Franco Mastantuono, currently on loan at Fiorentina from Real Madrid, has made a resounding impact in his third match of the new season. The young Argentine forward led his side to a decisive 4-2 victory over Venezia, netting an impressive hat-trick that propelled the Italian club to 15th place in the league table and secured their first points of the campaign.
By achieving this feat at just 19 years and 28 days old, Mastantuono has officially become the youngest Argentine player to record a hat-trick in any of Europe’s top five football leagues. In doing so, he eclipsed a record previously held by Lionel Messi, whose first European hat-trick for Barcelona against Real Madrid in 2007 came when he was 231 days older than Mastantuono is now.
The match initially began poorly for Fiorentina, who fell behind in the 22nd minute following a goal by Venezia’s Aker Adams, assisted by Gianluca Busio. However, Mastantuono dramatically shifted the momentum near the half-hour mark. He scored twice in a span of just one minute and 38 seconds, not only reversing the deficit but also becoming the youngest player in Fiorentina’s history to score multiple goals in a single match.
The teenage sensation sealed his historic performance by finding the back of the net a third time just six minutes before the final whistle. This clinical display ensured a 4-2 win for his team, marking a milestone performance that has firmly established his status as one of the most promising young talents currently competing in Europe’s elite footballing circles.
