The Austrian Christoph Baumgartner, a 26-year-old RB Leipzig player, scored yesterday, in a friendly match against Slovakia, the fastest goal in the history of international football. In a play that seemed rehearsed, the footballer took the ball from the middle, went with a lot of quality from two players and reached the edge of the area to finish the shot and score a low shot after six seconds.
Thus Baumgartner broke the record held by former German international Lukas Podolski, who in 2013 scored after seven seconds in an international match against Ecuador. Also yesterday, Germany itself achieved a milestone that Baumgartner later broke: Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen) also scored after seven seconds from Toni Kroos’ pass in the friendly against France.
Source: La Verdad
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