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A hat-trick for history. Memphis Depay (27), already very successful for his debut with FC Barcelona (2 goals in 3 La Liga matches), scored three goals this Tuesday evening against Turkey (6-1, 2022 World Cup qualifiers). A sacred performance, with a high technical level, like this sequence on an acrobatic discount from Davy Klaasen for his second personal goal, which allows him to equal a record.
The former Lyonnais, with 12 achievements in 2021, does as well as Patrick Kluivert in 2000 over a calendar year. Better, now with 33 goals in the selection, the native of Moordrecht integrates the top 10 of the best scorers in the history of the Batavian selection, tied with two legends, Abe Lenstra and a certain Johan Cruyff.
First hat-trick in selection
“They are legends, we cannot compare to them. They made the Netherlands great and put them on the world map, so it’s great to be on the same level with these names ”, he blurted out at the microphone US at the end of the meeting, delighted to have scored his first triplet in the selection. “Yes, I am a man of statistics. My first hat-trick in Oranje is a great stage. This balloon goes home with me. I have often scored twice and you are always looking for the third so I’m glad it worked tonight ”.
With a smile on his face and the match ball under his arm, the Oranje striker was not completely satisfied. “But I expect more from myself. Yes, even after a match like this people still think I’m floating and everything is fine, but I’m not. I am still dangerous and I still was this evening », he concluded, perfectionist. Already dazzling, Memphis Depay therefore thinks it can do better. The Netherlands and Barça are waiting for this!
12 – @Memphis has now scored twelve goals for the Netherlands in 2021, equalling the all-time record for goals in a calendar year set by Patrick Kluivert in 2000. Peak. pic.twitter.com/zjTVk5nsu2
– OptaJohan (@OptaJohan) September 7, 2021
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