The 25-year-old national footballer is going through a dream period.
In the German league, he managed a fantastic 16 goals in 14 matches before the winter break, only the other-world Lewandowski from Bayern is three goals better.
Even so Schick in short, a hit, as evidenced not only by 7th place in the Athlete of the Year poll, but also by being ranked among the top 100 footballers of the year by The Guardian.
“Of course I can see what’s going on around me in recent weeks,” he said, adding that he was, of course, watching the table of shooters. “It’s nice, but the season is long. We have an awful lot of matches ahead of us. We’ll see how things turn out. “
Has anything changed for you? Do you feel more respect from your opponents, for example?
Before the matches, our opponents probably show where I move, from which positions I score goals. The defenders may be trying to be more prepared for me, but I wouldn’t say it’s something special.
What about your position in the club? Is it all up to you?
I wouldn’t say it was all about me. I have a position in the club, yes, but because I’m twenty-five and we have a pretty young staff.
After a successful European Championship, you were expected to follow up on the five-goal performance. But did you expect to score sixteen right away?
I admit that it will be like this that I will have sixteen goals after the middle of the season, I did not expect that at all. Of course, I had a great appetite for the Euro and I was prepared so that I want to score goals. Before the season, I had a goal of moving around twenty.
Did you feel more pressure on your performance after the Euro?
It’s a question of what anyone expected. I think it was something like: He did the Euro, wasn’t he just lucky? Can he do it in the Bundesliga? I was under some pressure, but the Euro gave me a lot of confidence and a desire to work. During the short vacation, I rested for a while, but during it I worked on myself to be ready and not have to catch up. I have to say that this is also the reason why I jumped into the season like this.
One of the iconic moments of the championship is your half goal against Scotland. How many times have you seen him?
When we were still on the Euro, of course many times. But I can say that I still run into him. He’s still appearing somewhere.
What are you looking forward to next year? It can also be non-football.
Hard to say. At the moment, I live mainly by football, so the first thing that comes to mind is the March playoff with Sweden. We are talking about advancing to the World Cup, which is very important.
Do you expect her to rely on you a lot?
It will be difficult, decide the current form, health status and so on. It will be very important how these circumstances come together. And I expect expectations. People will probably count on me to support our efforts with some goals. I’m ready for it.
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