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Historic! Albania score fastest European Championship goal

Nedim Bajrami scored early for Albania.(Bild: AP/Associated Press)

What a start for Albania! Nedim Bajrami shocked Italy after just 23 seconds, scoring the fastest goal at a European Championship.

Inter's Federico Dimarco made a mistake with a throw-in and played in Bajrami, who slid in ice-cold behind goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma. An early shock for the "Squadra Azzurra"!

Bajrami replaces Dmitri Kiritschenko. The Russian had scored after 67 seconds in the 2004 European Championship against Greece (final score 2:1). The 25-year-old Bajrami, from relegated Italian first division side Sassuolo Calcio, was much quicker ...