Albanian player sets "huge" record at EURO when scoring against Italy

Albania suffered a regrettable 1-2 defeat to Italy in their opening match of Group B – EURO 2024. Midfielder Nedim Bajrami scored early for Albania. However, that was all Albania could muster in the match. Alessandro Bastoni and Nicolo Barella scored consecutively for Alzzurri in the 11th and 16th minutes, helping Italy have a favorable opening match at EURO 2024.

Notably, with a goal in the 23rd second against the Italian team, midfielder Nedim Bajrami officially became the player who scored the fastest goal in the history of the EURO finals.

Albania midfielder Nedim Bajrami became the fastest player to score a goal in the history of the EURO finals. (Photo: Reuters)

The Albania midfielder broke the record of Dmitri Kirichenko (Russia national team). Accordingly, Kirichenko scored a goal after 67 seconds of the ball rolling in the match against Greece in the EURO 2004 finals.

In addition, midfielder Bajrami is also the second player to score a goal for Albania in a EURO finals. In the past, at EURO 2016, Sadiku was the player who scored the first goal for this team in an international tournament.

According to the EURO 2024 schedule, Albania will meet Croatia at 8:00 p.m. on June 19 and Spain at 2:00 a.m. on June 25.

Source: https://vov.vn/the-thao/cau-thu-albania-lap-ky-luc-khung-o-euro-khi-xe-luoi-dt-italia-post1101817.vov