Benfica’s Vangelis Pavlidis celebrates his facet’s third objective throughout a Champions League opening part soccer match between SL Benfica and FC Barcelona on the Luz stadium in Lisbon, Tuesday. [AP]
Benfica ahead Vangelis Pavlidis scored the third-fastest hat trick initially of a Champions League sport on Tuesday, towards Barcelona.
The Greece worldwide scored two minutes into the match after which within the twenty second and thirtieth minutes in a sport that Benfica misplaced 5-4.
Based on stats supplier OptaJoe, the quickest hat methods had been scored in 23 minutes by Robert Lewandowski with the Catalan membership in 2022 and by Marco Simone in 24 minutes in 1996.
Lewandowski scored his 102nd and 103rd Champions League objectives from the penalty spot. Based on UEFA, solely Cristiano Ronaldo has scored as many Champions League penalties as Lewandowski. [AP]
