For the primary time in historical past, the primary 34 targets (personal targets excluded) in a serious worldwide match (Euros and World Cup) have been scored by 34 different players at Euro 2024.
That was till 21-year-old phenom Jamal Musiala netted his second purpose of the occasion throughout Germany’s 2-0 victory over Hungary on Wednesday.
The report was initially set when Francisco Conceicao scored a late purpose in Portugal’s 2-1 victory over Czechia on Tuesday, marking the 31st goal by a 31st different player to kick off Euro 2024.
Thereafter, Albania’s Qazim Laci and Klaus Gjasula and Croatia’s Andrej Kramaric netted targets of their match on Wednesday to extend the tally to 34 completely different scorers. Gjasula additionally made the error of making an own goal that does not depend towards the distinctive 34 for 34 sample.
The earlier report was set at World Cup 1998 and World Cup 1986 when 29 completely different gamers scored the primary 31 targets.
Lengthy-distance targets galore
In addition to the number of scorers getting on the board, there’s additionally been an unprecedented variety of long-range targets scored on the occasion to this point. Practically a 3rd of targets have come from exterior the 18-yard field, marking the very best proportion for long-distance conversions in Euro historical past.
Out of the 42 targets scored to this point, a outstanding 12 have been struck from exterior the field, per The Telegraph. For context, Euro 2008 and Euro 2012 noticed a mixed 14 long-distance targets.
