Demiral makes EUROs knockout history with rapid-quick goal vs Austria 😲 | OneFootball

It has been a European Championship of early goals, and Türkiye have stunned Austria with another in their last 16 clash.

In fact, it is the fastest goal ever scored in knockout history, and the second fastest scored in the competition as a whole.

In a game that had been billed by many as the “game of the round” given both sides’ dark horse status and entertaining displays, it took less than a minute for it to explode into life.

57 seconds to be precise. Austria made a mess of a corner, allowing Merih Demiral to smash the ball into the roof of the net to send the massive Turkish numbers in the Leipzig stadium into an utter frenzy.

It wasn’t as quick as Albania’s Nedim Bajrami’s opener against Italy after just 23 seconds, but it has now officially the fastest ever scored in the business end of the competition, which first took place in 1960.

Demiral’s strike obliterated the record held by Robert Lewandowski, who took a now-long 100 seconds to score for Poland against Portugal in 2016.

Austria almost equalised right away provint that this game is one you cannot take your eye away from for even a minute. Literally.