Why can’t you not love Tomas Soucek? How did the Czech national team do against Chelsea?

The English Premier League offered a thrilling match between West Ham and Chelsea. The spectators saw 5 goals, great atmosphere and emotions. How did the Czech legionnaires do in the match and why Hammers fans just love our “Czech Mates”?

Tomáš Souček and Vladimír Coufal played an important role in the London derby against the favoured Chelsea. West Ham turned the match twice and won sensationally 3:2 at the London Stadium.

On the other hand, the Hammers are still in the Top 4. David Moyes’ charges have managed to challenge two of Europe’s top teams in recent weeks, namely Liverpool and Chelsea.

The joyful emotions that electrified the whole London Stadium towards the end of the match absolutely engulfed even the national captain Tomáš Souček. He rewarded the fans with a beautiful gesture that was noticed by the whole of England. Take a look for yourself.

” You inspire many people. An incredible performance on the pitch, but what you did after the game… It was very emotional for me. Thank you so much for your help and hard work.”

Czech national team performance according to statistics

Let’s start from the back. Vladimír Coufal started in the starting lineup and played the whole game. He proved to Moyes what a valuable player he is for the Hammers, he didn’t shy away from the Blues stars.

During the game he had 47 touches with the ball (the second highest number of the team), his pass success rate was 69%. In the offensive activity he had a very important assist on Jarrod Bowen’s equalizing goal and also had one shot on goal. The first goal was not too far away.

Defensively, he had one header won and kicked the ball away 4 times in a dangerous area. And the overall rating according to WhoScored? A slightly above average 6.9. A few tenths probably taken away by the yellow card he received late in the game.

Tomáš Souček was mainly defensive in the game, filling important spaces in front of West Ham’s three stoppers. He defended Romelu Lukaku in standard situations.

Soucek only had 34 touches with the ball during the game, which is also due to the fact that the Hammers simply played far less with the ball. His passing success rate was 72%, he finished once (offside) and made one key pass.

Defensively, he made several important saves. Twice he stripped Chelsea players of the ball and regained possession for his team. He sparked danger in front of the West Ham goal five times and blocked one shot. WhoScored gives the Czech midfielder a slightly above average rating of 6.67.

WhoScored, Football on BT Sport, Tomáš Souček