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29.07.2014 Sports News

4 seconds: Mineros forward Gustavo Ramirez scores fastest goal in Mexican history

By Allsports.com.gh
4 seconds: Mineros forward Gustavo Ramirez scores fastest goal in Mexican history
29.07.2014 LISTEN

Mineros de Zacatecas and Necaxa kicked off their match in the Mexican 2nd division on Friday at 8:30 pm, and four seconds later -- yes, 4 seconds! -- Mineros forward Gustavo Ramirez had scored what is reportedly the fastest goal in Mexican soccer history.

If you had blinked you would quite literally have missed the only goal in Mineros' 1-0 win over Necaxa - because it was a 60-yard screamer after just four seconds.

Straight from kick-off, Mineros laid the ball off to Gustavo Ramirez who smashed a shot from just inside the opposition half towards the Necaxa goal. The Necaxa goalkeeper was taken completely by surprise as the ball sailed past him and into the net.

Basically, with the third touch of the game, Ramirez -- a 24-year-old Paraguayan forward who has bounced around the Mexican lower divisions for several years -- fired a rocket from midfield that beat goalkeeper Roberto Salcedo into the upper 90.

It was Ramirez's first goal for Mineros, and proved to be the winner, as the rest of the 90 minutes were goalless, however, so if you had arrived at your seat late for the match the you would have missed the game's highlight.

Mineros now sit in second place the Ascenso MX standings early in the 2014-15 Apertura season. 

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