On the same day as the FIFA Ballon d’Or announcement, Bayern Munich called a special news conference in order to finally bestow Robert Lewandowski with not one, not two, but FOUR official Guinness World Record certificates all attained as a result of his incredible five-goal haul against Wolfsburg back in September.
Congrats on setting 4 @GWR, @lewy_official! Quickest hat-trick, 4-goal haul & 5-goal haul, and most goals by a sub! pic.twitter.com/EbdfcErGpQ
Having come on as a half-time substitute, the Polish striker wasted little time in steering home five goals in the space of just nine minutes — thus breaking a series of long-standing domestic records.
First came the fastest Bundesliga hat-trick (3 minutes 22 seconds) swiftly followed by the fastest four goals in a Bundesliga match (5 minutes 42 seconds) and the fastest five goals in a Bundesliga match (8 minutes 59 seconds).
In the process, he also topped off his quick-fire afternoon’s work by breaking the record for the most goals ever scored by a substitute in a Bundesliga match (i.e, five).
Skip forward a couple of months and the time finally came for Lewa’s goal-rush to be formally recognised, with Guinness World Records adjudicator Seyda Subasi Gemici doing the honours at the Allianz Arena.
He didn’t make the Ballon d’Or final three, but something tells us he’s probably going to need a bigger mantelpiece before long.
