5 major records set in the Confederations Cup - which of these can be broken in 2017?

4) Most hat-tricks in the tournament (and most goals in a game)

Fernando Torres has scored two hat-tricks at the Confederations Cup

There has been a total of 12 hat-tricks in Confederations Cup history. The first two editions did not see a single hat-trick and it wasn’t until 1997 that we saw the first one.

Czech Republic midfielder Vladimir Smicer scored three past a hapless United Arab Emirates in a 6-1 rout back in the group stage of the 1997 edition and it wasn’t even the most memorable one in that tournament. The final saw Brazil beat Australia 6-0 with both Ronaldo and Romario scoring three goals each (although Ronaldo’s third goal was a penalty).

The other players to score hat-tricks in the tournament are Cuauhtemoc Blanco (Mexico), Marzouk Al-Otaibi (Saudi Arabia), Ronaldinho (Brazil), Luciano Figueroa (Argentina), Fernando Torres and David Villa (both Spain), Nnamdi Oduamadi (Nigeria) and Abel Hernandez (Uruguay).

However, only one player has scored two hat-tricks in the tournament’s history – Fernando Torres. The Spaniard scored three past New Zealand in just 11 minutes in a 5-0 win in 2009 before scoring four past poor Tahiti in a 10-0 win in 2013. Villa was the other Spaniard who grabbed a hat-trick in the same game as they tore the Tahiti defence apart.

Torres and Hernandez (also against Tahiti) are also the only players to score four goals in a game.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored five hat-tricks this season with Real Madrid and Portugal, including trebles against Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid (twice). Can he score at least three in Russia?

Verdict: Breakable