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Van Der Vaart Stunned By Hat-trick
Lucas Brown
Goal.com
Saturday 27 September 2008
Rafael Van der Vaart has admitted
that scoring a hat-trick for Real Madrid in midweek
took some time to sink in because he believed it was
almost impossible for him to do.
The Dutch international recognised
that scoring once in the Bernabéu is special,
but for a midfielder to net three times is something
that does not happen very often.
Sporting de Gijón had started brightly, but
were then taken apart in a flurry of goals by a Madrid
side led on by Van der Vaart.
"Wednesday night was a dream for me. Scoring one
goal in the Bernabéu is marvellous, but to score
three in one game is incredible," he told AS.
"I am delighted about the way everything went
in the game against Sporting for me.
"I must admit that I did enjoy some luck in scoring
me three goals. If you tell Ruud or Raúl that
they will score three goals they will be happy, but
for a midfielder to do it is almost unthinkable."
Van der Vaart's second goal of the evening saw him
clip the ball in with an audacious back-heel and he
admits to being fortunate to see it helped on its way.
"I had the confidence to try something like that
and hoped it would turn out well. I connected with my
heel and it clipped a defender before going in, which
was lucky for me," he continued.
"After the game I was obviously delighted and
I could only sleep for a couple of hours because I was
so excited. But now I have calmed down and now I am
focussed on Betis."
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