🚨 After group-stage exit! World Cup star retires from national team

The World Cup is already over for the Czech Republic after the group stage. The team was eliminated on Wednesday night after a 0-3 defeat to Mexico. 

Following the group-stage exit, Patrik Schick has therefore decided to end his international career. The association just announced this. 

“I feel that Czech football has far more potential than it has shown in recent years. We have to face the truth and change quite a few things that have not worked in the long term. I’m not saying this out of anger or disappointment. I’m saying it because Czech football matters to me,” the Bayer Leverkusen striker wrote on Instagram. 

He said he did not make the decision overnight; rather, he considers his retirement from the national team sensible at this stage of his career. “It was an honor to wear the Czech jersey,” the farewell post concludes. 

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.