Age is not any safety towards efficiency! That is what Kreisliga-Manni normally says when he will get hit by the ball and scores the decisive 10:0 aim. However this saying additionally holds true within the Bundesliga.
Andrej Kramaric, now 34 years previous, has simply proven that he nonetheless has loads of good soccer left in him.
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Within the first half of the conflict between his Hoffenheim aspect and Borussia Mönchengladbach, the Croatian netted a hat-trick, with every aim extra lovely than the final.
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First, the veteran confidently transformed a penalty (24’). At precisely 34 years, six months, and 26 days previous, Kramaric had already develop into the oldest goalscorer in TSG historical past.
However the elder statesman of Hoffenheim was simply getting began. Firstly of stoppage time, he completed off a mix to make it 3:0, earlier than issues obtained actually elegant.
Three minutes later, Kramaric beat VfL keeper Moritz Nicolas for a 3rd time with a wonderfully positioned chip, making it 4:0 for his crew. With objectives like these, the village elder in Sinsheim is welcome to maintain elevating his private greatest just a few extra occasions.
This text was translated into English by Synthetic Intelligence.
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