Patrik Schick scored his second purpose from close to the midway line to provide the Czech Republic a 2-0 victory over Scotland on the European Championship
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Patrik Schick scored his second purpose from close to the midway line to provide the Czech Republic a 2-0 victory over Scotland on the European Championship.
Scotland misplaced possession of their half and the ball fell to the Bayern Leverkusen ahead. He noticed opposing goalkeeper David Marshall off his line and launched a curling shot that bounced into purpose within the 52nd minute.
UEFA says it was the longest distance for a purpose within the match at 49.7 meters. The earlier document 38.6 meters got here from Germany midfielder Torsten Frings at Euro 2004.
Schick earlier gave the Czechs the lead within the forty second minute with a robust header after he muscled himself between two Scotland defenders.
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Patrik Schick’s second purpose got here from method out.
The Czech Republic ahead scored the purpose in opposition to Scotland from close to the midway line in his workforce’s opening European Championship match.
UEFA says it was the longest distance for a purpose within the match at 49.7 meters. The earlier document 38.6 meters got here from Germany midfielder Torsten Frings at Euro 2004.
Scotland had simply misplaced possession of their half and Schick noticed Scotland goalkeeper David Marshall off his line. His shot squeezed contained in the close to submit within the 52nd minute to provide the Czechs a 2-0 lead.
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Belgium’s gamers will spend much less time in St. Petersburg forward of their third European Championship match as a result of workforce administration desires the squad to arrange “in a extra COVID-safe atmosphere.”
The change in Belgium’s plans comes as authorities within the Russian metropolis say they’re tightening anti-coronavirus restrictions from Thursday in an effort to curb a brand new spike in infections.
That features closing meals courts within the metropolis’s purchasing malls and its Euro 2020 fan zone.
Belgium’s squad was planning to fly to St. Petersburg for a three-day coaching camp beginning the day after its second group match in opposition to Denmark in Copenhagen on Thursday. As a substitute it would return to its coaching base in Tubize close to Brussels and fly to St. Petersburg the day earlier than the sport in opposition to Finland on June 21.
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Dejan Kulusevski and Mattias Svanberg will be part of up with the Sweden squad on the European Championship as soon as they’ve completed their durations of isolation after testing constructive for the coronavirus.
The six gamers who had been introduced in to coach in a reserve bubble alongside the Euro 2020 squad have been launched.
Sweden workforce physician Ander Valentin says Kulusevski and Svanberg “will return to us within the squad as quickly as they’re assured infection-free.”
They returned constructive assessments on Tuesday.
Sweden’s first sport at Euro 2020 is in opposition to Spain on Monday.
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Christian Eriksen has advised his Denmark teammates to sit up for their European Championship sport in opposition to Belgium on Thursday.
Three of Denmark’s gamers have spoken to the media for the primary time since Eriksen’s collapse throughout Saturday’s sport in opposition to Finland at Euro 2020.
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg says Eriksen delivered a message through video hyperlink from the hospital that he’s doing OK and that they need to attempt to concentrate on enjoying the following sport. He says seeing Eriksen smile gave him ”a type of power” and that the workforce will play for the midfielder in opposition to Belgium.
Eriksen suffered cardiac arrest and needed to be resuscitated with a defibrillator. Goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel praised Denmark’s medical workers as ”heroes” who carried out ”a miracle.”
Ahead Martin Braithwaite fought again tears as he described praying for Eriksen on the sphere as he was getting remedy.
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Robert Lewandowski will make his first look at this European Championship on Day 4 of the match.
The FIFA participant of the yr can be Poland’s most important scoring menace when the workforce takes on Slovakia in St. Petersburg in the midst of three Euro 2020 matches.
Scotland will play the Czech Republic within the first match of the day in Glasgow and Spain will tackle Sweden in Sevilla within the final one.
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