Austria‘s Christoph Baumgartner scored six seconds after kick-off in a pleasant towards Slovakia on Saturday, the quickest recorded objective within the nation’s historical past.
The 24-year-old sprinted from the centre circle and skipped previous three challenges earlier than firing a low shot from exterior the field into the underside nook.
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As Slovakia’s house followers seemed on in disbelief, Austrians within the away part on the Tehelne pole stadium in Bratislava celebrated because the RB Leipzig midfielder was mobbed by his teammates.
“We have completed this variation earlier than, sprinting away at full threat from the kickoff. One way or the other the sequence of steps labored out in order that I obtained the run,” Baumgartner mentioned.
The objective got here sooner than Lukas Podolski’s for Germany towards Ecuador in 2013 when the ahead pinched the ball from a defender and scored seven seconds into the match.
Substitute Andreas Weimann sealed the victory with a late strike eight minutes from time.
Austria proceed to organize for Euro 2024 with pleasant video games towards Turkey, Serbia and Switzerland. They are going to face France, the Netherlands and both Poland or Wales within the group stage in Germany.
