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Como routs Lens 9-1 in Champions League, Douvikas completes hat-trick
Como scored nine goals at Lens in the Champions League, the widest away winning margin in the competition's history. Anastasios Douvikas completed a hat-trick and now leads the scorers with six goals.
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In brief
Como's 9-1 at Lens is the biggest away margin in the competition, an eight-goal gap that equals the all-time high set by Liverpool over Beşiktaş in November 2007.
Anastasios Douvikas scored three times in the match (7th, 32nd and 57th minutes) and has six Champions League goals, ahead of Haaland and Tresoldi.
After beating Manchester United 4-1 earlier in the competition, Como moves to fourth in the table with nine points from four matchdays.
Nico Paz showed a shirt bearing a photo of Jesús de Miguel, the Tenerife striker who died after a collision in a Spanish second-division match.
- 65th minuteAguilar scores for Lens, 7-1
- 69th minuteBaturina makes it 8-1
- 92nd minutePapaccioli makes the final score 9-1
Equalling the all-time margin
Como won 9-1 at Lens in the fourth matchday of the Champions League league phase, the widest away winning margin in the competition's history. The eight-goal gap matches the all-time high set by Liverpool's 8-0 win over Beşiktaş on 6 November 2007 and Real Madrid's 8-0 win over Malmö on 8 December 2015. Four earlier matches had ended with a seven-goal margin, involving Bayern, Manchester City or Paris Saint-Germain, but none had reached eight. Lens scored only once, through Aguilar in the 65th minute. Around the quarter-hour mark Lens had been awarded a penalty for an alleged handball by Caqueret, but the referee reversed the decision after a VAR review.
How the goals came
Douvikas opened the scoring in the 7th minute and doubled Como's lead in the 32nd. Nico Paz made it 3-0 in the 40th minute, so the first half ended with Como ahead by three. After the break Da Cunha added the fourth in the 47th minute, and Kempf headed in the fifth in the 53rd. Douvikas completed his hat-trick in the 57th minute, and Liberali scored in the 62nd. Aguilar pulled one back for Lens in the 65th, Baturina made it 8-1 in the 69th, and the 18-year-old Papaccioli closed the scoring in the 92nd. Liberali, Baturina and Papaccioli had all come on in the second half.
Douvikas and the scoring race
Douvikas now has six goals in the competition, which leaves him alone at the top of the scorers' table ahead of Haaland and Tresoldi. Como has scored 19 goals in its four Champions League matchdays. Before Lens the team had beaten Manchester United 4-1, and the win lifts it to fourth place with nine points. Il Messaggero says the result puts Como in the zone for direct qualification to the round of 16. Como is scheduled to visit Camp Nou on 27 January, the final matchday of the league phase. Elsewhere, Manchester City won at Leipzig with a decisive late goal from Haaland, the match finishing 2-3.
Nico Paz and a tribute to Jesús de Miguel
Nico Paz, whose goal made it 3-0, did not celebrate in the usual way. He showed a shirt with a black-and-white photo of Jesús de Miguel, a Tenerife striker who died after a collision during a Spanish second-division match. The shirt carried a rest-in-peace message. Paz was born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, which gives him a particular link to the Canary Islands.
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Sources and context
- EL MUNDOHistoric 1-9 for Como at Lens, with a hat-trick from DouvikasHistórico 1-9 del Como en Lens, con 'hat-trick' de Douvikas · original in Spanish
- AGIComo sets a record in Champions, overwhelms Lens 9-1Como da record in Champions, travolge il Lens 9-1 · original in Italian
- Il MessaggeroLens-Como 1-9, player ratings: Douvikas (9) is unstoppable, Nico Paz (8.5) shines and Da Cunha (8) is preciousLens-Como 1-9, le pagelle: Douvikas (9) non si ferma più, Nico Paz (8,5) illumina e Da Cunha (8) è prezioso · original in Italian
- ANSA.itFor Como, the widest away winning margin in Champions League historyPer il Como vittoria esterna con scarto più ampio della storia della Champions - Notizie · original in Italian
- Anastasios Douvikas
- Greek striker for Como who scored a hat-trick against Lens and leads the Champions League scorers with six goals
- Nico Paz
- Como player who scored against Lens and dedicated his goal to Jesús de Miguel
- Cesc Fàbregas
- Como coach whose side beat Lens 9-1
- Jesús de Miguel
- Tenerife striker who died after a collision during a Spanish second-division match
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