On-loan Real Madrid star breaks Lionel Messi record | OneFootball

On-loan Real Madrid starlet Franco Mastantuono on Friday secured for himself a noteworthy piece of European football history. This came owing to his exploits in Fiorentina’s Serie A meeting with Venezia.

Attacking midfielder ‘Masta’ is for his part fresh off an evening to remember on Friday. After a difficult start to the new season in Florence, the 19-year-old proved himself the catalyst in the Viola’s much-needed first victory of the term.

Featuring from the off in a trip to the aforementioned Venezia, Mastantuono notched a fine hat-trick, en route to an eventual 4-2 triumph for he and his teammates.

And as alluded to above, in the process, the former River Plate prodigy etched his name into the history books, at the expense of none other than Lionel Messi.

As revealed by ESPN:

‘At 19 years and 28 days of age, Franco Mastantuono becomes the youngest Argentine to score a HAT-TRICK in one of Europe’s top-5 leagues. He surpassed Leo Messi’s record; at 19 years and 259 days, he scored three goals against Real Madrid in a 3-3 draw for Barcelona in La Liga.’

Conor Laird – GSFN