Robert Lewandowski, who played in the Champions League for the first time in the Barca jersey, scored a hat-trick for Barca. The Catalans defeated Czech champions Viktoria Plzen by five goals to one. In the 13th minute, Frank Kessie opened the scoring for Barca. Lewandowski doubled the lead in the 37th minute. However, Victoria pulled a goal back in the 44th minute through Jan Sykora. Lewandowski extended Barca’s lead with a brilliant diving header towards the end of the first half.
The Polish striker completed his hat-trick in the second half. This is Lewa’s sixth hat-trick in the Champions League. With this, the player also owns the record of being the first player to score a hat-trick in the Champions League for three clubs. He had earlier scored a hat-trick for Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund. Ferran Torres scored Barca’s last goal.
