France-Italy: Barcola raises questions

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The goal scored by Bradley Barcola on Friday during France-Italy (1-3) raises doubts.

The start of France-Italy was therefore a real illusion. Seeing Didier Deschamps’ Blues leading 1-0 after 13 seconds of play, who would have bet on a

victory of the Nazionale (1-3)Friday evening in Paris on the occasion of the first day of the League of Nations?

On his new pitch at the Parc des Princes, Bradley Barcola brought the entire stadium to its feet by beating Gianluigi Donnarumma, his teammate at PSG (1-0). It may not be the fastest goal scored by a player in the French team.

Center of Six, goal of Lacombe

Statisticians ofOpta recall that the Blues scored three goals in the first minute, before 1933, ” for which we are not able to state their exact second, due to lack of a reliable sourcee. » Bradley Barcola cannot therefore claim the record in this area.

It is fair to say that the former Olympique Lyonnais hopeful is the fastest scorer in 90 years. The previous reference belonged to Bernard Lacombe, one of the symbols of OL.

During the first round of the 1978 World Cup against… Italy, the centre forward headed in a cross from Didier Six after 36 seconds.

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