Schick dialed from home

“Flower of Scotland” was heard again at a European Championship. He did it at home in Glasgow. There were only 12,000 spectators in Hampden Park, but what gorges each of them had. That push from his people led Clarke's pupils to come out with the knife between their teeth. With his usual football, that vertical that the islands like so much, and with Robertson as a reference. But Scotland was stopped by Vaclik and executed by Patrick Schick. He silenced the stadium, he scored what will surely be one of the goals of the Eurocup. Perhaps the best.

Patrick Schick He showed in his debut in the Eurocup why in five years 73 million euros have been paid for him in three transfers (Sampdoria, 4, Roma, 42, and Bayer Leverkusen, 27). He is the Czech footballer who has moved the most money in history. His double places him alongside Lukaku at the top of the tournament's scorers table.

He scored the first head first, asserting his 185 centimeters; the second from the center of the field, remote-directing the ball from your foot to the net in a parabola from the outside to the inside as if it were a drone. Spectacular. So much so that no one in the history of the World Cups or Euro Cups had scored from so far: 49 meters according to data from Mister Chip.

Schick's success left the Scottish momentum to nothing, a selection that made merits so that its fans celebrated at least one goal in the return of the public to the stadiums in Scotland after the pandemic. But Robertson, Dykes, Forrest and Adams crossed the foot or the hand of Vaclik and Hendry, with the crossbar.

In truth, the Czech Republic, which is no small thing in a tournament like this, lived from its body to ground from its centrals after each local auction, and from its forward, who did not make a hat-trick because Marshall got two of his four shots on goal. Now the Czechs will play to ensure their pass to the round of 16 on Friday against Croatia; while Scotland, on their return to a European Championship 25 years later, have a derby against England.