Christoph Baumgartner scored after six seconds to report the quickest ever objective in worldwide soccer as Austria beat Slovakia in Bratislava.
The 24-year-old midfielder skipped previous three challenges from the kick-off and fired a low shot previous dwelling goalkeeper Martin Dubravka.
His effort was a second faster than Lukas Podolski’s strike for Germany towards Ecuador in 2013.
Andreas Weimann’s late objective confirmed victory for Ralf Rangnick’s facet.
Austria, who host Turkey in Vienna on Tuesday, have now received 4 consecutive matches as they construct for this summer season’s Euros in Germany.
And so they might hardly have had a greater begin within the Slovakian capital with the house followers wanting on in full disbelief as RB Leipzig’s Baumgartner wheeled away to have fun together with his team-mates.
His objective was additionally two seconds sooner than when Davide Gualtieri shocked England by scoring for San Marino after eight seconds in a World Cup qualifier in 1993 and Christian Benteke’s objective for Belgium towards Gibraltar in 2017.
Line-ups
Slovakia
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Dúbravka
- 2PekaríkSubstituted forTomicat 63′minutes
- 6GyömbérSubstituted forKósaat 83′minutes
- 4Obert
- 16Hancko
- 19KuckaSubstituted forBénesat 63′minutes
- 22Lobotka
- 8Duda
- 7SuslovSubstituted forDurisat 63′minutes
- 9BozeníkSubstituted forTuptaat 75′minutes
- 17HaraslínSubstituted forMakat 83′minutes
Substitutes
- 3Kósa
- 5Kmet
- 10Tupta
- 11Bénes
- 12Rodák
- 13Hrosovsky
- 14Tomic
- 15De Marco
- 18Rigo
- 20Mak
- 21Duris
- 23Ravas
- 24Sauer
- 25Nemcík
- 26Holly
Austria
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 13Pentz
- 21LainerSubstituted forPoschat 60′minutes
- 14QuerfeldBooked at 8minsSubstituted forWöberat 45′minutes
- 3Danso
- 16Mwene
- 6Seiwald
- 10GrillitschSubstituted forSchlagerat 45′minutes
- 20LaimerSubstituted forWimmerat 45′minutes
- 19BaumgartnerSubstituted forSchmidat 71′minutes
- 9Sabitzer
- 11GregoritschSubstituted forWeimannat 70′minutes
Substitutes
- 1Schlager
- 2Wöber
- 4Schlager
- 5Posch
- 7Weimann
- 8Prass
- 12Lawal
- 17Wimmer
- 18Schmid
- 22Seidl
- 23Entrup
- 24Daniliuc
- 25Cham
- 26Lang
- Referee:
- Trustin Farrugia Cann
- Attendance:
- 28,000
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Match ends, Slovakia 0, Austria 2.
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Second Half ends, Slovakia 0, Austria 2.
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Delay over. They’re able to proceed.
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Delay in match (Austria).
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Foul by Kevin Danso (Austria).
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Lubomír Tupta (Slovakia) wins a free kick within the defensive half.
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Kevin Danso (Austria) wins a free kick within the defensive half.
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Foul by Lubomír Tupta (Slovakia).
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Foul by Kevin Danso (Austria).
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Martin Dúbravka (Slovakia) wins a free kick within the defensive half.
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Nook, Austria. Conceded by Michal Tomic.
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Try blocked. Patrick Wimmer (Austria) proper footed shot from outdoors the field is blocked.
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Substitution, Slovakia. Róbert Mak replaces Lukás Haraslín.
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Substitution, Slovakia. Sebastián Kósa replaces Norbert Gyömbér due to an harm.
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Objective! Slovakia 0, Austria 2. Andreas Weimann (Austria) left footed shot from the centre of the field to the highest left nook. Assisted by Romano Schmid.
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Kevin Danso (Austria) wins a free kick within the defensive half.
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Foul by Lubomír Tupta (Slovakia).
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Delay over. They’re able to proceed.
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Delay in match (Austria).
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Delay in match due to an harm Norbert Gyömbér (Slovakia).