Wirtz becomes Bundesliga’s youngest scorer
At just 17 years and 34 days old, Florian Wirtz on Saturday became the youngest goalscorer in Bundesliga history in Bayer Leverkusen's 4-2 defeat to Bayern Munich. Wirtz went into the record books when he curled the ball home in the dying moments of the match to bag a consolation goal. The teenager supplanted Nuri Sahin, the former Borussia Dortmund midfielder, who was 17 years and 82 days old when he scored against Nuremberg in 2005. Wirtz was just two years old at the time. Wirtz made his debut for Leverkusen against Werder Bremen last month, becoming the youngest debutant in the club's history and the third youngest ever in the Bundesliga. "Today he learnt the most important lesson he will have learned since he started playing football: the tempo at this level is a lot higher than he is used to," said coach Peter Bosz.
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