Lucas Boyé scores a stunning hat-trick as Alavés crush Osasuna

Lucas Boyé produced the performance of his career on Sunday, scoring three times as Alavés defeated Osasuna 5-2 in the derby. The Argentine striker scored twice from outside the area, including a nearly 30-meter shot into the corner, then completed his first career hat-trick with a diving header.

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I hope we don’t take our foot off the accelerator and continue with this momentum, which will take us far. This team is humble, we will take it one match at a time. It’s a long season, we have played four matches and there is a lifetime left.

The win turned Mendizorroza into a celebration. Alavés, which struggled to avoid relegation last season, now sits second behind leaders Barcelona after collecting 10 points from its first 12. The result also ended a 13-match winless run against the Pamplona side.

Boyé, 30, has scored four goals in four rounds, matching the totals of Kylian Mbappé and Lamine Yamal. He came through River Plate, spent a short period at Newell’s and continued his career in Europe with Torino, Celta, AEK Athens, Reading, Granada, Elche and Alavés.

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It’s good that forwards like Lucas score because we depend heavily on them.

“I hope we don’t take our foot off the accelerator and continue with this momentum, which will take us far. This team is humble, we will take it one match at a time. It’s a long season, we have played four matches and there is a lifetime left,” Boyé said. He had already scored the winning goal against Villarreal in the previous round.

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I have wanted to have Lucas several times already; I spoke with him when I was coaching at Internacional in Porto Alegre and at Celta. I like his qualities.

Coach Quique Sánchez Flores said, “It’s good that forwards like Lucas score because we depend heavily on them.” Boyé had previously been linked with a possible return to River, and Eduardo Coudet, who coached him at Alavés, had said he liked the striker’s qualities. In 2021, Boyé said he hoped River might come looking for him in the future because he still wanted to prove himself at the club.

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I would like River to come looking for me in the future. At River, I was left with the feeling that I could not show everything I was capable of. In the future, I would like to return to Argentina and River.