Fabregas: Como Can't Buy Into 'Hype' After Record 9-Goal UCL Night
Anastasios Douvikas scored a hat-trick as Como became only the second team to net nine in a Champions League match.
- On Wednesday, Como defeated Lens 9-1 in the Champions League, equaling the competition's record for the largest winning margin. Coached by Cesc Fabregas, the Italian side secured their third victory in four matches.
- Anastasios Douvikas scored a hat-trick, the first by a Como player in European competition, as the team struck five goals in a 22-minute spell after halftime. Argentine star Nico Paz added a goal and two assists.
- Como's 19 goals across four Champions League matches equal a 1976 Queens Park Rangers record for a club's opening four European fixtures. The team became the first to score nine goals away from home in the competition since 1971.
- Lens coach Yannick Cahuzac told Canal+ the result was "a feeling of humiliation," adding his team was "dominated in every aspect of the game." The defeat at Stade Bollaert-Delelis marks the heaviest Champions League loss by a French club.
- Fabregas urged his players to "keep our feet on the ground" after the victory, as the team prepares for Sunday's Serie A match against second-place Inter. The warning reflects the coach's focus on sustained performance.
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Como beat Lens 9-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday. Lens coach cannot answer why it ended so badly.
Como thrash Lens 9-1, equal Champions League record!
Italian side Como secured a historic 9-1 away victory against Lens in the Champions League on Wednesday, equalling the biggest winning margin in the competition's history. This dominant performance, featuring a hat-trick from Anastasios Douvikas, saw them climb to fourth in the standings and marked them as only the second team to score nine goals in a Champions League match.
Como head coach Cesc Fabregas called for humility and calm after a resounding 9-1 victory away to Lens in the Champions League, even though the team's European ambitions are becoming more serious. So far, the "Larians" had achieved two convincing home victories with 4-1 over | Lens - Como | Champions League
There was no need to go and consult the great book of statistics to know that the Como rewrote the history of Italian football by virtue of the 9-1 with which, last night, he annihilated the Lens on the fourth day of the League Pha ...
Cesc Fabregas, the Como coach, spoke after leading his team to a 9-1 victory over Lens in the fourth leg of the UEFA Champions League League Phase at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis on April 4.
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