Lens vs Como, record 1-9 Champions League defeat

Como's 1-9 win at Lens on 2026-11-04 was a record night in the Champions League and a brutal one for the home side. The scoreline alone told the story. The reaction in France went further, with newspapers calling it humiliating and historically bad.

Record night at Lens

Sport1 reported the result as the highest victory in the history of the top flight. Before this match, the biggest wins on that stage were two 8-0s, Liverpool against Besiktas in 2007 and Real Madrid against Malmö in 2015.

The match also had standout individual numbers. Anastasios Douvikas earned a 9.95 rating with three goals and one assist, while Nico Paz posted a 9.13 with one goal and two assists. Lens vs Como was one-sided from the first half to the last.

The French press response

Le Parisien called Lens "humiliated at home" and said they suffered the worst defeat in their history. L’Équipe went even harder, writing that Como were "like a hurricane" and that Lens endured the biggest defeat in the history of French football in European competition.

There is also the wider European context around Lens, who have now lost three Champions League matches in a row, after defeats against Sporting CP and at Club Brugge KV. Daniel Riolo argued the result reflected a broader decline in French football, saying the country's clubs make a bad impression in Europe.

The only fact that really needs repeating is the scoreline. Como left Lens with nine goals against them, and the aftermath in the French press matched the scale of the collapse.