The Polish striker sealed the tie against RB Salzburg in 22 minutes of play, scoring three goals after the Bavarians struggled early on. The clash would end in a scandalous win (7-1) and the access of the Teutons to the quarterfinals of the maximum continental competition.
The Austrian team appeared at the Allianz Arena in Munich with a lot of ambition, pressing high and enjoying two important chances in the first quarter of an hour of the game. He did not materialize them, something that Bayern München did through Robert Lewandowski. Two great oriented controls disconcerted Maximilian Wöber, who committed two penalties on the forward that he himself would be in charge of transforming. A strange and lucky action after a bad defense would end up consummating the hat-trick.
All this happened in 22 minutes of the match, specifically between 12 and 22, becoming the player who scored three goals the fastest in the history of the Champions League, according to data from Mister Chip. He overtook Marco Simone, who set the record in 24 minutes on September 25, 1996 in AC Milan’s 4-1 win at Rosenborg BK. On that occasion, on the second day of Group D of the 1996-97 edition, the Italian striker did so between minutes 6 and 24.
Beyond Robert Lewandowski’s record, he was joined by Serge Gnabry, Thomas Müller with a brace and Leroy Sané, with Maurits Kjaergaard setting up the goal of honor for the Austrians. With this hat-trick, the Pole has scored 12 goals in eight games in this edition of the Champions League and is five short of the record (17) set by Cristiano Ronaldo in the 2013-14 season.
Bayern München is already expecting a rival in the quarterfinals along with Liverpool, who lost (0-1) to Inter but asserted the lead from the first leg (0-2) to qualify. The eight qualifiers will not be known until Wednesday of next week and the matches will be raffled on Friday the 18th, where the semifinals and the venue will also be drawn for the title at the Stade De France in Saint-Denis.
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