Bajrami made Euro history and broke Dmitry Kirichenko’s record, improving his time by 44 seconds.
The five fastest goals in the history of the European Championships:
#5 Robert Lewandowski, Poland – Portugal, EURO 2016
It took Robert Lewandowski just 100 seconds, less than two minutes, to open the scoring in the quarter-final against Portugal in 2016. The Barcelona striker has established himself as one of the best shooters in elite of the world. and it took him very little time to score that day. However, Portugal ultimately won the match 5–3 on penalties.
#4 Yussuf Poulsen, Denmark – Belgium, EURO 2020
Lewandowski took 100 seconds to score, with Danish striker Yussuf Poulsen beating the Polish striker by just one second. The Danes started strongly with Poulsen’s goal against Thibaut Courtois, but Belgium staged a comeback to win 2-1 in the group stage match.
#3 Emil Forsberg, Sweden – Poland, EURO 2020
Emil Forsberg needed just 82 seconds to open the scoring and score a much-needed goal in Sweden’s group stage match against Poland. Forsberg then scored a brace and Robert Lewandowski responded with two goals in the second half. However, Sweden managed to snatch victory in stoppage time with a score of 3:2 thanks to a goal from Victor Klasson and win the group.
#2 Dmitry Kirichenko, Russia – Greece, EURO 2004
Dmitry Kirichenko needed just 67 seconds to open the score in the match between Russia and Greece at EURO 2004. Russia won the match 2:1, but it was in vain as the victory did not did not help the Russian team qualify for the playoffs. The Russians had already lost their first two matches against Spain and Portugal and were eliminated from the competition early, but Kirichenko made history and held the record for 20 years.
#1 Nedim Bajrami, Albania – Italy, EURO 2024
Nedim Bajrami scored in the 23rd second after a mistake by Alessandro Bastoni, but Italy recovered very quickly and within 10 minutes Bastoni corrected the score and equalized the score. Then, after another 5 minutes, Nicolo Barella scored and that goal turned out to be the winning goal. It’s possible that Bairami’s record won’t be broken for a very long time, as he surpassed Kirichenko by 43 seconds.
Vyacheslav Gorbachev, Athletistic
Source: Sport

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