UEFA officially recorded Crystal Palace striker Ismaila Sarr's goal against Shakhtar Donetsk in the first leg of the 2025/2026 Conference League semi-final, early Friday morning WIB, as the fastest goal in the history of the tournament.
Sarr scored his goal when the match was only 21 seconds into the game at the Municipal Stadium Henryk Reyman's, Krakow, Poland, according to the official UEFA website.
The goal from Jean-Philippe Mateta's assist broke the record previously set by Ferdy Druijf when he led Rapied Wien to defeat Vitesse 2-1 in February 2022, namely 32 seconds.
The other lightning goal records in the Conference League were made by Fredrik Ulvestad (34 seconds in 2022) and Andy Diouf (57 seconds, in 2022).
However, when compared to the goals in the other two UEFA club tournaments, the Champions League and the Europa League, Sarr's goal is not the fastest.
For that category, Roy Makaay is still the best of all with goals in the 10th, 12th seconds made when Bayern Munich defeated Real Madrid 2-1 in the 2006/2007 Champions League 16th round.
Under Makaay is Jay Sykora, who scored in the 10th minute, 69 seconds when his team at the time Liberec drew with Qarabac in the 2016 Europa League. This goal is still the fastest in the Europa League tournament.
Apart from the individual goal, Sarrgol's goal was enough to help Palace advance to the 2025/2026 Conference League final, after winning the first leg 3-1 over Shakhtar.
The achievement is important for Palace because the competition is their first prestigious European tournament. Previously, Palace "only" competed in the Intertoto Cup in 1998.
In addition to Sarr, Palace's two goals were scored by Daichi Kamada (58') and Jorgen Strand Larsen (84'), while Shakhtar reduced the deficit through a goal by Oleh Ocheretko (47').
Palaceselanjutnya will host Shakhtar for the second leg of the semi-final at Selhurst Park, London, Thursday (7/5) next week.
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