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

The World Cup is already over for the Czech Republic after the group stage. In the night leading into Thursday, the team was eliminated following a 0–3 defeat against Mexico. They managed to collect just one point in the group featuring Mexico, South Africa, and South Korea. 

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

"I feel that Czech football has so much 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 I care deeply about Czech football," 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 to make sense at this stage of his career. "It was an honor to wear the Czech jersey," the farewell post concludes. 

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