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Hat-Trick
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Scoring three goals in one game. The term came from cricket but works in football too. A "perfect hat-trick" means one with your left foot, one with your right, and one header. Players usually get to keep the match ball. There's also the "flawless hat-trick" (three in a row with no one else scoring in between) and "super hat-trick" (four goals).
Lionel Messi's hat-trick against Real Madrid in 2007 made him the youngest player to score three in El Clásico, announcing his arrival as Barcelona's next superstar at just 19 years old.
Robbie
Jan 15, 2026
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