The ambitious woman who bought Como €237,000 at an auction was satisfied with the turn of events, despite her side trailing 2-1 at half time "very good," she said with a grin.

Akosua Puni purchased the club who played in the Italian Serie A in the 2002-03 season, but suffered three consecutive delegations.

Como are currently 7th in the third tier of Italian league and are anxiously pushing for the promotion playoffs.

Her husband Michael Essien, recently completed a move that will keep him at Persib Bandung in the Indonesian topflight league until 2018.