Como made history with an astonishing 9-1 victory away to RC Lens in the Champions League, including a Tasos Douvikas hat-trick and 18-year-old Matteo Papaccioli scoring on his debut.

The Lariani had won both European home games 4-1 against RB Leipzig and Manchester United, but lost their only away fixture at Feyenoord, so felt the pressure to deliver here. Despite missing Moise Kean, Trevoh Chalobah, Assane Diao, Jesus Rodriguez and Jayden Addai, they had won five competitive matches in a row.

Lens started with a 3-2 win away to Slavia Prague, then lost to Sporting CP and Club Brugge without finding the net. Ex-Udinese forward Florian Thauvin started, but Odsonne Edouard, Abdallah Sima and Ismaelo Ganiou were long-term absentees.

It took under eight minutes to break the deadlock, as a Como corner was taken short, the Luis Milla cross knocked down by Maxi Perrone and Douvikas at full stretch prodded it over from close range. Everyone was kept onside by striker Franjo Ivanovic, meaning Douvikas scored in all four Champions League appearances this season.

Lens had penalty appeals rejected, as Thorgen Hazard nodded the ball down onto the arm of Jacobo Ramon from point-blank range as they were jumping in a crowd.

There was a spot-kick awarded moments later by the referee when a cross struck Maxence Caqueret on the chest rather than the arm, but VAR corrected his error and changed his decision to a corner.

Nico Paz forced a tricky save from outside the area, then dribbled into the box only for Risser to flap it off his feet in the six-yard box.

Como doubled their lead with a true Cesc Fabregas team move that started from Jean Butez and involved several players, concluded when Nico Paz floated a ball to the far post, Alex Valle volleyed it back from the by-line for Douvikas to tap in his second of the night.

The third before half-time was another move started from defence, concluded by Nico Paz firing a ferocious left-foot strike into the roof of the net from a tricky angle on the Douvikas assist. The former Tenerife player refused to celebrate, instead holding up a message for Jesus de Miguel, who died this week following a tragic on-field accident.

Como added a fourth within 60 seconds of the restart, as Lucas Da Cunha got down the right, completed a give and go with Nico Paz, and bent the left-foot finish into the far bottom corner.

Da Cunha almost got a fifth after another quick passing move this time down the left, forcing a difficult save, but it was only a warning, as Luis Milla’s cross found Marc-Oliver Kempf for a glancing header and 5-0.

Como were thoroughly enjoying themselves and Douvikas completed his hat-trick, running onto the Nico Paz pass from midfield to draw out the goalkeeper and sweep home.

It was non-stop, as after a tricky save on Caqueret and goal-line clearance from Antonio on Maxi Perrone, Mattia Liberali got down the right for an angled drive and 7-0.

RC Lens got in on the act too, as Ruben Aguilar was left relatively unmarked on a corner for a well-taken volley into the far bottom corner.

Martin Baturina restored the seven-goal cushion with a solo slalom through defenders to score one-on-one with the goalkeeper.

It still wasn’t over, as in stoppages 18-year-old Matteo Papaccioli sprung the offside trap on the Liberali assist to score, his celebration was postponed by the offside flag, but confirmed by a VAR check.

Lens 1-9 Como

Douvikas 7, 32, 57 (C), Nico Paz 40 (C), Da Cunha 47 (C), Kempf 53 (C), Liberali 62 (C), Aguilar 65 (L), Baturina 69 (C), Papaccioli 91 (C)

04-11-2026 20:00

MatchDay 4

Player statistic

1st half

2nd half

Match statistic

43 Possession % 57

11 Total shots 18

3 Shots on target 12

6 Shots off target 5

2 Blocked shots 1

5 Corners 5

Offsides 1

12 Fouls 11

Lens

Como

Starting lineups

40 Robin Risser Goalkeeper

32 Kyllian Antonio Defender

14 Matthieu Udol Defender

2 Ruben Aguilar Defender

6 Samson Baidoo Defender

21 Amadou Haidara Midfielder 70'

27 Michaël Cuisance Midfielder

22 Michal Skoras Midfielder 46'

9 Thorgan Hazard Midfielder

10 Florian Thauvin Attacker 70'

29 Franjo Ivanović Attacker 46'

1 Jean Butez Goalkeeper

3 Álex Valle Defender

4 Jacobo Ramón Defender

2 Marc-Oliver Kempf Defender 72'

27 Yan Couto Defender

6 Luis Milla Midfielder 58'

8 Maxence Caqueret Midfielder

5 Máximo Perrone Midfielder

10 Nico Paz Midfielder 58'

9 Anastasios Douvikas Attacker 61'

7 Lucas Da Cunha Attacker 58'

Substitutes

20 Jean-Clair Todibo Defender

24 Jonathan Gradit Defender

7 Florian Sotoca Attacker

4 Nidal Celik Defender

8 Yacine Titraoui Midfielder

16 Mathieu Gorgelin Goalkeeper

1 Régis Gurtner Goalkeeper

31 Souleymane Sagnan Defender

23 Saud Abdulhamid Defender 46'

38 Mezian Mesloub Attacker 46'

5 Andrija Bulatovic Midfielder 70'

28 Junior Kadile Attacker 70'

13 Alberto Dossena Defender

97 Robert Sánchez Goalkeeper

16 Kaiki Defender

12 Lorenzo Ginelli Goalkeeper

52 Federico Grilli Defender

21 Samuele Ricci Midfielder 58'

20 Martin Baturina Midfielder 58'

30 Mattia Liberali Midfielder 58'

54 Matteo Papaccioli Midfielder 61'

28 Ivan Smolcic Defender 72'