Douvikas Hat Trick Powers Como’s Historic 9-1 Rout At Lens
Douvikas Hat Trick Powers Como’s Historic 9-1 Rout At Lens
Como thrashed Lens 9-1 on Wednesday, the highest away-goal tally ever recorded by a visiting team in a Champions League match. The Italian club, coached by Cesc Fabregas, claimed its third win in four matches of its first-ever campaign in the competition and climbed to fourth in the league phase standings.
Tasos Douvikas scored a hat trick and has now found the net in all four of Como's matches this season, leading the competition's scoring charts with six goals. Nico Paz also scored, then marked the moment by holding up a T-shirt bearing an image of Jesús de Miguel, the Tenerife forward who died following an on-field collision with an opposing goalkeeper. Paz came through Tenerife's youth academy between 2014 and 2016. Lucas Da Cunha, Marc-Oliver Kempf, Mattia Liberali, Martina Baturina and Matteo Papaccioli completed the scoring. Papaccioli, an 18-year-old who has yet to make his Serie A debut, came on as a second-half substitute from Como's youth ranks. bare knuckle boxing betting sites
The result surpasses Bayern Munich's 8-2 demolition of Barcelona at a neutral venue in Lisbon in 2020, previously the best scoring performance by a visiting side in the competition. It also equals the biggest winning margin in Champions League history, matching Liverpool's 8-0 home win over Besiktas and Real Madrid's 8-0 home victory over Malmo.
"Today everything went our way," Fabregas said. "A great night for Como and our fans." The win strengthens Como's position in its debut league phase as the club continues to build momentum in its first European campaign.
