At Euro 2024, 34 different players scored the first 34 goals (own goals removed) in a major international tournament for the first time in history. This includes the World Cup and the Euros.
That is, until Germany defeated Hungary 2-0 on Wednesday, when 21-year-old sensation Jamal Musiala scored his second goal of the match.
Francisco Conceicao’s late goal in Portugal’s 2-1 victory against Czechia on Tuesday, which was the 31st goal by 31 different players to start Euro 2024, originally set the record.
The total now stands at 34 goals scored in the encounter on Wednesday between Albania’s Qazim Laci and Klaus Gjasula and Croatia’s Andrej Kramaric. Additionally, Gjasula committed the mistake of creating an own goal that is not included in the exclusive 34 for 34 pattern.
When 29 different players scored the first 31 goals in the World Cup in 1986 and 1998, that record was set.
Many long-distance objectives
In addition to the wide range of players that are scoring, the event has seen an unparalleled quantity of long-range goals scored so far. With almost one-third of the goals coming from outside the 18-yard line, this is the highest long-distance conversion % in Euro history.
Twelve of the 42 goals that have been scored so far, according to The Telegraph, have come from outside the box. For comparison, there were a total of 14 long-distance goals scored in Euros 2008 and 2012.
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