Augsburg star Eduard Lowen become the first Russian citizen to score in big-league European football since its return from the Covid-19 hiatus, netting a superb free-kick in his team’s game win at Schalke 04.
German-Russian national Lowen, 23, notched a fine free-kick to open the scoring in the sixth minute of the game – although of course there were no fans there to celebrate the strike.
Eduard Löwen has become the first Russian (has Russian heritage & citizenship) to score a goal since the return of football in Europe with this peach of a free-kick for FC Augsburg to open the scoring away to Schalke 🇷🇺🇩🇪 pic.twitter.com/9yOCVaITFI
Augsburg went on to grab a second in the 70th minute through Noah Bazee before Sergio Córdova added an injury-time third as the away side ran out comfortable winners.
The win saw Augsburg bounce back from their 2-1 defeat to Wolfsburg in the opening game after the lockdown return, and lifts them up to 12th in the table.
