Champions League: Como Thrashes Lens 9-1 at Bollaert, Equals 1976 Goal Record

Como delivered a 9-1 win over RC Lens at Stade Bollaert-Delelis, a result SO FOOT.com reported after the match, with Argentine midfielder Nico Paz scoring and captain Lucas Da Cunha insisting the three points mattered more than the margin.

Playing in the mining basin of northern France, the Italian club found the space it needed to dismantle Lens, and Da Cunha, the newly capped France international, was measured in the mixed zone afterward. Winning 9-1, he said, was extraordinary but remained anecdotal; what mattered was what his team had done to earn the points. He added that Como were not expected outsiders in the Champions League and were proving match after match that they were ready to do things in the competition. He also noted that Lens left spaces behind them, which made it easier for Como to implement what they are used to doing.

Paz, speaking to Canal+, rejected any suggestion the night was easy. It is never easy, he said, because Como has an incredible team of incredible players, and when they play like that they know they have a very high level. He added that they must continue like this because if they do, they can do beautiful things in the Champions League. The Tenerife-raised midfielder also paid tribute to Jesús de Miguel by displaying a jersey bearing his image after the match.

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Paz and Da Cunha Set the Tone After the Rout

Both Como players framed the night the same way: the performance mattered, the score did not. Da Cunha said his side would not dwell on the 9-1 and would instead look at what they had achieved in the match, which he called the most important thing. Paz echoed the sentiment with a promise: “We are ready to do things.”

Paz has become the Argentine phenomenon frightening defenses across Italy and Europe, while Da Cunha, 25, serves as captain and symbolic player of the ambitious Lombard club.

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19 Goals in Four Matches Ties Queens Park Rangers’ 1976 Mark

The rout at Bollaert pushed Como’s Champions League goal tally to 19 in four matches, a figure that, according to Opta as cited by SO FOOT.com, equals the record set by Queens Park Rangers in 1976. Como’s European debut campaign has already included a 4-1 win over Manchester United on Oct. 21, a result that preceded the Lens demolition.

From Serie D to Europe’s Big Stage

The Hartono brothers of Indonesia, whose fortune was built in tobacco and banking, bought the club in 2019 when it was languishing in Serie D, the fourth tier, RMC Sport reported. The club had known only 13 Serie A seasons after the war, including a single year in 2002-03. It went bankrupt twice, in 2004 and 2016, restarting from the fourth division each time, La Tribune noted.

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The turnaround is recent: 10th in Serie A upon promotion in 2024-25, then fourth last season with the league’s best defense, which secured Champions League qualification. Cesc Fàbregas, who arrived as a player in 2022 and quickly became coach, is credited with developing players who joined before the club became fashionable, La Tribune reported. Thierry Henry has been a shareholder since August 2022, and Raphaël Varane sits on the board, Eurosport reported.

Da Cunha’s own path mirrors the club’s. After three uncertain seasons at Nice, with loans to Lausanne and Clermont, he joined Como in January 2023 for less than 1 million euros when the club was in Serie B, RMC Sport reported. Fàbregas repositioned him in midfield, and each season since he has climbed with the team: survival in Serie A, a historic fourth-place finish, the Manchester United win, and now a France call-up under Zidane, whom Le Figaro described as having found a “gem” in the Roanne native.

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Da Cunha’s Name Expected on Zidane’s November 6 List

Da Cunha scored his first goal of the season against Venezia last weekend, 1-0, Le Figaro reported, and his name is expected to appear on Nov. 6 in the second squad list Zidane prepares for France’s matches against Italy and Turkey. Fàbregas, the paper noted, said Da Cunha’s journey is for a coach a finer victory than any trophy.

Como’s next European test comes at home to PSG at the end of January, RMC Sport reported. The club’s stadium, Stadio Sinigaglia, holds about 12,000 and was trimmed to 10,000 for Champions League matches, with a renovation project targeting 15,000 seats by 2028.