Como Beat Lens 9-1 in Champions League Rout as Douvikas Scores Hat-Trick

Como beat RC Lens 9-1 at Stade Bollaert-Delelis on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, in matchday four of the UEFA Champions League league phase. Tasos Douvikas scored a hat-trick, Nico Paz scored the third goal, and 18-year-old Matteo Papaccioli scored the ninth goal on his debut in a result Football Italia said made history for Como.

First half blitz in Lens

Douvikas opened the scoring in the seventh minute from close range, assisted by Maximo Perrone. He scored again in the 32nd minute from an Alex Valle delivery to complete a first half brace. Nico Paz scored Como's third goal in the 40th minute, and Como led 3-0 at half time.

After scoring, Paz held up a shirt honouring Jesus de Miguel, the CD Tenerife forward who died on November 3 after a collision in a La Liga 2 match. A moment of silence was held before each Champions League match for De Miguel and the victims of the Spanish train crash.

Nine goals and a debut strike

Como led 6-0 by the 59th minute, with Douvikas completing his hat-trick in that run. Douvikas was substituted in the 62nd minute, with Papaccioli coming on for his debut. Mattia Liberali made it 7-0 in the 62nd minute with an angled drive after sprinting down the right.

Ruben Aguilar scored Lens's only goal in the 65th minute, volleying in from a corner routine to make it 1-7. Martin Baturina made it 8-1 in the 69th minute with an angled drive into the far bottom corner.

Papaccioli finished the scoring in the 92nd minute, running onto a pass from Liberali to score the ninth goal on his debut. After scoring, he went to hug head coach Cesc Fabregas.

A maiden campaign to remember

Como are contesting their maiden Champions League campaign under Fabregas. Before this match they had won both home games in the competition but lost away to Feyenoord. An eight goal away win, with a hat-trick, a debut goal, and a tribute shirt, carried the night beyond the scoreline alone.

Lens scored once, through Aguilar, and conceded nine. Como scored three in the first half and six in the second, led 6-0 before the hour mark, and still added three more goals after Aguilar's reply.

The scoring ran from the seventh minute to the 92nd minute. Douvikas scored in the seventh and 32nd minutes, Paz in the 40th, Liberali in the 62nd, Baturina in the 69th, and Papaccioli in the 92nd, with the other Como goals in the run to 6-0 by the 59th minute completing a nine goal night at Stade Bollaert-Delelis.