Czech Republic
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Czech Republic
Quietly rebuilt. Quietly dangerous. Don't sleep on the Czechs.
FIFA #48CZE
How they play
Set pieces and grit.
World ranking
#41
Confederation
UEFA · Europe
How they play
Set pieces and grit.
Signature moment
Euro 2020 — Patrik Schick's goal against Scotland from just inside the Czech half is one of the most audacious strikes in tournament history. He spotted the goalkeeper off his line, decided that was enough information, and curled it into the net from roughly the distance of a small country. The Czech Republic went on to reach the quarterfinals, beating the Netherlands along the way, which felt both completely unexpected and somehow totally on brand for a team that thrives when nobody's really watching.
The ones to watch
- Tomáš VaclíkGKA shot-stopper who has made entire stadiums hold their breath with reflex saves that shouldn't be physically possible.
- Vladimír CoufalRBThe right-back who never stops running — the kind of player whose effort quietly embarrasses the opposition.
- Tomáš SoučekMFA box-to-box midfielder built like a tank who scores goals that have absolutely no right to go in as often as they do.
- Patrik SchickFWHe once scored a goal from the halfway line at a major tournament and somehow made it look like a calculated chess move.
- Lukáš ProvodMFThe under-the-radar engine of the midfield who keeps popping up in highlight reels just when you'd forgotten his name.
One email the morning of their opener. Nothing else.
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