Belgian star Marouane Fellaini scored 3 "hat-trick" goals in 8 minutes to lead his Shandong Luneng team to a 3-2 victory over Dalian Weifang Sunday at the opening of the Chinese Super League.
Fellaini led his team to a thrilling victory away from his stadium with his three goals, which came in the 79th, 83rd and 86th minutes, to convert the result in favor of Luneng.
Marouane Fellaini scored an eight-minute headed hat trick in China after recovering from coronavirus.
Back doing what he does best 👏 pic.twitter.com/gbZI1GyGJ8
- ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) July 26, 2020
The official FIFA account, via Twitter, praised Felaini's trilogy, who scored his headstrokes in his first appearance after being infected with the Corona virus and subjected to quarantine and hospitalization for 3 weeks before the start of the season.
🇧🇪 @Fellaini, who spent a few weeks in hospital with # COVID19, scored a hat-trick of headers inside 8 late minutes to snatch Shandong Luneng a 3-2 victory over Dalian Pro in their Super League 2020 debut 🇨🇳
🏥 What a story 🎩 pic.twitter.com/lEAOYfUHpG
- FIFA.com (@FIFAcom) July 26, 2020