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American teenager Matthew Hoppe scored a hat-trick on only his fifth Bundesliga appearance to carry the struggling side to a 4-0 victory over Hoffenheim and snap the Royal Blues’ 30-game winless streak in the league.
Hoppe, who made his Bundesliga debut in November, chipped the ball over Oliver Baumann in Hoffenheim’s goal after a superb pass by Amine Harit to finish off a quick break three minutes before half-time. The pair combined perfectly twice more for the 19-year-old Hoppe to score again in the 57th and 63rd minutes.