Joel Pohjanpalo hit the hat trick, but not quite as usual.
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Finnish national team striker Joel Pohjanpalo plays in all silence in the Turkish league through an excellent personal season.
Rizespor fired Trabzonspor with 3–2 Pohjanpalo paints on Friday night.
Pohjanpalo entered the game for fc as the match clock showed 55 minutes.
DangerThe home crowd cheered when, after 59 minutes, Germany’s charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. The second hit also came from a penalty kick and was born just five minutes from the previous one.
So Pohjanpalo scored two goals in less than ten minutes from the penalty kick. This was not enough for a Finn. The game was 2-2 extra, but Huuhkajie’s cannon pushed the ball into the goal in the fifth minute and led Rizesport to a 3-2 win.
“Jolle” has now scored 12 goals in the main series of Turkey. Rizespor is second to last in the series.