In the stands, it was an indisputable victory for Albania. The entire Dortmund stadium was colored red and black.
Meanwhile on the field, we lost 2-1
Albania started the match in the best possible way, after just 23 seconds into the game, Nedim Bajrami put the Reds and Blacks ahead, taking advantage of a mistake by Dimarco. But Bastoni and Barella overturned everything after 16 minutes of play.
But regardless of the result, Albania managed to set a new record in the opening match against Italy valid for group B.
Nedim Bajrami scored the first goal 23 seconds after the start of the game, benefiting from a wrong return of the ball from the lateral throw of the Italian defender Dimarco.
This is the fastest goal in a European Championship.
The previous record was held by Russia's Dmitri Kirichenko, who scored 65 seconds into the game on June 20, 2004 against Greece.