In some ways Schick is better than Ronaldo, says his former coach

The Czech national team managed the opening match of the European Championship. Jaroslav Hřebík also enjoyed the 2:0 victory over Scotland and praised Patrik Schick and Tomáš Souček in the iSport TV studio.

Hřebík praised Schick at half-time. And rightly so. After all, his first goal was also wonderful, he just paid a little bit for the fact that you hit a shot from the middle of the pitch once in a lifetime.

“Patrik has huge potential. He is tall, fast, has a strong head and an excellent left foot. Sometimes you think that even Ronaldo can’t do that. He just needs to get more involved in the game without the ball. If he did that, he would be playing at the very top clubs in the world.”

The second goal came less than ten minutes after the change of sides. The burly striker confirmed what Hřebík already knew (he coached him in the youth), that he has an excellent left foot.

“All the players knew in the youth that they had to watch out for Schick’s left foot. He scored the goal exactly the way he wanted to. It worked out for him.”

Schick’s goal from the halfway line set a new record in Euro history for distance from goal. That fact alone shows how difficult that kick was.

“To score a goal from such a huge distance is not easy at all. Even before receiving the ball, Patrik had to check the space and know where the goalkeeper was. He immediately had a clear idea of what he was going to do and was confident it would work.”

The experienced coach also remembered Tomáš Souček, who was not so visible, but that does not mean that he did not do well.

“When Jindra Trpišovský was asked what world-class player he would take into the team, he said he would take Soucek. He left out Messi, Ronaldo. And I would have said that too. When I was a coach, I praised a player who didn’t touch the ball at all before scoring, but with movement, for example, he opened up space.”

Source:: iSport TV