Como equalled the most important win in Champions League historical past as they thrashed Lens by an unbelievable 9-1 scoreline.
The Serie A membership tied the 8-0 wins recorded by Liverpool (v Besiktas in 2007) and Actual Madrid (v Malmo in 2015) as they grew to become solely the second crew to attain 9 targets in a Champions League recreation, emulating Bayern Munich, who beat Dinamo Zagreb 9-2 on the opening night time of the 2024-25 league part.
Como beat Manchester United 4-1 of their earlier encounter, with coach Cesc Fabregas joking afterwards that he informed his gamers to decelerate at 4-0.
There was no slowing down in Northern France, the place Tasos Douvikas opened the scoring within the seventh minute with a close-range end.
Douvikas doubled the lead simply after the half-hour mark, earlier than Nico Paz fired into the roof of the online to make it 3-0.
Lucas Da Cunha rifled into the bottom-left nook to attain the primary of six second-half targets, with Marc-Oliver Kempf then heading in Como’s fifth.
Paz performed in Douvikas to finish his hat-trick earlier than Mattia Liberali squeaked dwelling a seventh on the close to submit.
Ruben Aguilar gave Lens one thing to cheer with a effective strike from Florian Thauvin’s nook, however regular service was resumed as intricate build-up between Liberali and Martin Baturina noticed the latter make it 8-1.
And historical past was made as Matteo Papaccioli rounded off a historic rout, the debutant’s effort awarded by VAR after initially being dominated out for offside.
Porto put Napoli to the sword
Porto had been much less emphatic winners, however their 4-1 victory over Napoli represented probably the most spectacular performances of the night time.
Jan Bednarek headed Porto in entrance however, after Kevin De Bruyne had an equaliser dominated out for offside, Scott McTominay levelled shortly earlier than half-time.
Gabriel Veiga restored Porto’s benefit when he fired a 71st-minute effort by the legs of Alex Meret, who was helpless as Jakub Kiwior was left unmarked to go dwelling a 3rd for the hosts. The factors had been then sealed as Samu transformed from the penalty spot after being hauled down by Rafa Marin, who was despatched off.
Borussia Dortmund ended Actual Betis’ unbeaten begin to the league part with a 2-1 win at Sign Iduna Park, Konstantinos Karetsas scoring the successful aim for the Bundesliga facet.
Membership Brugge made it a 3rd straight Champions League win by prevailing 2-1 away at PSV Eindhoven, whereas Viking claimed their first win within the competitors by seeing off Sabah 4-1.
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