The striker of Leverkusen won thanks to a quick shot from the opening match of the Czech national team at the championship, when at the beginning of the second half he fired from a distance of 49.7 meters and scored the goal from the greatest distance in the history of European championships. His exact attempt fell into the goal of the goalkeeper David Marshall, who did not manage to return after the previous run. Schick scored for the second time in the match and set the final score at 2: 0. “There was a bounced balloon, I was already looking at where the goalkeeper was standing during the match, he was very high. I looked peripherally, I saw that it was outside and I popped it there, “Schick subsequently said on Czech Television.
The 25-year-old player not only started the journey of the Czech national team to the European Championships, which ended in the quarterfinals, but also started his own successful performance at the championship. With five goals, he finished second among the shooters behind Cristian Ronald, who scored the same goals, but another assist decided in his favor.
Results of the poll for the most beautiful goal of the championship:
Goal scorer | match | phase Euro 2021 |
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Patrik Schick | Scotland – Czechia 0: 2 | group |
Paul pogba | France – Switzerland 3: 3 | round of 16 |
Luka Modric | Croatia – Scotland | group |
Lorenzo Insigne | Belgium – Italy 1: 2 | quarterfinals |
Kevin de Bruyne | Denmark – Belgium 1: 2 | group |
Cristiano Ronaldo | Hungary – Portugal 0: 3 | group |
Alvaro Morata | Italy – Spain 1: 1 | semifinal |
Mikkel Damsgaard | England – Denmark 2: 1 | semifinal |
Andrey Jarmolenko | Netherlands – Ukraine 3: 2 | group |
Federico Chiesa | Italy – Spain 1: 1 | semifinal |
In other places behind Schick in the goal chart, for example, Paul Pogba’s shot from the eight-final match with Switzerland or Croatia’s progressive goal of Luka Modric in Croatia in the basic group ended up again against Scotland.