Italy recovered from conceding the quickest goal in European Championship history — after just 23 seconds — to open its title defense with a 2-1 win over Albania on Saturday. Nedim Bajrami thrilled a heavily pro-Albanian crowd inside Dortmund’s Westfalenstadion by pouncing on a throw-in by Italy left back Federico Dimarco that failed to reach teammate Alessandro Bastoni, before taking a touch and smashing a rising shot inside the near post.Within 16 minutes, the Italians were ahead as Bastoni he
Dimarco’s errant throw-in gifted the Albania striker a goal against Italy inside 23 seconds, making it the fastest finish in European Championship history
Nothing but a win will do for defending champions in the so-called ‘Group of Death’