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Scotland had been waiting for 23 years to see their national team again in a great tournament, the schools threw parties so that the children could watch the game (at 2:00 p.m. local time), 12,000 people shouted in the mythical Hampden Park in Glasgow;
but all that fire was put out by the Czech Patrik Schick in the 52nd minute with the furthest goal in the history of the European Cups, at least after 1980, which is from when the oldest records date.
From 45.5 meters.
The play had the messy and passionate tone of the game.
The Czech Republic defense cleared a long shot from Scotland and the ball rebounded towards Schick, who took a few steps into the opponent's half and fired with his left foot on the first touch.
The ball drew a curve that could be that of a golf ball hit with a wood from the
tee
: from outside in and up and down, while Marshall ran desperately to his goal, increasingly sure that he would not arrive, until he was trapped. and defeated in your network.
ESC
0
-
two
RCH
Scotland Marshall, Hanley, Jack Hendry (McGregor, min. 66), Liam Cooper, John McGinn, Scott McTominay, Stephen O'Donnell (Forrest, min. 78), Stuart Armstrong (Ryan Fraser, min. 66), A. Robertson, Ryan Christie (Che Adams, min. 45) and Lyndon Dykes (Kevin Nesbit, min. 78) R.
ChecaVaclik, Coufal, Tomas Kalas, Jan Boril, Celustka, Jakub Jankto (Adam Hlozek, min. 71), Tomas Soucek, Darida (Petr Sevcik, min. 86), Lukas Masopust (Matej Vydra, min. 71), Alex Kral ( Tomas Holes, min. 66) and Patrik Schick (Michal Krmencik, min. 86)
Goals0-1 min.
41: Patrik Schick.
0-2 min.
51: Patrik Schick.
Referee Daniel Siebert
Despite the speed of execution, there was nothing improvised about the goal, as the Bayer Leverkusen forward explained later: “I had studied it before.
I knew that his goalkeeper stayed very high, so when the ball was going towards me, I looked at him and threw it, ”he said.
The goal was the second for Schick's striker, who in the first half had scored with a header, also with extreme precision that deposited the ball in the strain of Marshall's right post.
Not even that gave up Scotland, ready to squeeze to the end its return to the elite and the return of its people to the stands. But even that also didn't allow them to go to a different plan than the one they had followed up to then. They pushed and shoved until they brought the ball close to Vaclik's area, and then they produced a barrage of crossed crosses in search of a shot from Lyndon Dykes, who plays in the English Second with Queens Park Rangers, or waiting for Dykes to lower it. and distribute it closer to the goal. They had the Dykes track and the Andy Robertson track, Liverpool's left lane, their best player, who managed the team from his hallway and produced the most danger, with his crosses and with a shot alone with Vaclik than the goalkeeper of the Seville, very successful all afternoon, diverted.
Schick's goal curve.
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- David Álvarez (@davidalvarez) June 14, 2021
Given the overwhelmed enthusiasm of Scotland, the Czech Republic, which has not missed a European Championship since its inception as a country, was enough with two hits from sniper Schick.
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