Even for a freescoring side like Cecs Fabregas’ Como, the way the goals kept coming in the Champions League on Wednesday was hard to believe.
The Serie A side, coached by former Arsenal, Barcelona and Chelsea star Fabregas, beat Lens 9-1 in the League Phase to set a record for most goals on the road by any team in the competition’s history and move them up to fourth place in the table.
Tasos Douvikas became just the third Greek international with a Champions League hat trick and Argentine star Nico Paz pulled the strings with a pair of assists to go along with a sublime goal to make it 3-0 in the 40th minute.
Lucas Da Cunha, Marc-Oliver Kempf, Mattia Liberali, Martin Baturina and Matteo Papaccioli also scored for Como against Lens, who are ninth place in Ligue 1.
The hat trick from Douvikas was the first by a Como player in Europe, no surprise considering this is the first season that the team from Italy‘s luxury resort town has ever played in a UEFA competition.
The nine strikes by Como ties Bayern Muninch’s record for goals in a game at home or away and took their total across four Champions League games to 19 — one behind the total two-time defending champions Paris Saint-Germain have scored so far.
The eight-goal margin of victory was also a record, tying the one set by Liverpool with an 8-0 win against Besiktas in 2007 and equaled by Real Madrid with an 8-0 win over Malmo in 2015.
At home in Serie A, Como are fourth in the table on 23 points, five behind leaders Lazio after 10 games played. They play second place Inter on Sunday.
Information from ESPN Global Research was used in this report.
