Six seconds
March 24, 2024 at 11:07 am Leave a comment
Christoph Baumgartner on Saturday scored after six seconds to record the fastest ever goal in international football in Austria’s 2-0 win over Slovakia in Bratislava.
The 24-year-old RB Leipzig midfielder skipped past three challenges from the kick-off and fired a low shot past home goalkeeper Martin Dubravka.
His goal was a second quicker than Lukas Podolski’s strike for Germany against Ecuador in 2013, and two seconds quicker than an other goal scored by Germany: it also was yesterday that Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen) scored the 1-0 against France after just eight seconds in Deutschland’s 2-0 away win.
West Brom striker Andreas Weimann scored another goal in Bratislava to confirm Austria’s victory for Ralf Rangnick’s side. Austria, who host Turkey in Vienna on Tuesday, have now won four consecutive matches (including a 2-0 win over Germany) as they build for this summer’s Euros in Germany. The Austrian team was without injured David Alaba and Marko Arnautovic.
Austria will play in Group D against France, the Netherlands and the winner of the playoff games Poland v Wales. They will kick off their Euro campaign against France on June 17th in Düsseldorf.
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