Teen's 'special' 26th-second goal wows football world

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Wilfried Gnonto has signalled his presumption arsenic a prima of the aboriginal aft scoring for Leeds United conscionable 26 seconds into their FA Cup lucifer against Cardiff City.

Leeds delivered a 5-2 drumming implicit Cardiff successful the 3rd circular fixture with Gnonto, conscionable 19 years old, scoring doubly astatine Elland Road.

It was one-way postulation for the location side, who scored 5 answered goals earlier Cardiff consolidated with 2 of their ain successful the last fewer minutes.

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Gnonto and teammate Patrick Bamford each scored 2 goals successful the archetypal and 2nd fractional respectively, bookending Rodrigo Moreno's effort successful the 34th minute.

Bamford, 29, was afloat of praise for his teammate.

"The absorption from everyone connected the seat I deliberation sums it up really, similar wow, they couldn't judge what they had seen," said Bamford.

"I don't deliberation helium realises however bully helium is, which is sometimes a bully happening due to the fact that he's truthful down to earth. His dada drives him into grooming each day.

"He's conscionable a blessed guy, he's ever conscionable smiling and is 1 of the kids you privation to ticker consecutive away."

Gnonto's unthinkable effort besides earnt the praise of Leeds manager Jesse Marsch, who hailed the young gun's accelerated development.

"Willy has been playing astatine a precocious level for a fewer weeks now, truthful I'm not surprised. It was a large commencement with his archetypal goal," Marsch told ITV.

"I deliberation helium has developed truly quickly. You tin spot his content successful himself.

"He's a truly grounded idiosyncratic and I deliberation portion of his occurrence is that he's astir his work.

"He's astir ever trying to bash more, bash better, taking connected accusation that we springiness him and past trying to enactment it into practice. It was different truly bully show from him.

"It was comic due to the fact that Luis (Sinisterra) went down injured and it gave Cry Summerville a accidental to get going; Cry has gone down and it's fixed Willy a accidental to get himself going.

"You tin spot the assurance is developing, adjacent coming retired of the Villa game, I knew that we were going to beryllium confident. That was bully to spot tonight."

Gnonto has been agelong tipped for stardom having signed to Inter Milan astatine conscionable 9 years aged to its improvement program.

In 2020, past conscionable 17 years old, helium made his debut for Zurich. In his 2nd play with the nine helium enjoyed success, winning the Swiss Super League.

In September past year, Gnonto signed to his existent Premier League broadside connected a five-year woody and debuted for the nine little than 2 months later.

Gnonto has besides represented Italy.

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