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FLURRY OF FIVE Scoring five goals in a game is a monumental effort for any soccer player at any level, but Robert Lewandowski stepped into the realm of the ridiculous when he struck five times—in nine minutes!—during an epic explosion in 2015. Well-rested after spending the first half on the bench in a match for Bayern Munich against Wolfsburg, he was inserted into the line-up for the second half of the game as his club was trailing 1–0, and he went right to work. Six minutes after stepping foot on the pitch, Lewandowski netted his first goal. Two more tallies quickly followed for a hat trick in a stunning four-minute flurry to become the fastest to record a hat trick in the illustrious history of the Bundesliga. Not content with his trio of tallies, he scored again in the 57th minute and punctuated his fantastic feat three minutes later with a beautiful scissor-kick goal for his fifth of the match.

Robert Lewandowski scored five goals in nine minutes against Wolfsburg in 2015.

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World Class Footballers: Robert Lewandowski