Italy recovered from conceding the fastest goal in European Championship history to begin its title defense with a 2-1 win over Albania on Saturday, after Spain made a dream start to its campaign by beating Croatia 3-0.
Albania went ahead after just 23 seconds against Italy in the Group B opener in Dortmund as Nedim Bajrami scored to the delight of their huge support.
Bajrami's strike destroyed the previous record for the quickest goal at the Euros of 67 seconds by Dmitri Kirichenko for Russia against Greece in 2004.