He was three minutes short of.  Lewandowski was so close

He was three minutes short of. Lewandowski was so close

flashed again in a Champions League match. In the second leg of the 1/8 final with Red-Bull Salzburg, the Polish striker played excellent from the very beginning. In eleven minutes he scored three goals. Pole’s goals can be achieved Lewandowski also had an assist in the 85th minute with the goal scored by Leroy Sane, and

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Lewandowski was only three minutes away

First, Robert Lewandowski won a penalty kick, which he turned into a goal a moment later. Then he was fouled again in the penalty area and used an eleven again. Finally, the Polish representative took advantage of the defensive error, overtook the rivals’ goalkeeper and hit an empty goal.

As a result, Robert Lewandowski went down in the history of the Champions League again.

The Pole was close to becoming the owner of the fastest hat-trick in the history of the Champions League. Specifically, he was short of three minutes. Only two players scored three goals faster than him in a Champions League match. They were Mike Newell from Blackburn in 1995 and Gomis (Olympique Lyon) in 2011. The first one took nine minutes for a hat-trick, and Gomis – eight minutes.

Interestingly, Robert Lewandowski is also twice on the list of six players with the fastest hat-tricks in the Champions League. In 2019, he needed twelve minutes in the 6-0 away game against Crvena Zvezda Belgrade.

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Source: Sport

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