Sweden is only just emerging from winter's deathly grip with the 2023 Allsvenskan season beginning last weekend. Some players are evidently still working off the rust.
On Matchday 2, Häcken welcomed Hammarby to Gothenburg and stormed to a 3-1 victory with forward Bénie Traoré scoring a first-half hat trick.
Traoré, a 20-year-old who has represented the Ivory Coast's U-23 side, opened the scoring in the fifth-minute after a howler from Hammarby goalkeeper Oliver Dovin.
Dovin, also 20, has a big future ahead of him as he's already represented Sweden's national team, but this moment will live with him for the rest of his career.
It's clear that at some point Dovin mistook the penalty spot for the ball, and Traoré's first goal of the season will also be his easiest.
1-0 BK Häcken, Bénie Traore! Hemmalaget får en drömstart efter Oliver Dovins jätteblunder
Se matchen på https://t.co/ocJJkbIhfX pic.twitter.com/1GibLhW99U— discovery+ sport (@dplus_sportSE) April 9, 2023
"Det blir ju Fifa-lagg-mål typ."
Irma Helin Zibanejad och Emelie Zaar Ölander om Oliver Dovins agerande vid 1-0-målet pic.twitter.com/tloiKQAE8O— discovery+ sport (@dplus_sportSE) April 9, 2023
Traoré's second goal included a nice turn.
2-0 till Häcken mot Hammarby! Bénie Traore slår till igen
Se matchen på https://t.co/ocJJkbIhfX pic.twitter.com/myt0yHluuG— discovery+ sport (@dplus_sportSE) April 9, 2023
And then he had his hat trick before the halftime whistle.
Hattrick! Bénie Traore gör sitt och Häckens tredje mål mot Hammarby strax före pausvilan
Se matchen på https://t.co/ocJJkbIhfX pic.twitter.com/f7sHw5M8lm— discovery+ sport (@dplus_sportSE) April 9, 2023
Häcken is top of the table after two matches with a superior goal difference to Malmö.