Como goalkeeper Jean Butez conceded twice as Fàbregas's side fell to defeat away against Frosinone, ending what the Como head coach described as five months without a bad performance. The loss was the Lariani's first of the 2026-27 Serie A campaign, and Fàbregas was candid in his post-match remarks, acknowledging the team's shortcomings on the night.
For Butez, the result lands at a delicate moment. The 31-year-old Belgian had been part of a side that looked genuinely settled through the opening weeks, keeping Como in the top half of the table with ten points from their first four matches. A goals-against tally of six across those five games was not exceptional, but the team's structure had looked coherent. Frosinone exposed the limits of that coherence.
Butez has appeared in four of Como's five Serie A matches this season, carrying an average rating of 6.89 — a number that reflects steady rather than decisive contributions. An AI overall of 72 out of 100 places him in a functional bracket: reliable enough to hold a position, not yet the kind of goalkeeper whose individual quality overrides a collective breakdown. When the team around him works, Butez works. When it doesn't, as Frosinone demonstrated, the gaps become visible.
Fàbregas, who had invoked the names of Mourinho and Cruyff in the buildup to the match while addressing questions about his own managerial identity, now faces the more immediate task of rebuilding a defensive shape that Frosinone dismantled with two goals. The coach's candour after the result — calling it Como's first bad game in five months — at least signals that the diagnosis is clear.
Como return to Serie A action with a record that still places them comfortably in the upper half of the table. Whether Butez and the backline can restore the solidity that made those first four matches look so controlled is the question Fàbregas must answer before the next fixture.