In a thrilling opening match of the Euro Cup this morning, the host nation Germany defeated Scotland with a convincing 5-1 victory. Bayer Leverkusen’s star player Florian Wirtz scored the first goal for Germany, making him the youngest player at 21 years and 42 days to ever score for the German team in the European Championship.
Furthermore, Wirtz joins the elite company of Gerd Müller in 1972 and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge in 1980 as the third German player to score the first goal of a Euro tournament edition.
21 Years and 42 Days Old! Wirtz Becomes Germany’s Youngest Ever Euros Goal Scorer. Author:Sports UEFA.Please indicate the source when reproduced:https://www.sportsuefa.com/football-world/4416.html