Robert Lewandowski Makes History To Become First Player To Score a UCL Hat Trick for 3 Different Teams

• Poland captain Robert Lewandowski made history last night to become the first player to score a UEFA Champions League hat-trick for three different teams
• The Polish forward scored one for Dortmund, four for Bayern Munich and one for Barcelona at Camp Nou
• Robert Lewandowski has overtaken Karim Benzema on the UEFA Champions League all-time scorers chart

Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski has made history with his first hat-trick against Viktoria Plzen on matchday one of the 2022/23 UEFA Champions League season.

The 34-year-old helped the Catalan giants beat Viktoria Plzen 5-1 in Group C at Spotify Camp Nou on Wednesday night.

The Poland star scored twice in the opening 45 minutes, with Ivorian midfielder Franck Kessie also notching a goal in a frantic 45 minutes.

Lewandowski capped a glittering display with his third goal on 67 minutes with a great effort. Ferran Torres then struck to secure a comfortable 5-1 victory for Xavi Hernandez's side.

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Lewy's third goal made him the first footballer to hit Champions League trebles for three different sides - Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich and Barcelona.

He famously scored four times at the Signal Iduna Park in a resounding 4-1 victory against Real Madrid in the semi-finals of the 2013 edition.

His second treble came for Bayern in a 5-0 thrashing of Dinamo Zagreb at the Allianz Arena in a group stage game in 2015. He went on to score four hat-tricks for the Bavarian giants.

Lewandowski has now registered six hat-tricks since making his debut in the UEFA Champions League against Olympiacos in October 2011.

He is only behind Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, who have managed to net eight hat-tricks each.

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The Polish striker struck three times for Barcelona as they completed a 5-1 rout of FC Viktoria Plzeň in the UEFA Champions League, Sports Brief earlier reported.

Lewandowski’s hattrick also took him above Karim Benzema in the Champions League all-time scorers chart.

The Frenchman has 86 goals, while Lewandowski now has 89. Lewa scored 17 goals with Borussia Dortmund, 69 with Bayern Munich and 3 with Barcelona.