Como equalled the largest margin of victory in the modern Champions League era on Wednesday, demolishing Lens 9-1 at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis in northern France.
According to The Sun Malaysia, Greek striker Anastasios Douvikas struck a hat-trick as the Serie A club, managed by Cesc Fabregas, recorded their third win from four matches in this season's league phase.
Before this result, only two sides had won by eight goals since the competition was relaunched in 1992. Liverpool beat Besiktas 8-0 in the 2007 group stage, and Real Madrid repeated that scoreline against Malmo in 2015. Como are also only the second team to net nine in a Champions League match, following Bayern Munich's 9-2 win over Dinamo Zagreb in the 2024 league phase. Opta figures cited in the report show the last club to score nine on the road was Feyenoord, against Olympiacos in the European Cup in 1971.
Douvikas tapped in from close range in the seventh minute and added a second shortly after the half-hour, finishing off a fine passing move. Argentine Nico Paz then fired home to give the Italians a 3-0 interval lead.
The floodgates opened after the break. Paz supplied French midfielder Lucas Da Cunha for the fourth, Marc-Oliver Kempf headed the fifth and Douvikas completed his treble. Substitute Mattia Liberali scored the seventh soon after coming on, before Ruben Aguilar's well-struck volley gave Lens a consolation. Martin Baturina made it eight in the 69th minute and Matteo Papaccioli added the ninth.
Fabregas, quoted by UEFA.com, struck a modest tone, saying his side could take only positives from a night when everything went their way.
Como, who reached the Champions League for the first time after finishing fourth in Serie A last season, had already won 4-1 at home against both RB Leipzig and Manchester United. They sit fourth in the overall standings on nine points, one behind Arsenal and three adrift of Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid.
For Lens, it was a third consecutive Champions League defeat and the heaviest loss by a French club in the competition. Coach Yannick Cahuzac said: "The overriding feeling is one of humiliation."