A name to remember. At only 17 years old, Lennard Karl is already turning heads. Starting for the very first time in the Champions League with Bayern Munich against Club Bruges on Wednesday evening, the attacking midfielder did not fail to get noticed.
The pocket player (1.68 m) opened the scoring in the 5th minute during this meeting won easily by the Munich residents (4-0). A very nice strike on the edge of the area, on the goalkeeper side, after having eliminated almost four players on a harmless serve from Jonathan Tah.
“I received the ball, had a really good first touch, then dribbled. The shot was perfect, and then the ball went in.”he simply explained. A gesture of character for a player already familiar to Bavarian supporters (already 283 minutes played this season), but still little known to the general public, who did not fail to provoke a reaction in Germany. Both from the press side and from his teammates.
Karl breaks records
Voted man of the match at the end of the match, Lennart Karl broke several records for precociousness. At 17 years and 242 days old, the player became the youngest scorer in the history of Bayern Munich in the Champions League, as well as the youngest German scorer in the history of the competition, according to
Opta. He surpasses Jamal Musiala, who was 17 years and 363 days old at the time.
An XXL performance from the young midfielder, nicknamed “Charlemagne”, or rather “Karlmagne”, by Picture, highly appreciated by his teammate Harry Kane. “He’s a fantastic player! He's not afraid to dribble. He just has to keep working hard, and he has a bright future ahead of him.”he declared to the German media. The English striker would not be surprised to see him participate in the next World Cup. “ Who knows, if he plays a little more from now on and like he did today, then he has his chances! »
