Austria and Turkey face each other this Tuesday, July 2, in the last eight of Euro 2024. The Turks quickly opened the scoring thanks to defender Merih Demiral (1′), who scored the fastest goal in the history of the Euro in a knockout phase.
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Merih Demiral has scored the fastest goal in Euro history in a knockout stage. | PHOTO: HANNIBAL HANSCHKE/EPA/MAXPPP
Turkey makes Euro history. This Tuesday, July 2, the Middle Eastern country is playing the last eighth-final of Euro 2024 against Austria. The Turks quickly found the back of the net, through Merih Demiral (1-0, 1′).
Finding the fault at 57e second after a scramble in the Austrian box, the Al-Ahli central defender scored the fastest goal in the history of a European Championship in the knockout phase.
The Euro of all records
During the group stages, the record for the fastest goal in the history of the Euro had already been broken. It was scored by Albania against Italy, and more precisely by Nedim Bajrami, after 23 seconds of play.
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Both records could be broken again at this Euro in Germany, as there are still seven matches to play: the quarter-finals, the semi-finals and the final.
