Barcelona: Atletico Madrid forward Alexander Sorloth scored four goals in the first half of the hour and set a record of the fastest hat-trick in La Liga history to fuel Real Sociedad 4-0.
The Norwegian striker’s hat-trick was from scoring seventh, 10th and 11th minutes at the Madrid Metropolitan Stadium to the delight of fans.
According to Opta Statistics, his high notes were the fastest ever for La Liga, and the Bureau of Statistics said the first 15 minutes of the first 15 minutes were three goals in 1941, which were three goals by Edmundo Su’rez de Trabanco.
“I only had one ball that seemed to fall at my feet in those days,” Sorloth said. “Everything went in, they were good balls for my teammates.”
Looking back on his first season with Diego Simeone’s Club, Sorloth said he was satisfied that he had a more start after replacing Juli’n’Lvarez earlier.
“My teammates knew I would be in the box,” he said. “They didn’t even have to look at it, just crossed it.”
Sorloth left when he ranks from Pablo Barrios’ cross. He shot twice with a tilted shot inside a distant post, and when Jon Mart’n’s liquidation hits teammate Aritz Elustondo, Sociedad gets stuck and falls to Sorloth to beat home.
Sorloth waited until the half-hour mark, and then he used a touch to control Samuel Lino’s pass before defeating goalkeeper Alex Remiro to achieve four goals. In the second half, he approached his fifth goal when he volleyed from the woodwork.
Sorloth, who played for Sociedad in 2021-23, also scored four goals while playing against Real Madrid last season at Villarreal.
“It’s a relief to have such a day,” he said. “I was with Villarreal last year. When everything goes on, you feel good inside.”
Sorloth joined Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Luis Su’rez to become the only player with more than four goals in the Spanish league this century.
Competition looks certainly going to be third. Sociedad ranked 12th and won at least the conference league in the final season of coach Imanol Alguacil.
“It’s a day to take full responsibility, say it’s not the player’s fault and be proud of what you’ve done together for the last six and a half years,” Alguacil said.
Other results
No.5 Villarreal scored the 89th minute goal from substitute Etta Eyong, defeating Girona 1-0 and opening a four-point gap against Real Betis in the fight for the final Champions League match.
Celta Vigo scored twice twice after losing a direct red card from Marcos Alonso and held seventh place with a 3-2 win over Sevilla.
Valencia scored three times in the first half to ease the past 3-0 as it continues to return to form at the end of the season. It was in the last place and is now tenth. Mallorca also defeated Valadolid 2-1.
