Porto beats Napoli 4-1 NEWS and Como overwhelms Lens 9-1 in France NEWS on the fourth day of the Champions League championship phase
Como's goal on the Lens pitch goes down in Champions League history as the away win with the biggest margin of the competition. Four times there had been differences of seven goals (by Bayern, Manchester City and PSG) but never of eight goals. Eight goals which are also the greatest difference ever, equalizing Liverpool's home victories against Beşiktaş 8-0 on 6 November 2007 and Real Madrid against Malmö 8-0 on 8 December 2015. Added to this is that Anastasios Douvikas is currently the Champions League's solo top scorer with six goals, ahead of Haaland and Tresoldi.
Nico Paz, scorer of Como's temporary 3-0 against Lens in the Champions League, does not celebrate his goal and instead shows a shirt with the black and white photo of Jesus de Miguel, a Tenerife striker, who died due to a clash during a match in the Spanish second division. "Rest in peace" is the message on the shirt of Nico Paz who was born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, therefore having a particular connection with the Canary Islands.
The sequence of GOALS
At 90'+1 Lens-Como 1-9
In the 90th minute PORTO-Napoli 4-1! Goal from a penalty by Samu Aghehowa.
In the 80th minute PORTO-Napoli 3-1 GOAL! Kiwior scores! for the Luisitanians
At 69' Lens - COMO 1-8! Network by Martin Baturina. Triangle with Liberali who opens up a field for him with his heel: it's easy for the Croatian to score the eighth goal.
At 65' LENS - Como 1-7! Goal by Ruben Aguilar. Corner by Thauvin, great volley from the winger who puts it at the far post.
At 62' Lens - COMO 0-7! Network by Mattia Liberali. Ramon finds the winger who enters the area and tips battles Risser.
At 57' Lens - COMO 0-6! Tasos Douvikas network. Another vertical from Nico Paz, the Greek scores his personal hat-trick with a nice conclusion at the near post.
At 53' Lens - COMO 0-5! Network by Marc Kempf. Perfect cross from Milla from the left, the German defender emerges at the far post and heads it home.
At 47' Lens - COMO 0-4! Lucas da Cunha's goal. Vertical pocket by Nico Paz, the captain finds the winning diagonal from the center of the area.
At 43' Porto-NAPOLI 1-1! McTominay scores! Diogo Costa works miracles first on Politano and then on Hojlund but in the third the Scotsman doesn't forgive.
At 40' Lens - COMO 0-3! Network by Nico Paz. Como restart, Douvikas misses the first control but not the assist for the Argentine who unloads his left foot under seven.
At 32' Lens - COMO 0-2! Tasos Douvikas network. Nico Paz with a great cross to the far post for Valle, with the full-back putting it back in: it's easy for the Greek to score his personal double.
In the 11th minute PORTO-Napoli 1-0! Goal from Bednarek who heads the ball free in the area following Veiga's corner.
At 7' Lens - COMO 0-1! Tasos Douvikas network. Pattern on the corner, Perrone's tower for the Greek attacker who scores from two steps away.
Porto rages against the remains of Napoli decimated by injuries
(by Mario Zaccaria)
Porto achieved their first victory in the Champions League by submerging the remains of Napoli, weakened by the absence of ten injured players, under a deficit (4-1) which depended above all on the extreme fragility of the defense of Allegri's team, which conceded two identical goals from headers from the central defenders, undisturbed in jumping on slopes from the corner kick. The Azzurri succumbed in the second half after having managed to equalize at the end of the first half with a goal from McTominay, giving the Portuguese the lead after just seven minutes of play.
If it hadn't been for the sensational defensive ingenuity, Napoli could have even emerged undefeated from the Do Dragao stadium in Porto. In some phases of the match, especially in the first half, the Azzurri managed to keep up with their opponents and in some cases even put Farioli's team in difficulty. In the second half, however, the Azzurri defense showed all its limits and favored Porto's goleada. The Portuguese found the opening goal in the 11th minute thanks to the ingenuity of Napoli's defense which marked the area in the penalty area following a corner kick and allowed Bednarek to jump undisturbed and send the ball into the net with a header, without any of the Azzurri defenders going to tackle him. Allegri's team, after a few minutes of suffering following Porto's goal, reacts and shifts the center of gravity of the game further forward. Hojlund, after a personal action, concludes with a deflected shot that grazes the post. Shortly afterwards on the counterattack, De Bruyne, following a pass from Politano, managed to score but the goal was disallowed due to the Belgian's offside. The equalizer came in the 43rd minute. The action develops on the right with Anguissa who meets Politano whose shot is deflected by Diego Costa.
On the opposite side De Bruyne puts the ball back in front of the goal and Hojlund again challenges the goalkeeper who deflects the shot. McTominay, who is stationed in the penalty area, sends the ball into the net. In the second half Porto's offensive pressure becomes more intense. Farioli's team almost scored in the 7th minute with Rosario who, two steps from the goal, had his shot blocked by Meret. In the 18th minute Veiga hit the crossbar with a shot from the edge of the penalty area and the Spaniard himself put his team back in the lead in the 25th minute by taking advantage of a pass from Gimenez and finishing with a low shot that passed between Meret's legs. Another ten minutes pass and Porto closes the match. The third goal of the Portuguese is the exact copy of the first goal of Farioli's team.
On a slope from the flag this time it is Kiwior who jumps undisturbed into the center of the area and hits a header to send the ball behind Meret. The celebration for the Portuguese ends in the 44th minute. Samu launched into the area on a counterattack is brought down by Marin. Referee Oliver awards the penalty and sends off the Spanish defender for a foul on the last man. Samu himself converts and completes the goal for his team. Napoli remains stuck at three points in the standings and awaits a new prohibitive challenge on November 24th, at the home of Manchester City.
