Vlahovic, 33 seconds for a record goal on his debut in the Champions League with Juve: the precedents

On 22.2.22 Dusan Vlahovic had circled it in red on the calendar for several weeks already. But to remember his debut in the Champions League will be history: it took the Serbian only thirty-two seconds to score his first goal in Europe, on the first ball touched, on an in-depth suggestion from Danilo. Certainly the fastest rookie scorer in Europe with the Juventus jersey, ahead of Inzaghi and Del Piero who had celebrated their debut with lots of goals. The Serbian also ranks second overall among rookies with goals in the Champions League: faster than him only Yevgen Konoplyanka, who with the Sevilla shirt, in 2015, managed to score 19 seconds after his entry into field in the 3-0 against Borussia M’gladbach (the Ukrainian, however, managed to do so by entering the match in progress). A particular: that Sevilla was coached by Unai Emery, the current Villarreal coach.

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And if Del Piero still keeps the record for scoring after twenty seconds in the old Champions Cup, on the evening of October 1, 1997 against Manchester United, Vlahovic instead becomes the first Juventus rookie to score since the top European competition brought the Uefa Champions denomination. League. The scoring after thirty-two seconds in Villarreal-Juventus also troubles the record of Andy Moeller, who – as a rookie – in Borussia Dortmund-Juventus on 13 September 1995 had scored in the thirty-eighth second of the game.