With a record half-court goal from the indomitable Schick, the Czech Republic stunned Scotland at Wembley

06/14/2021 8:36 AM

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Updated 06/14/2021 12:45 PM

Two goals from striker

Patrik Schick

, the second

a pearl from midfield

, brought Scotland to its knees (2-0) and placed the Czech Republic on Monday as the leader of group D of Euro 2020, which also includes England, after an intense duel at the Hampden Park stadium in Glasgow.

The Bayer Leverkusen striker put the Czechs ahead near the half-time with a nice header and at the restart he

scored one of the most beautiful goals so far in the competition

with a first-rate shot from midfield, taking advantage of Scottish goalkeeper David Marshall. advanced.

Everyone will talk about this conquest of Schick.

It is the farthest goal in the history of the tournament: with a distance of 49 meters he far surpassed that of the Spanish Gordillo against Denmark, who had scored from 34 meters. 

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The victory positions the Czech Republic as the leader of the D bracket, with the same three points as England, which on Sunday defeated Croatia 1-0 and was left with a worse goal difference.

Scotland and the Czech Republic, aware that they faced the, a priori, the most accessible rival of the group, went for the first goal from the opening whistle.

The Czechs were the first to warn.

Schick received a pass from Jan Boril in the Scottish area and his shot was deflected by Marshall as best he could.

Locals were quick to respond.

The Scottish captain, Andy Robertson, advanced on the left flank and assisted the pointer Lyndon Dykes.

but his shot was very poor.

Scotland, absent from a major international competition since the 1998 World Cup in France, was encouraged.

Robertson, Klopp's Liverpool key man, starred in a quick counterattack and finished as soon as he stepped on the Czech area (32), but ran into the safety of Tomas Vaclik.

Marshall chases the ball.

It will never come.

Photo: AFP

The teams were accommodating and the duel was losing intensity.

When it seemed that the players would go to the break 0-0, Schick broke the parity with a header after a precise cross from right-back Vladimir Coufal.

After passing through the changing rooms, the two had two quick chances.

Marshall busted a shot from Vladimir Darida as the crossbar avoided a tie for Scotland after a Jack Hendry advance.

Right after, came one of the goals that will be in the final anthology of this European Championship.

Schick, barely over the midfield line, saw Marshall ahead and tried his luck: it was a perfect shot that got in and left the rival goalkeeper trapped in the net.

The curve that grabs the ball and with the speed that descends in this shot is brutal.

Patrick Schick's goal, straight to the best of # Euro2020.

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Scotland went out to look for the comeback, but could not with the safety of Vaclik, who had to strain to stop two good attempts by Dykes.

There wasn't time for much more. 

Scotland returned to an international tournament after more than two decades.

But it was all sadness.

It is that the Czech Republic beat him without mitigating in the duel that completes the first date of Group D of Euro 2020, which had begun this Sunday with England's triumph over Croatia at Wembley.

Source: agencies