{"id":219,"date":"2017-02-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/china.chinaacheru.com\/wp\/2017\/02\/10\/benteke-is-king-of-the-record-books\/"},"modified":"2017-02-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T00:00:00","slug":"benteke-is-king-of-the-record-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinaacheru.com\/staging\/benteke-is-king-of-the-record-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Benteke is king of the record books"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t<\/span>\"Picture\"<\/a>Christian Benteke (Photo credit, AFP)<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

(FIFA.com)
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Sometimes it takes longer to describe a goal than it took to score it, as the following example shows:
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Gibraltar kick off their 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia\u2122 qualifier against Belgium. The ball finds its way back to Jamie Bosio, who plays a short pass to Ryan Casciaro, only to see the advancing Christian Benteke nip in to intercept it.
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Taking a couple of touches as he closes in on goal, the striker takes on a defender, shifts the ball on to his left foot and slams it past keeper Deren Ibrahim.
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It takes around ten seconds to read that description of a goal that Benteke took just 8.1 to score. In doing so, he set a new record for the fastest goal ever scored in the history of the World Cup, qualifiers and finals matches included.
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\u201cThe coach told us to press up front as soon as the match started,\u201d said the record-breaking Benteke, giving an equally rapid description of the goal to Belgian broadcaster RTBF after the match. \u201cThe defender didn\u2019t anticipate the pass very well and I got in there and was able to score. The defender was very passive and I made the most of it.\u201d
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\u201cHe scored and he kept hold of the ball,\u201d said his coach Roberto Martinez. \u201cHe deserved it for all the hard work he\u2019s done in the last few weeks. He\u2019s come through a very testing season and he\u2019s on the way to rediscovering his very best form.\u201d
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The 25-year-old Benteke\u2019s strike was nominally quicker than the previous fastest, scored by San Marino\u2019s Davide Gualtieri in a World Cup qualifier against England in November 1993, a landmark achievement for one of the minnows of world football and which has now finally been bettered, almost 23 years on.
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\u201cIt wasn\u2019t my intention. My intention was to go and enjoy the game and get three points,\u201d added a smiling Benteke. \u201cIt just shows that we were fully focused right from the start. We weren\u2019t selfish. We play for each other, and the aim was to get an early goal and set ourselves up for the win. And, well, that\u2019s what I did.\u201d
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Just for good measure, the Crystal Palace striker went on to complete a hat-trick in Faro, where Gibraltar play their home games, as the Belgians cruised to a 6-0 win that keeps them well on course for Russia 2018.<\/font><\/div>\n
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Christian Benteke (Photo credit, AFP) (FIFA.com)\u00a0Sometimes it takes longer to describe a goal than it took to score it, as the following example shows:\u00a0Gibraltar kick off their 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia\u2122 qualifier against Belgium. The ball finds its way back to Jamie Bosio, who plays a short pass to Ryan Casciaro, only to see […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_surecart_dashboard_logo_width":"180px","_surecart_dashboard_show_logo":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_orders":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_invoices":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_subscriptions":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_downloads":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_billing":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_account":true,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"china","author_link":"https:\/\/chinaacheru.com\/staging\/author\/china\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Christian Benteke (Photo credit, AFP) (FIFA.com)\u00a0Sometimes it takes longer to describe a goal than it took to score it, as the following example shows:\u00a0Gibraltar kick off their 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia\u2122 qualifier against Belgium. The ball finds its way back to Jamie Bosio, who plays a short pass to Ryan Casciaro, only to see…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinaacheru.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinaacheru.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinaacheru.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinaacheru.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinaacheru.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinaacheru.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinaacheru.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinaacheru.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinaacheru.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}