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Euro 2024: “Wonderboy” Florian Wirtz and the goal that went down in history
Being the main starter at a Euro tournament, the opening match of the tournament at home, young striker Florian Wirtz was able to leave his mark in the most memorable way.
Florian Wirtz’s goal in the 10th minute was no accident. After close, coherent coordination on the German side of the field, Toni Kroos sent a swinging pass to the right side and Joshua Kimmich leisurely returned the ball across the middle, where Florian Wirtz was waiting and immediately fired a very low shot. stretch, defeat goalkeeper Angus Gunn.
Goalkeeper Angus Gunn used his face to save the ball from Florian Wirtz who was offside in the 3rd minute
At 21 years and 42 days old, Wirtz became the youngest player to score the opening goal at a Euro tournament and also the youngest player to score for Germany in the European arena. That extremely sublime start made the Munich Arena explode in front of more than 75,000 spectators and millions of fans watching television around the world.
… but could not prevent Wirtz’s opening goal in the 10th minute
In this match, another player born in 2003, Jamal Musiala (21 years and 109 days), was the author of the goal to raise the score to 2-0 in the 19th minute. The third goal scorer for the German “tank” on the penalty spot in the 44th minute was Kai Havertz, who also held the record for the youngest scorer for the German national team before. The striker currently playing for Arsenal scored for the German national team at Euro 2020 against Portugal in the group stage when he was only 22 years and 8 days old.
Recruited by Bayer Leverkusen from the Cologne U17 team for 200,000 euros in January 2020, Florian Wirtz only took 4 months to make his first appearance in the Leverkusen first team. The boy was only 17 years and 15 days old at the time, becoming Leverkusen’s youngest player to play in the Bundesliga.
Florian Wirtz and “idol” Kai Havertz celebrate their first goal
Records kept coming to this “prodigy” when in June 2020, Wirtz became the youngest scorer in Bundesliga history (17 years and 34 days) with a goal in a 2-4 loss to Bayern. Munich.
National scouts did not ignore Florian Wirtz and this young man played for Germany from U15 to U21 and then went straight to the national team to prepare for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers when he was only nearly 19 years old. Unfortunately, due to injury, Wirtz missed the first World Cup of his career.
Wirtz in the siege of Scotland
Wirtz is now considered one of the two most promising young talents in German football, alongside Bayern Munich’s Jamal Musiala. Wirtz’s transfer value was up to 110 million Euros when he was just 21 years old (according to Transfermarkt). Leverkusen “valued” Wirtz at 150 million Euros to avoid losing their talented player to European “giants” such as Real Madrid, Man City…
Florian Wirtz is the best player in the Bundesliga 2023-2024
Florian Wirtz appeared in 45 matches last season for Leverkusen, contributing 18 goals and 19 assists in all competitions. The German player also appeared a total of 16 times for the German national team in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers and friendly matches, contributing 1 goal and 4 assists.
The first goal of Euro 2024 not only immortalized Florian Wirtz’s name in the history of the tournament, but also promised to be a launching pad for him to shine in the entire home tournament, soon becoming a mainstay of the German team that is on the way to finding a way to win. golden age again.
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