Defending champion Italy opened its Euro 2024 campaign with a narrow 2-1 win against Albania at the BVB Stadion Dortmund on Sunday.
Nedim Bajrmi of Albania scored the fastest goal in the history of the European Championship in its Group B clash against Italy
.Bajrami found the net after just 23 seconds, breaking the previous record set by Russia’s Dmitri Kirichenko, who scored after 65 seconds against Greece on June 20, 2004.
Bajrami capitalised from a mistake by the Italian defence inside their box and lashed a shot onto the roof of the net, beating keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma at his near-post.