We will therefore remember that this France-Italy, the first match of the Blues since Euro 2024, and therefore the first meeting on the road to the 2026 World Cup, began with a goal after 13 seconds.
As a symbol, it is the work of Bradley Barcola, a player who had been little used during the Euro despite good entries, and who earned his stripes as a starter for this match. The Paris Saint-Germain player, author of a cannon start to the season, stole the ball from the feet of the Neapolitan Giovanni Di Lorenzo from the first action of the match. Barcola then came to shoot Gianluigi Donnarumma, his teammate at PSG.
Barcola, the fastest goal in the history of the Blues
This is Barcola’s sixth selection with the Blues, his second start after France-Poland (1-1) in the Euro, the third group match in which Didier Deschamps rotated. This goal, his first in the national team, is quite simply the “fastest” in the history of the French team.
