Lariani tops in the Champions League, better than Bayern Munich, Barcelona and… Milan. A masterpiece by Fabregas that also gave space and glory to a youth player.
No one ever like Cesc Fabregas’ Como. No Italian and no team in the history of the Champions League: 9 away goals, given to the unfortunate Lens who risked an even greater lesson and who left the pitch with his head bowed, overwhelmed by the revelation of the year in Europe. Como wrote history by winning 9-1 in Lens. Absolute record for goals scored away from home, beating the previous record which belonged to none other than Leo Messi’s Barcelona. protagonist of the 8-2 triumph in Munich away to Bayern Munich.
And even the difference (8 goals) is an absolute record which exceeds what was achieved by Marseille (in Zilina in 2010), Shakhtar Donetsk (in Borisov in 2014) and Liverpool (in Maribor in 2017). And it doesn’t end here because the Como players who landed for the first time in the Europe of football, entering through the main door of the Champions League, also wrote another record that concerns Italian teams: the 9-1 beats Atalanta’s 0-8 away win against Sarajevo (Europa League preliminaries in 2018) and Milan’s 8-0 against Union Luxembourg in the Champions Cup in 1961. Nine goals only the Bavarians of Bayern Munich had scored against Dinamo Zagreb, but conceded two.
A triumphal night that certifies the incredible parable of the former Cinderella of Serie A, reinforced with millions by the Hartono family but made great by the work of Fabregas. Already the poker games in Leipzig and Manchester United had written pages of history for a debutant, now the triumphal ride in France projects Como into a different dimension as well as placing them among the contenders for direct qualification to the round of 16.
And in the game of records, in addition to Douvikas’ hat-trick as the new Champions League top scorer, there is also the tear-jerking story of Matteo Papaccioli, a midfielder born in 2008 born in Brazil and who moved to Italy as a child. One of the jewels of the Como Primavera that Fabregas wanted with the greats and who scored the last goal. The one from history.
