It took Como just fifteen minutes to make European football history. Baturina pounced on a clearance, sent the defence scrambling with a dummy, and slotted home a goal destined for the record books.
Cesc Fabregas’s Como welcomed Leipzig to the Sinigaglia, marking their historic first appearance in the Champions League.
The Italian outfit needed just a quarter of an hour to write another indelible chapter in their folklore, scoring the first goal in their history in Europe’s premier club competition.
Etching his name into the record books was Martin Baturina. Capitalising on fine work from Douvikas, the number 10 pounced on a clearance from the German defence, slipped, but immediately recovered his footing. With an exquisite dummy that sent the defenders the wrong way, he calmly slotted the ball home from the heart of the penalty area.
It was a landmark moment, Como’s maiden Champions League goal, and one destined to remain forever etched in the memory of the club’s supporters.