A German fan had to miss the home team's Euro 2024 opening match against Scotland on June 15 after his hand was broken by striker Niclas Fuellkrug's thunderous shot that missed the target during the warm-up, Bild newspaper reported today. 18.6.
Kai Flathmann was sitting near Germany's goal before the match in which the home team beat Scotland 5-1 when suddenly his hand was hit by Niclas Fuellkrug's off-target shot.
“I have no words to say, it's crazy,” Kai Flathmann wrote on social networks, with a picture of himself in the hospital with his arm bandaged and wearing a sling (armband).
"Bild newspaper reported on this unfortunate incident and the German Football Federation also contacted me," the unlucky German fan added.
Kai Flathmann told Bild newspaper (Germany) that he only had time to listen to the two teams' national anthems while being stretchered out of the stands, missing out on directly witnessing Germany's strong victory in the match where Fuellkrug scored the second goal. 4.
Less than 5 minutes after replacing Kai Havert in the 68th minute, Niclas Fullkrug left his mark with a thunderous shot from a distance of about 15 meters, pinning the ball straight into the Scottish net, increasing the score to 4-0 for the team. host.
This is Niclas Fullkrug's 12th goal after only 17 appearances for the national team, an incredible performance for the 31-year-old striker who was not called up to Mannschaft until the end of 2022. If the finish a few minutes later had not been ruled offside, the Borussia Dortmund striker would have scored a double in the opening match of his first Euro period.
The first goal on the continental playground was very memorable for the 1m89 tall striker. According to records, Fullkrug's shot sent the ball flying at a terrifying speed of up to 110 km/h. Bild newspaper commented: "With such speed, from a distance inside the penalty area, no goalkeeper can stop it."
However, Fullkrug's goal is not "the most thunderous goal of Euro 2024" so far.
In the match between Romania and Ukraine on the evening of June 17, many spectators at Allianz Stadium were surprised when Nicolae Stanciu shot a left shot past goalkeeper Lunin. Midfielder No. 21 of the Romanian team took the opportunity very quickly from his opponent's mistake, swung his legs extremely hard, and sent the ball into the top corner.
According to statistics from Football Tweet, Nicolae Stanciu's shot reached a ball speed of 116 km/h and was the fastest goal since Euro 2024 started.
Broadly speaking, this goal is in the top 5 goals with the fastest ball speed in the history of all Euro finals.
Nicolae Stanciu celebrated emotionally, while his teammates were amazed at the masterpiece the Romanian captain created. Continuing that excitement, the Romanian team scored two more goals in the second half, winning a surprising 3-0 victory over Ukraine. After 24 years, this is only the second win of the Romanian team at the Euro finals. In 2000, Nicolae Stanciu's seniors won 3-2 against England.
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In the top 15 most thunderous goals in world football history to date, the slowest phase also recorded the ball flying at a speed of up to 135 km/h. That was the situation where striker Obafemi Martins scored in January 2007 for Newcastle in a 3-2 win over Tottenham.
Meanwhile, the world record belongs to the goal of striker Ronny Heberson (Brazil) in the Portuguese National Championship. In November 2006, Ronny Heberson's left foot shot from close to the 16m50 line sent the ball traveling at a speed of 210 km/h. That historic shot brought the only goal for Sporting Lisbon because the Naval club's goalkeeper just stood still.