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Com, the Italian professional football club making its first appearance in the UEFA Champions League (UCL), pulled off a major upset. They scored a staggering nine goals, inflicting a historic humiliation on a French club.
Led by manager Cesc Fabregas, Com secured a 9-1 victory away against Lens in the fourth match of the UCL league phase for the 2026~2027 season. The match was held at Stade Bollaert-Delelis in Lens, France, at 5:00 a.m. (KST) on the 5th.
With this result, Com recorded three wins and one loss (nine points), rising to fourth place in the league phase. Meanwhile, Lens fell to 33rd place with one win and three losses (three points).
The result is hard to believe. Most notably, Com is a team stepping onto the UCL stage for the first time in its history this season. They earned their first-ever UCL qualification by finishing fourth in Italy's Serie A last year.
However, they are performing in a way that is difficult to believe for a debutant. In September, Com made a dazzling European debut by comprehensively defeating German Bundesliga powerhouse RB Leipzig 4-1 in their first UCL match.
They subsequently lost 2-3 to Feyenoord (Netherlands), but in the previous match, they staged an upset by also defeating English powerhouse Manchester United 4-1.
Adding to this, they exploded with a whopping nine goals on the road against Lens, once again shocking the European football world. Com has scored as many as 19 goals in four UCL matches this season.
On this day as well, Com displayed formidable attacking power from early in the first half. They took the lead with an opening goal by Anastasios Douvikas in the seventh minute of the first half. In the 32nd minute of the first half, Douvikas scored again. He added another goal off a pass from Alex Baey, extending the score to 2-0.
In the 40th minute of the first half, Nico Paz also joined in on the scoring. Douvikas, who had scored the previous two goals, recorded an assist this time.
Com, which ended the first half leading 3-0, pressed even more ferociously after the break.
Lucas Da Cunha scored the fourth goal in the second minute of the second half, and Marc-olivier Kemp also found the net in the ninth minute of the second half.
Following this, Douvikas completed a hat trick in the 12th minute of the second half, widening the score to a staggering 6-0.
Yet Com's goal storm did not stop. In the 17th minute of the second half, Mattia Liberali scored the team's seventh goal. Lens pulled one goal back in the 20th minute of the second half with a consolation goal by Ruben Aguilar, but the match had already tilted heavily.
Com added another goal from Martin Batrina in the 24th minute of the second half, followed by a decisive goal from Matteo Pappacchioli in stoppage time, completing the unbelievable score of 9-1.
On this day, Com recorded 18 total shots and 12 shots on target. Of these, they converted a whopping nine into goals.
Douvikas performed brilliantly with three goals and one assist. Com's ace Paz also contributed to the team's big win with one goal and two assists. European football statistics media FootMob gave Douvikas the highest rating of 9.8 among both teams, and rated Paz at 9.2.
While it was a historic victory for Com, it was a worst-case night for Lens. French media Le Monde reported that "Lens suffered humiliation," stating that "Lens suffered the largest margin of defeat in the UCL history of French clubs."
Previously, Lens had set the ignominious record for the largest margin of defeat for a French club in the UCL by losing 0-6 to Arsenal (England) in November 2023. However, this time they suffered a crushing defeat by an eight-goal margin, leaving behind another humiliating record.
Another French media outlet, MadeInFoot, also harshly criticized, stating that "Lens suffered a humiliating and historic 1-9 defeat against Com" and that "Lens experienced the worst night in Champions League history."
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