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View all search resultsComo eyes Champions League berth after 'thumping' tribute to deceased Hartono
Before kick-off in Como a minute's silence, during which fans broke out into applause, was held for deceased billionaire co-owner Michael Bambang Hartono, who died at the age of 86 on Thursday.
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Como 1907 supporters cheer during the Italian Serie A football match in this file photo taken during in Torino on Feb. 21, 2026. Como's fans on Sunday paid tribute to the club's late billionaire co-owner Michael Bambang Hartono, who died aged 86 on March 19, 2026. (AFP/Isabella Bonotto)
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mbitious Serie A upstarts Como 1907 took another step towards a historic qualification for the Champions League after cruising to a 5-0 victory over lowly Pisa on Sunday, after honoring its late Indonesian billionaire co-owner before the game.
Assane Diao sent Como on their way to a thumping victory in the seventh minute with a fine low drive, and further strikes from Tasos Douvikas, Martin Baturina, Nico Paz and Maximo Perrone ensured a fifth straight win in Italy's top flight.
Ambitious Como have never played European football but the team coached by Cesc Fabregas sit fourth and three points ahead of both Juventus, in fifth, and sixth-placed Roma who beat Lecce 1-0.
Robinio Vaz's first Roma goal was enough to keep the capital club in the top-four hunt and drop Lecce into the relegation zone in place of Jamie Vardy's Cremonese.
Como had far too much for Pisa who look set to go straight back down to Serie B after promotion last season.
Pisa sit bottom of the division, nine points behind Cremonese who are just outside the relegation zone.
Heartfelt tribute
Before kick-off in Como, a minute's silence was held for deceased Indonesian billionaire Michael Bambang Hartono, who died at the age of 86 on Thursday.
Fans broke out into applause after the tribute, AFP reported.
Michael and his brother Robert Budi Hartono, who as scions of Indonesian tobacco giant Djarum were worth an estimated US$43.8 billion, according to Forbes in 2025, bought Como in 2019 when the club was in Italy’s third division.
Djarum, founded in the 1950s as a clove cigarette manufacturer, announced Michael’s death last week but withheld the cause of death.
The Chinese-Indonesian family is famously media-shy and has disclosed little about their personal lives or their vast holdings.
Outside of football, Michael became one of the oldest bridge competitors at the Jakarta-hosted 2018 Asian Games, winning a bronze medal.
The tycoon, who has been playing the game since the age of six, told Reuters in the past that the requirements for bridge were not so different from his day job.
"The decision making process is the same in bridge and business. You gather information and data, make a conclusion, and plan a strategy," he said. (tjs)
