Goalscoring Como playmaker Nico Paz paid his respects to Tenerife striker Jesus de Miguel, following his loss of life on Tuesday, throughout his facet’s Champions League thrashing of Lens.
Paz scored his facet’s third aim of their 9-1 romp at Lens on Wednesday evening and throughout the celebrations marked his personal tribute to De Miguel.
Miguel died on Tuesday morning lower than 24 hours after a collision with Andorra goalkeeper Jesus Owono throughout their Spanish second division match on Monday. Having suffered critical head and chest accidents he subsequently suffered a cardiac arrest.
Regardless of taking part in for Argentina, Paz was born in Tenerife and he paid homage to his hometown membership by holding a shirt aloft with an image of De Miguel alongside a caption: ‘Relaxation in peace’. Paz additionally hung out in Tenerife’s youth system from 2014-16.
Como led 3-0 at half-time with hat-trick hero Anastasios Douvikas scoring two at that time earlier than Paz’s aim and his De Miguel tribute.
Quickly after the interval the Serie A outfit crushed any notion of the hosts coming again as they plundered in 5 targets in a devastating 22-minute spell which included Douvikas finishing his hat-trick. Lucas Da Cunha, Marc-Oliver Kempf, Mattia Liberali, Martina Baturina additionally bought in on the act throughout that interval.
Como’s Nico Paz paid tribute to Jesus de Miguel throughout his goalscoring celebration vs Lens
Regardless of taking part in for Argentina, Paz was born in Tenerife and in addition performed for his or her youth groups
Tenerife striker De Miguel died on Tuesday morning after a horrifying conflict with Jesus Owono
Ruben Aguilar pulled one again for Lens earlier than Matteo Papaccioli rounded off the rout in stoppage time. The 18-year-old Papaccioli, who got here on within the second half, is a member of Como’s youth staff and hasn’t even performed in Serie A but.
Wednesday’s win means Como have damaged many data within the Champions League.
The Italian facet matched the eight-goal profitable margins recorded by Liverpool and Actual Madrid of their 8-0 house victories over Besiktas and Malmo respectively. Additionally they grew to become solely the second staff after Bayern Munich to attain 9 targets in a Champions League match.
Como adopted their 4-1 victory over Manchester United with one other emphatic efficiency, turning into the primary staff to attain 9 targets away from house within the European Cup since 1971 – Feyenoord beat Olympiacos Nicosia by this scoreline – as they climbed to fourth within the standings on 9 factors. The earlier finest scoring efficiency by an away membership within the Champions League was Bayern Munich’s 8-2 win over Barcelona at a impartial venue (Lisbon) in 2020.
Cesc Fabregas’ facet could have made Champions League record-equalling historical past, however Feyenoord maintain the European Cup mark for many targets scored in a single match, having crushed Icelandic facet KR 12-2 in September 1969.
‘As we speak all the pieces went our manner,’ stated an ecstatic Fabregas post-match. ‘A fantastic evening for Como and our followers.’
Lens, who suffered the heaviest defeat by a French membership within the competitors, are thirty third with three factors.
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