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Brew: Lewandowski's explosive 5-goal rush is symbolic of a fast and furious year in sports
Bayern's Robert Lewandowski, right, celebrates with teammate Douglas Costa after scoring during a match between FC Bayern Munich and VfL Wolfsburg on Sept. 22.
MAFTHIAS SCHRADER/AP
SCOTT CHASEN
@SChasenKU
What can you accomplish in nine minutes?
There are several correct answers to this question. You might be able to read a short chapter from a textbook or take an online quiz. You can casually walk about a half mile and maybe even make it from Daisy Hill to the Underground to pick up a crunchy chicken cheddar wrap. You might even be able to get through the line at Chipotle when it's at its busiest.
However, there's apparently a lot more than can be done in such a short amount of time.
a short bout of action.
For Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski, nine minutes was all it took for him to make history, as he quickly poured in
five goals to completely erase his team's 1-0 halftime deficit.
Per the twitter account @2010MisterChip — which currently has more than 1.4 million followers — Lewandowski became the first substitute in any of the top four soccer leagues in Europe (Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga) to score five goals in a game. He also scored his five goals faster than any other player in the history of those leagues.
It was one of the craziest stretches in the history of the sport. Quite frankly, his performance was something straight out of a video game: something that could never — or perhaps should never — happen in real life.
Two goals in one minute. Three goals in four minutes.
Five goals in nine minutes.
However you break it down, it just seems impossible.
However, more and more, it seems as if athletes are able to do a lot more in a lot less time.
In many ways, 2015 has been the year of speedy soccer accomplishments. Case in point: In the FIFA Women's World Cup Final, it took the United States absolutely no time to build up an insurmountable lead.
The team scored four goals in the first 16 minutes of the game; Carli Lloyd led the way with three of them, posting the fastest hat trick in World Cup history.
more important.
And while Lloyd's hat trick took nearly three times as long as it took Lewandowski to get his first three, the implications of the game were obviously far
But to take it a step further, it hasn't just been soccer: 2015 has been the year of speed in sports.
You can look at Golden State Warriors shooting guard Klay Thompson, who set a new NBA record by scoring 37 points in a quarter back in January and it's worth noting he scored all of those points in just under 9:45 of game time or even something on a much smaller scale, like the Denver Broncos scoring two touchdowns in nine seconds of game time to stun the Kansas City Chiefs on Sept.17.
You can look at the recent Baylor-SMU game, where the teams combined for 42 first quarter points with three touchdowns coming in the first two minutes of the game, or
at perhaps the most dominating athlete in sports, Ronda Rousey, who won both of her 2015 fights in a combined 48 seconds. (The first was by submission against Cat Zingano in 14 seconds, the second was by TKO against Bethe Correia in 34 seconds.)
t's not like 2014 didn't have its moments when it came to speed accomplishments in sports.
It took the United States all of 31 seconds to score its first goal at the men's World Cup, as Clint Dempsey found the back of the net against Ghana. In the semifinals, Germany took a commanding 5-0 lead in the first 29 minutes of its match against Brazil, which included a stretch of six minutes when the team scored four goals.
Flacco throwing for four first quarter touchdowns against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and it would be impossible to leave out Dri Archer's 2014 NFL Combine, where he posted the second fastest 40-yard dash time (4.26 seconds) since the league switched to electronic timing in 2000, according to cheatsheet.com.
There were also feats like Joe
However, 2015 has surpassed its predecessor. This year has been the year of speed in sports so far. Here's hoping 2016 will be even faster.
Edited by Derek Skillett
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