Five players score hat-tricks as Sassuolo win 22-0 in pre-season match

Serie A side Sassuolo have annihilated non-league club Real Vicenza 22-0 in a pre-season encounter that saw five players grab hat-tricks.

Sassuolo started the rout by opening the goal account just two minutes into the game and led 10-0 at half time.

The Neroverdi scored 12 more goals in the second half to defeat the ‘showcase side’ as Sassuolo hosted Real Vicenza in a pre-season encounter that has now gone down in history.

The win was a perfect statement for Sassuolo to start the pre-season and prepare well after finishing in 13th place in Serie A, last season.

Sassuolo paraded a strong team, including Italian internationals Domenico Berardi–who scored twice and Andrea Pinamonti–who scored a hat-trick.

Janis Antiste and Nedim Bajrami also scored hat-tricks, whilst Kristian Thorstvedt scored four times in the second half and Samuele Mulattieri bagged five goals in 32 minutes, in impressive fashion.