Bale scores Real Madrid's fastest ever Champions League goal
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Gareth Bale celebrated his new Real Madrid contract with by making club history in Los Blancos' Champions League draw with Legia Warsaw on Wednesday night.
Superb first-minute strike in Warsaw
The Wales star, who put pen to paper on a new, six-year deal on Monday, gave Real the lead with a thunderous shot into the top corner after just 55 seconds.
The strike - Bale's second in Europe this season - is the fastest ever scored by a Madrid player in the competition.
📸 One minute, one goal! @GarethBale11 celebrates scoring our early opener in Warsaw.@LegiaWarsawEN 0-1 @realmadriden #RMUCL #HalaMadrid pic.twitter.com/8m0g3gVUex
— Real Madrid C.F. 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@realmadriden) November 2, 2016
Beats Benzema record from 2011
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His effort is almost 30 seconds swifter than Real's previous quickest in the Champions League, netted by Karim Benzema against Dinamo Zagreb.
In a 6-2 group-stage victory over the Croatian side at the Bernabéu in November 2011, Frenchman Benzema put Real in front with 83 seconds on the clock.
Goles más rápidos del Real Madrid en UEFA Champions League:
— MisterChip (Alexis) (@2010MisterChip) November 2, 2016
02.11.2016 BALE (a los 55 segundos)
22.11.2011 Benzema (a los 83 segundos)
Bale 45 seconds slower than Makaay
Bale's goal remains well short of the fastest overall in the Champions League, scored after 10.1 seconds by Bayern Munich's Roy Makaay against Real in 2007.