Franco Mastantuono has made history by becoming the youngest Argentine player ever to score a hat trick in Europe's top five leagues, surpassing a record previously held by Lionel Messi.
The Real Madrid winger, currently on loan at Fiorentina, achieved the milestone with a commanding three-goal performance that rewrites the record books for Argentine footballers in European competition.
Mastantuono's feat pushes Messi — widely regarded as one of the greatest players in football history — down to second place in this particular category, underlining just how remarkable the teenager's emergence has been.
