All three Czech national players played for West Ham! Fans gush over Coufal

In addition to three Czech teams, there are also three Czech national team players in West Ham’s jersey in European competitions! Tomáš Souček and Vladimír Coufal started against Rapid Vienna in the starting line-up, while Alex Král came on from the substitutes’ bench. And in the end, they were able to celebrate a 2-0 victory and a certain first place in the Europa League group stage.

The first place in the group is guaranteed before the last round against Dinamo Zagreb. The Hammers have not lost once in the group and can look forward to the spring Europa League play-offs.

The recently neglected Vladimir Coufal shone against Rapid Vienna. He was pushed out of the starting line-up by English youngster Ben Johnson when he was injured, but the Czech international is not giving up his fight for the starting line-up in the Premier League! On the contrary!

“I feel that someone wants his place back in the starting line-up. An incredible performance! It’s great to see you in top form again,” wrote one West Ham fan on Vladimir Coufal’s Twitter.

And the fans saw it right! The WhoScored stats site awarded Coufal an above-average rating of 7.3. In the game, he had an impressive 95 touches of the ball, his pass success rate was 83%, he had one shot on target and created two key passes. On top of that, he added one successful dribble.

Tomas Soucek also gave an above-standard performance, coming on in the 64th minute. He had 65 touches of the ball, a decent 88% pass success rate and one shot on target!

It was Tomáš Souček who was replaced by Alex Král, who had 29 touches with the ball and his passes found the recipient with 87.5% success rate. King scored two successful dribbles and earned a 6.49 rating.

Sources: Vladimir Coufal, WhoScored