L'Equipe Slams Lens After 9-1 Defeat to Como

French newspaper L'Equipe delivered a harsh verdict after Lens lost 9-1 to Como in the Champions League. The paper described the team as pitiful.

The short front page comment said Lens had been completely irrelevant and that a French club had been humiliated in European competition on a scale never seen before. Italian side Como became the first Italian club to score nine goals in a single match in European competition. They also recorded the biggest away win in Champions League history.

The player ratings were harsh too. Five of Lens's starting XI received a rating of 1, and the highest mark given was 3.

Coached by Cesc Fabregas, Como have nine points from four matches and sit fourth in the table. It is the club's first time competing in Europe's top-level tournament. Before this match, Como had beaten Manchester United 4-1 at home.