DBasia.news – Barcelona’s Ansu Fati is back in history. He broke the record for the youngest goalscorer in the Champions League. Just a minute on the field when Barcelona travel to Inter Milan on Wednesday (11/12/2019) early morning Western Indonesian Time, he immediately scored.
In the match that took place at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Ansu Fati only entered in the 85th minute. He came in to replace Carles Perez. When 54 seconds rolled from the 85th minute, the ball shot through the net of Samir Handanovic’s goal after first kissing the goalpost.
That day, Ansu Fati just turned 17 years and 40 days old. Automatically, he was ordained as the youngest goalscorer in the Champions League. He broke the record set by Peter Ofori Quaye on October 1, 1997. When Olympiakos lost 1-5 at home to Rosenborg, he scored at the age of 17 years 6 months 10 days.
This is the second record that has been owned by new player Ernesto Valverde this season. Previously, when facing Valencia on September 14, he ordained himself as the youngest player to score goals and assists in the LaLiga match. At that time, he was not even 17 years old. He is also El Barca’s youngest goalscorer at the LaLiga event.
Since making his debut with Barcelona, Ansu Fati’s popularity was immediately boosted. The proof, he was perched on the 6th position in the 2019 Golden Boy. He was above Phil Foden, Gianluigi Donnarumma, and Nicolo Zaniolo who had already emerged.