Cesc Fabregas, Como's coach, attacks Italian football for being too defensive. In an interview with The Athletic, the Spanish coach criticized Italian football for being too defensive compared to the rest of Europe: 'Winning in Italy, where there are many 0-0 and 1-0, is not easy. When you look at Premier League teams, you see a structure. You see what they're trying to do. You see the style they want to impose. Here, many times, it's impossible. It's impossible to understand what's happening. That's why we need to pay close attention to the details'. No team has achieved more 0-0 results than Parma in the 2025-26 Serie A. Parma's team closed the season with 7 0-0 results, a score that was crucial for their survival (anticipated); among these was the 0-0 draw at Tardini against Como. 'Many teams think about how to beat you by defending, not attacking – Fabregas continues -. That means if you want to win, you need to be ready to break down defenses that can make you suffer. We have talent and technical skills, but physically we're not 'animals' and our opponents when they meet us want to put us on the physical plane. So we need to be good at bringing them into our comfort zone and attacking their weak points'.