Popular magazine FourFourTwo has compiled an unusual rating, including footballers whose careers have included hat-tricks in lost matches.
Igor Belanov (center) in the match USSR vs. BelgiumThe ninth in this list mentioned the former striker of Dynamo Kyiv and the USSR national team Igor Belanov. He made a hat-trick in the match 1/8 finals of the 1986 World Cup with Belgium, but in the end the USSR national team lost (in extra time) - 3:4.
The first place in the ranking was the striker of the French national team Killian Mbappe. He made three goals in the final of the World Cup-2022 with Argentina (3:3), but in the penalty shootout his team lost.
The second is Hungarian Ferenc Puskás, who, playing for Real Madrid, in 1962 recorded a hat-trick in the European Cup final with Portuguese Benfica. That meeting ended with a defeat of the Spanish grand with a score of 3:5.
Well, and closed the top three of this unusual rating legendary Brazilian Ronaldo in connection with his hat-trick in the return match of Real Madrid against English Manchester United in the 1/4 finals of the Champions League season-2002/03. That meeting ended with a score of 4:3 in favor of the Mancunians. However, on the sum of the two meetings (3:1, 3:4) Real Madrid reached the semifinals.
