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Euro 2021: Patrik Schick, the Czech star we no longer expected

2021-06-27T11:04:35.914Z


Having left for Italy at the age of 20, the tall and elegant Czech striker saw his ascent halted by a failed stint at AS Roma. He was reborn


And to think that his talent almost dazzled Ligue 1. Summer 2019, AS Rome gives up on the Patrik Schick file.

After two poor exercises on the banks of the Tiber, the people of G

iallorossi

are resigned: the young Czech striker does not have the build at 23 to succeed Francesco Totti.

Olympique de Marseille, AS Monaco or Olympique Lyonnais then come to the information.

But it is the German championship that will win the day, first in Leipzig on loan and then this season at Bayer Leverkusen.

On June 14, there was therefore nothing abnormal in the French public wondering who was this 25-year-old left-hander author of a 49-meter alien lob against Scotland.

With 3 goals in the group stages, the number ten of the Czech Republic, opposed this Sunday evening to the Netherlands in the round of 16, has emerged as one of the revelations of this start of Euro 2021. And failing that to be a surprise, it is an almost unexpected comeback.

[🎞️VIDEO - ⚽️GOAL] 🏆 # EURO2020 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇿 #SCOCZE


🔴 WARNING CRAZY GOAL !! 🔴


☄️ A sublime lob from the midfielder !!

😱😱


🤔 Already THE goal of the tournament?


➡️ Czech Republic leads 2-0 against Scotlandhttps: //t.co/telsHCe8J5

- beIN SPORTS (@beinsports_FR) June 14, 2021

Arrived in Italy in 2016 at the age of 20, he first treats Serie A with his elegance and efficiency under the colors of Sampdoria (13 goals and 4 assists in 35 games). A goal, already, symbolizes his ease with the ball at his foot despite his eighty-seven meter. Or rather a control, à la "Dennis Bergkamp" as they say, which allows him in April 2017 to make a big bridge on a defender of Crotone then find the mark. We then think the Czech unstoppable. Juventus of Turin too, who wants to sign him but gives up due to a heart defect detected during the medical visit. A precaution that Roma will not take.

“The first year at Sampdoria has been very good.

Then I joined Roma, one of the most important clubs in Italy.

A lot was expected of me and I was just a child.

Maybe I was not 100% ready for this change, ”analyzes the scorer today.

His leap to the top level was immediately marred by muscular concerns, but also by disastrous communication.

Seeming to forget his status as the club's most expensive rookie (43 million euros), exceeding the amount paid for Gabriel Batistuta, he said in an interview to imagine himself "quickly" at Manchester United or Real Madrid.

A "hungry goalscorer"

Eight goals in 58 matches later, Patrick Schick packed his bags. Advised by the more experienced Edin Dzeko, whose shadow he has never been able to leave at Roma, he chooses Germany. “The next stage in the Bundesliga was much more appropriate for him. Bayer Leverkusen are what I would call a more normal club, and that corresponds to their stage of development, ”his former Sparta Prague coach David Holoubek told English media Inews. This self-confidence is reflected in the face of goal: 10 goals with Leipzig, and 13 this year with Leverkusen. For now, joining the Premier League wouldn't be the best thing to do. He loves technical football. La Liga would be perfect for Patrik, ”added Holoubek.

Be careful with the caricature, however, Schick is not the type to simulate, or to flee his responsibilities when he is not at 100%.

The proof during the match against Croatia (1-1): as a "hungry scorer" as described by his captain Vladimir Darida, he went to transform the penalty he had obtained with cotton in the nose , and blood on his jersey, just after receiving Dejan Lovren's elbow.

"I wasn't completely knocked out, just the bleeding nose, that's all."

[🎞️VIDEO] 🏆 # EURO2020 🇭🇷🇨🇿 #CROCZE


😮 Big clash between Lovren and Schick 💥


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📺 VAR


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💥 Penalty!


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With a

bloody nose, the Czech converts it and opens the scoring!

✅https: //t.co/KLIcXJgpyc

- beIN SPORTS (@beinsports_FR) June 18, 2021

Rage, it will take a lot to defeat the Netherlands and afford a continental epic worthy of that, 25 years ago, of Patrik Berger, Karel Poborsky and other Pavel Nedved.

Source: leparis

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