10 Most Legendary Substitutes In Football History

Teen sensation Erling Haaland enjoyed a dream debut for Dortmund and solidified himself as one of, if not, European football's biggest discovery of the season. Borussia Dortmund’s new signing Erling Haaland made his Borussia Dortmund debut as a substitute and guaranteed his new side a come back win from two goals down to beat FC Augsburg 5-3.

The Norwegian teenager Haaland scored his first goal with a low driven shot in the 59th minute, three minutes after coming on, to cut the deficit to 3-2 and then completed a memorable hat-trick in the 79th minute to seal their win.

Haaland was awarded a prestigious Dreierpack (triple-pack) and deservedly grabbed the headlines after the match for his incredible impact, however people in Germany may not consider his three-goal cameo to be a "proper" hat-trick. What establishes a "proper" hat trick in Germany is that you must score all three goals in one half of the match.

German football expert Raphael Honigstein told BBC Radio 5 Live:

"In Germany, for some reason, we don't consider this a proper hat-trick. It needs to be in one half, but also, nobody scoring in between. We are so German we don't consider it a hat-trick. Haaland doesn't care. I saw him going off with the match ball."

“Hat-trick hero” Haaland is already Dortmund's joint fifth-highest scorer and said, via BBC:

"I'm at a fantastic club with great team-mates and good people around me. I came here to score goals and it was a good debut for me."