Dusan Vlahovic has taken 33 seconds to leave his letter of introduction in the Champions League. In his debut in the competition, the Juve striker drilled into Villarreal’s goal before the first minute of play. Vlahovic’s goal already is part of the history of the Champions because it has been one of the fastest.
The Serbian striker, for whom Juve paid 70 million euros a few weeks ago, has moved closer to the top of the fastest scorers in the tournament. yeseedorf, at Milan and against Schalke, took 21.06 seconds to dial in September 2005. Del Piero, precisely also with Juve, it took 20.12 seconds to run United, in 2002. Gilbert Silva, Arsenal’s top scorer against PSV in 2002, almost lowered the 20 seconds (20.07).
The second fastest goal scored in the Champions League was by Jonas, with Valencia. The striker scored against Leverkusen in 2011 at 10.96 seconds. But the fastest gunslinger was Makaay. The dutch it took 10.02 seconds to see the door against Madrid, when he was a member of Bayer, in 2007.
According to MisterChip, Vlahovic has also made history with his goal because he is the second player who needed less time to score on his debut in the Champions League. Konoplyanka, with Sevilla, leads this classification after scoring at 19 seconds. However, he made his debut as a substitute. Juve’s killer overtook Mölller (37 seconds) and McSwegan (41 seconds).
“Del Piero? I don’t want to compare myself”
Vlahovic spoke after the end of the match. The Serbian striker was happy with his debut in the Champions League, although he regretted not having taken advantage of the second leg: “Something big happened to me, it was very exciting to play tonight. I’m not one hundred percent happy because we didn’t win. We had the opportunity and we stayed there, but I keep going with my head held high. We need to find more continuity, but I think we played a good game.”
He was also compared to Del Piero, for the speed of his goal: “He is a legend, an icon. I don’t want to compare myself to anyone because you can’t.” And about celebrating the goal: “I did it other times, I don’t know why there is controversy. I don’t read the press, I try to improve day by day with my feet on the ground. It was a gesture for a member of my family“.