Three hat-tricks on ‘super Sunday’

– New signing Alassane Plea, Thorgan Hazard and Raffael all hit hat-tricks as Borussia Moenchengladbach romped to a 11-1 win at minnows Hastedt in the German Cup on Sunday.

Gladbach raced into a 3-0 lead with just 15 minutes gone at fifth-tier Hastedt, in the suburbs of Bremen, and led 6-0 at the break.

Former French Under-21 striker Plea, who left Nice for €25 million last month, celebrated his competitive debut with three goals.

“You could see that we had a lot of fun, we didn’t stop after the break and it was a super Sunday evening,” said Jonas Hofmann who scored one of the other goals. –