Como equalled the biggest win in Champions League history as they thrashed Lens by an incredible 9-1 scoreline.
The Serie A club tied the 8-0 wins recorded by Liverpool (v Besiktas in 2007) and Real Madrid (v Malmo in 2015) as they became only the second team to score nine goals in a Champions League game, emulating Bayern Munich, who beat Dinamo Zagreb 9-2 on the opening night of the 2024-25 league phase.
Como beat Manchester United 4-1 in their previous encounter, with coach Cesc Fabregas joking afterwards that he told his players to slow down at 4-0.
There was no slowing down in Northern France, where Tasos Douvikas opened the scoring in the seventh minute with a close-range finish.
Douvikas doubled the lead just after the half-hour mark, before Nico Paz fired into the roof of the net to make it 3-0.
Lucas Da Cunha rifled into the bottom-left corner to score the first of six second-half goals, with Marc-Oliver Kempf then heading in Como’s fifth.
Paz played in Douvikas to complete his hat-trick before Mattia Liberali squeaked home a seventh at the near post.
Ruben Aguilar gave Lens something to cheer with a fine strike from Florian Thauvin’s corner, but normal service was resumed as intricate build-up between Liberali and Martin Baturina saw the latter make it 8-1.
And history was made as Matteo Papaccioli rounded off a historic rout, the debutant’s effort awarded by VAR after initially being ruled out for offside.
Porto put Napoli to the sword
Porto were less emphatic winners, but their 4-1 victory over Napoli represented one of the most impressive performances of the night.
Jan Bednarek headed Porto in front but, after Kevin De Bruyne had an equaliser ruled out for offside, Scott McTominay levelled shortly before half-time.
Gabriel Veiga restored Porto’s advantage when he fired a 71st-minute effort through the legs of Alex Meret, who was helpless as Jakub Kiwior was left unmarked to head home a third for the hosts. The points were then sealed as Samu converted from the penalty spot after being hauled down by Rafa Marin, who was sent off.
Borussia Dortmund ended Real Betis’ unbeaten start to the league phase with a 2-1 win at Signal Iduna Park, Konstantinos Karetsas scoring the winning goal for the Bundesliga side.
Club Brugge made it a third straight Champions League win by prevailing 2-1 away at PSV Eindhoven, while Viking claimed their first win in the competition by seeing off Sabah 4-1.
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