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BERLIN, Jan. 19-- Erling Haaland has triggered an uNPRecedented euphoria in German football, scoring three goals in his first game for Borussia Dortmund. Media and fans praise the 19-year-old's hat trick and his coolness after he joined the side in the winter break for 20 million euros from the Austrian club RB Salzburg. Dortmund won the bidder battle against several prominent clubs from the English Premier League and the Spanish La Liga. ODD FACTS The Norwegian striker is the Bundesliga's fastest hat trick scorer (23 minutes). He is only the seventh striker scoring three goals in his first game and the second youngest. In 1965, 18-year-old Walter Bechtold scored three goals when Eintracht Frankfurt crushed Borussia Neunkirchen by 6-2. Like Haaland, Dortmund strikers like Robert Lewandowski, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, and Paco Alcacer scored three goals against FC Augsburg. The Leeds born striker and son of the former Norwegian international and Leeds United midfielder Alf-Inge Haaland chose the same shirt number (17) as Aubameyang. "That is my favorite number," he commented. Curious habit: The former RB Salzburg striker takes the balls to bed he scored three goals with and is calling them "his girlfriend." Haaland is only the seventh Bundesliga performer scoring a hat trick in his first game. MEDIA HEADLINES A smile that frightens all opponents (Sueddeutsche Zeitung) | 
