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ROBERT Lewandowski, a striker for Bayern Munich, came on as a substitute at half-time when his team was losing 1-0 to Wolfsburg and scored five goals in less than nine minutes, the fastest by a player in Bundesliga history.
Lewandowski, 27, was on the bench for the Bundesliga game on Tuesday night, September 22, before he was brought in to replace Juan Bernat at half-time. Immediately the second half started, he got his side back into the game with five incredible goals in eight minutes, 59 seconds, between the first and the fifth.
Eventually all the five goals mattered as Bayern won 5-1.
His first three goals came in the span of four minutes, the fastest hat trick in Bundesliga history.
Lewandoswki levelled the score with a toe poke from six yards in the 51st minute. Bayern then took the lead on his blast from 20 yards a minute later.
He was made to work harder for his third goal in the 55th minute, first hitting the post and seeing his follow-up saved before he finally found the back of the net.
The fourth came in the 57th minute, when he scored from a cross on a high bounce. But he saved the best for last in the 60th minute, volleying Mario Gotze’s cross with a scissor kick to send the crowd further into raptures.
“I am very satisfied, that was incredible,” Lewandoski told Sky news, adding: “I just wanted to shoot, I didn’t really think what will happen afterwards. Having been one down, we knew that we must improve and score twice at least. But five goals, that’s incredible.”
The striker became the first substitute to score five in the German top flight, but admitted he was shocked when he looked at the scoreboard.
“I don’t know how fast it was, but it was fast,” he said. “But when you’re on the pitch, you’re just focused on football. After the fourth I looked at the scoreboard, it was the 60th minute and I only thought: ‘Ooh.’
“Guardiola didn’t need to say anything; I know what I have to do on the pitch. But it was only one game, we have to win the next games as well. We are Bayern Munich,” Lewandowski said.
Pep Guardiola, boss of Bayern, said after the match: “I don’t understand this, five goals! I have never in my life witnessed something like this whether as a player or a coach.
“Five goals against Wolfsburg is not easy. I am very, very happy for Robert. For his self-esteem and our future this is very important. I cannot explain this.”
Dieter Hecking, Wolfsburg coach, added: “What can I say. A world-class strike shot five times on goal and could have scored seven. This is how it felt for us. But no matter the quality something like this cannot happen. We had a good first half, Bayern could not get any flow. Then these nine minutes come, one cannot explain this.”
— Sep 23, 2015 @ 12:40 GMT
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