Italy recovered from conceding the fastest goal in the competition's history to get their defence of the European Championship title off to a winning start on Saturday as they came back to beat Albania 2-1 in front of a partisan crowd. Nedim Bajrami stunned the Italians and delighted a huge Albanian support in Dortmund as he smashed in the opener after just 23 seconds, his strike pulverising the previous record for the quickest goal at the Euros of 67 seconds by Dmitri Kirichenko of Russia in 20
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’