Certainly, there were 4 penalties in the lot, but the performance remains remarkable nonetheless: Simon Banzatrained in RC Lenstook the lead in the Turkish championship scorers' ranking, ahead of several big names, even though he only arrived in September.
This Monday evening, at the end of the 13th day of the Turkish championship, he scored twice to complete Muhammed Cham's hat-trick and allow Trabzonspor to win 5-0 at home against Adana Demirspor. He scored the 2nd then the 3rd goal in the 50' and 54'.
Tied with Immobile, ahead of Dzeko, Osimhen…
He has now reached a total of 8 goals in just 9 matches played (all as a starter). In the scorers' rankings, he shares the top spot with the experienced Italian from Besiktas Ciro Immobile (8 goals including 5 penalties) but ahead of the two stars of Fenerbahce Edin Dzeko (7 goals, 2 penalties) and Dusan Tadic (7 goals, 3 penalties) and the former Neapolitan from Galatasaray Victor Osimhen (6 goals, no penalties). Collectively, Trabzonspor remains in a disappointing 10th place with a match in hand (15 points), in a championship dominated by Galatasaray (34 points) ahead of Fenerbahçe (29).