophies being quite similar in some aspects. De Rossi concluded: "We have great respect for each other. Facing people who can create problems for you is a pleasure. We view football in a very similar way, but everyone has their own team and everyone has to find the most practical approach."