Goal after seven seconds “Playstation controller”: Austria celebrates Baumgartner
Christoph Baumgartner (2nd from left) scored for Austria after seven seconds. photo
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After seven seconds, Christoph Baumgartner scores for Austria. Record. The Leipzig professional is celebrated in his home country. And compared to a boxer.
First a record goal, then hymns of praise: Austria’s national soccer player Christoph Baumgartner was celebrated at home for his seven-second goal. “Did more in the first seven seconds than others in a working week,” wrote “Der Standard” about the 1-0 win against Slovakia in Bratislava.
“Then put the Playstation controller away and went back to playing mortal football, but still remains the most dangerous Austrian in one-on-one situations since Hans Orsolics.” Orsolics, now 76 years old, was once a successful boxer.
According to the ORF archive, the RB Leipzig professional’s goal was the fastest goal of all international matches played worldwide to date. So far, according to ORF information, the Belgian Christian Benteke was the fastest goalscorer; he scored after 8.1 seconds in the World Cup qualifier in Faro against Gibraltar on October 11, 2016. Florian Wirtz then pushed between Baumgartner and Benteke, whose lead against France was hand-stopped for just under eight seconds.
Impressive statistics
It was almost clear that Baumgartner would take the historic lead (final score 2-0). “If Baumgartner plays for the national team, no opponent is safe anymore,” said OE24, citing the 24-year-old’s statistics. Since his debut in September 2020, he has scored twelve times; during this period, no one in national coach Ralf Rangnick’s team has been more successful.
There is definitely Rangnick’s calculation behind the early goal. In September 2013, Daniel Frahn scored for the then third division club RB Leipzig after 8.6 seconds. Sports director and mastermind of Saxony at the time: Ralf Rangnick.
“We have done this several times before, that we set an example with the kick-off,” revealed Baumgartner. Actually, the first dribble should have been followed by a pass into the half space. But it was delivered. “I thought to myself: I can’t withdraw either, now I’ll go ahead and just take the risk.” Of course there was also praise from Rangnick: “That was a special goal. You can only take your hat off and congratulate Baumi.”
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