Franco Mastantuono's Stunning Debut for Fiorentina in Serie A

Franco Mastantuono needed only one night in Venice to introduce himself to Serie A.

On his Fiorentina debut, the forward on loan from Real Madrid hit a stunning hat-trick as Vincenzo Italiano’s side stormed into a 2-4 lead over Venezia on matchday four. Three goals, one new league, and a performance that felt like the start of something serious.

A Comeback Written in 96 Seconds

Venezia had struck first and had the game where they wanted it: at home, in front, with Fiorentina searching for rhythm. Then Mastantuono tore up the script.

His explosion came just before the half-hour mark. In the 29th minute and again in the 30th, he found the same pocket of space on the right side of Fiorentina’s attack, received the ball, and went to work with that left foot.

Twice he set himself outside the box. Twice he whipped near-identical strikes past the Venezia goalkeeper. The two goals arrived just one minute and 36 seconds apart, flipping the scoreline and silencing the home crowd. From trailing to leading, almost in a blur.

Those were not hopeful hits. They were clean, decisive finishes, the kind that announce a player to a new league. By the time the clock ticked past half an hour, “Mastan” had turned a difficult away night into his personal showcase.

Sealing It Late

Venezia tried to respond after the break, but Fiorentina carried the authority. And Mastantuono wasn’t done.

In the 84th minute, he produced his most elegant moment of the evening. This time he didn’t rely on long-range power. He drifted into the six-yard box, took on the goalkeeper, and beat him with a composed individual move to make it 1-4 at that stage of the match.

Three goals, three different statements: range, repetition, and then pure composure in traffic.

Four minutes later, in the 88th minute, his night ended with a substitution and a walk to the touchline that must have felt like a coronation. Venezia could only watch him go. Fiorentina, and Real Madrid, will have been watching something else entirely: the outline of a forward who might force his way into much bigger conversations this season.