Franco Mastantuono finally waited until the fourth day of Serie A to truly launch his adventure at Fiorentina. Arriving this summer from Real Madrid, the 19-year-old Argentine had, in fact, started the first three championship matches without managing to find the net. Yes, but here it is, Friday evening, in Venice, the 19-year-old crack changed dimension by scoring a hat-trick during his team’s 4-2 victory on the Venetian pitch, giving his team its first points of the season. Trailing 1-0, the Viola was able to count on its new offensive number to reverse the trend.
In all the good moves, the native of Azul first equalized in the 29th minute, then gave his team the advantage less than two minutes later. He finally sealed his hat-trick in the 84th minute, after Matteo Pellegrino’s goal on the hour mark. Three welcome goals and a first professional hat-trick. More than his effectiveness in front of goal, the Argentinian international above all confirmed his full impact in Fio’s game with 8 shots, including 5 on target, 4 chances and 75% of successful dribbles. Displaying, moreover, significant activity in the last third of the field, with 78% of successful passes in this area, Mastantuono will inevitably remain as the great architect of the first Florentine victory of the season.
Mastantuono already in history
An XXL performance confirming more generally the perfect start achieved by the man who has a total of 4 selections with the Albiceleste. Indeed, during the first three days, Mastantuono had attempted 10 shots without finding the fault. Starting each of these meetings under Fabio Grosso, he then retained the confidence of the club despite the dismissal of the coach after three consecutive defeats. And for Paolo Vanoli’s first match on the bench, the Argentinian finally responded immediately. Better yet, Mastantuono made history with this performance: at 19 years and 28 days old, he became the youngest foreigner to score a hat-trick in Serie A.
A statistic which gives an additional dimension to this Venetian evening, beyond the three points gleaned by Fiorentina. After a necessarily scrutinized debut, given his time at Real Madrid and the expectations placed on him, Mastantuono therefore has his first major reference in Italy. A hat-trick, a victory and the status of decisive player: the real start of his Florentine adventure could well have taken place in Venice this Friday evening. It will now be necessary to confirm…
