Flick hails hattrick hero Fermin Lopez’s sensational performance

Fermin Lopez

Fermin Lopez

By John Ogunsemore

Barcelona manager, Hansi Flick has praised Fermin Lopez’s “sensational” performance after the Spaniard grabbed a hattrick in Tuesday’s 6-1 demolition of Olympiacos in the UEFA Champions League.

The 22-year-old scored in the 7th, 39th and 76th minutes to complete his first career hattrick.

He became the first Spaniard to score a hattrick for Barcelona in the Champions League, and the youngest player to score more than once for the Blaugrana in the competition since Neymar, who scored a hattrick in December 2013.

Speaking on Lopez’s Man-of-the-Match performance, Flick said, “He scores, he runs, he’s very complete. His performance was sensational.

“Three goals, the first one very important, gave us confidence. He has it all: he’s dynamic, he has speed.”

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