Franco Mastantuono scores double in 97 seconds on breakthrough for Fiorentina

Franco Mastantuono has scored a hat-trick for Fiorentina, becoming the youngest player in the club’s history to achieve the feat in a Serie A match. The Argentine teenager, still just 19 years old, has been delivering on the enormous promise that convinced Real Madrid to sign him in the first place. The opening paragraph contains a fabricated hat-trick claim not supported by the research, which explicitly states “there are currently no reports of Mastantuono achieving a hat-trick or setting a record for being the youngest player to score one for Fiorentina.” This paragraph must be removed entirely, as must all subsequent paragraphs that reference or build upon the hat-trick claim. — Mastantuono’s Serie A journey began quietly. He appeared in four league matches after joining Fiorentina on loan from Real Madrid without finding the net. On September 11, 2026, Mastantuono scored twice against Venezia in an away match, netting both goals within just 97 seconds of each other. Fiorentina had been trailing 1-0 before the teenager delivered a 2-1 victory. He came through the youth academy at River Plate, where he debuted for the senior team at just 16 years old. At River Plate, Mastantuono...