Julián Álvarez and his incredible goal at 39 seconds and from the chest, a new record in the Club World Cup final

Julián Álvarez is touched by a magic wand. It doesn’t matter that Haaland isn’t there or that Manchester City is experiencing a small plateau in their underwhelming performance. The Argentine took to the pitch to play in the Club World Cup final against Fluminense and needed 39 seconds to score the 1-0. Bestial.

The boy from Calchín, champion of everything with River and king of kings at the World Cup in Qatar a year ago, is aiming for the big title he lacks against the Brazilians with the responsibility of being the offensive reference in that football machine created by Pep Guardiola .

When the football community was wondering whether City could beat the flu or in what minute the first of the English players would arrive against the Cariocas, Julián did his thing: he found himself in the right place and at the right time, to score a goal that could be historic…

The fact is that Manchester City has never established itself on a global level because it had never won a European competition, a situation that occurred a few months ago when it won the Champions League against Inter in a hard-fought final that was determined towards end. .

The case of Jeda is different, the city in Saudi Arabia where the Club World Cup is taking place which had previously placed the Egyptian Al Ahly in third place.

In the final Julián takes advantage of a rebound and dives on the ball to hit it with his chest towards the empty goal and thus decree the partial 1-0. It was after Ake’s long range shot that he broke the post and, by chance or a twist of fate, went straight to where the Cordoba player was.

After the quick victory, the research into the statistics began: at 39 seconds, Julián’s goal is the fastest goal in a Club World Cup. The previous one was at 82 seconds, by Mohamed Ahmad, of Al-Ain, in 2018. Close to them will be that of Diego Tardelli, of Atlético Mineiro, at 107 seconds in the 2013 edition.