Absolute UPL record: what Lassina Traoré did in the match against "Karpaty" to make history
Kyiv • UNN
Shakhtar forward Lassina Traoré scored the first hat-trick in UPL history after coming on as a substitute, scoring 3 goals in 15 minutes. Before him, only 4 Ukrainian footballers had achieved a similar feat.
Burkinabe forward Lassina Traoré of Donetsk "Shakhtar" left an indelible mark in the history of Ukrainian football championships after the match against "Karpaty" (3:0). This is reported by UNN.
So, Lassina, coming on as a substitute in the 65th minute of the match, scored 3 goals for the Donetsk team, completing a hat-trick. As it turned out, this is the first hat-trick in the history of the UPL scored by a legionnaire after coming on as a substitute. It is also interesting that before Traoré, only 4 players in the history of Ukraine achieved a similar feat, but all of them were Ukrainians.
In addition, Traoré's hat-trick turned out to be surprisingly fast. Lassina effectively used his allotted time on the field and struck the Lviv goal 3 times in 15 minutes. Thus, a new benchmark for hat-trick speed appeared in the UPL, as he did it faster than others.
By the way, earlier hat-tricks after coming on as a substitute were scored by such players as Andriy Totovytskyi in the match Shakhtar – Zorya (2:3), Serhiy Starenkyi in the match Oleksandriya – Stal (4:1), Vladyslav Supryaha in the match Dnipro-1 – Dynamo (3:1) and Artem Dovbyk in the match Metalist 1925 — Dnipro-1 (0:3).