Robert Lewandowski scores 5 goals in roughly 9 minutes

[Leinad]

In soccer/football/calcio/futebol/thing-where-people-kick-stuff-while-wearing-shorts, something amazing happened:

Playing for Bayern Munich against Wolfsburg, Polish forward Robert Lewandowski came on at halftime with his side trailing 0-1. After 5 minutes and 40 seconds, he scores a goal. Then, a minute later (just after the replays ended), he scores another goal, putting Bayern in front. Then, 2 minutes and 22 seconds after that, he scores a third. Wow, quick hat-trick...we're done right? Wrong. 2 minutes and 19 seconds later, he scores a fourth goal. And then, 3 minutes 17 seconds after that, he scores what, by itself, would probably be goal of the week--but with the others, it's just another piece of history.

He's the first player in Bundesliga history to score 5 goals as a substitute, and the first to do it at all in Germany's top league since 1991--when he was 3, I wasn't even born, MLS didn't exist, George H.W. Bush was President, and Seinfeld was still early in it's run.

Oh, and his 5 goals was the quickest 5 goals by anyone, ever, in all of Europe's big 4 leagues (Bundesliga, EPL, La Liga, and Serie A).

I know we have some Germans here, and at least one Pole, what do you folks (or anyone else) think of this?

Also, if "hat-trick" is 3 goals, what should 4 and 5 be? I like "sombrero-trick" for 4, maybe 5 could be "Polish hat-trick" in honor of Lewandowski? I'm asking the important questions, you see.

Lastly, Pep's reaction was epic:



I almost put it in my signature. Almost.

Either way, if you can make a guy who coached arguably the greatest round-ball-kicker ever look like a 5-year-old upon learning that a cake the size of a firetruck, shaped like a firetruck, is all theirs--you're probably really, really good.

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I almost put it in my signature. Almost.

Better than Ayn Rand

[dead0man]

I saw that on ESPN yesterday.....that last goal was just sick.  Actually, a few of them were.  Was it the first one that went off the post, right back to him, shot that the goalie blocks then he gets his own second rebound and puts it in the net.  Just great work there (and some sh**tty defense).

[DavidB.]

I saw that on ESPN yesterday.....that last goal was just sick.  Actually, a few of them were.  Was it the first one that went off the post, right back to him, shot that the goalie blocks then he gets his own second rebound and puts it in the net.  Just great work there (and some sh**tty defense).

That was the third one. And yeah, it was sick.

[dead0man]

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I saw that on ESPN yesterday.....that last goal was just sick.  Actually, a few of them were.  Was it the first one that went off the post, right back to him, shot that the goalie blocks then he gets his own second rebound and puts it in the net.  Just great work there (and some sh**tty defense).

That was the third one. And yeah, it was sick.

Aye, I just watched them again.  The 1st and 4th one were just right guy, right place, right time.  The second one, top of the key (or whatever they call it in soccer) alone was very nice.  And that last one....how do you stop that?  Great pass, ridiculous shot.