Ex-Slavs are in the semifinals of the EL, after the match they had to take a doping test! How did Soucek and Coufal do against Lyon?

If not Slavia, at least us! It is questionable whether this was heard in the Czech enclave of West Ham yesterday. Anyway, West Ham have achieved a great success! In France, they reversed a bad match from the London Stadium, which they lost 0:1, and on the ground of Lyon the Hammers won clearly 3:0! In the semi-finals of the Europa League they will challenge Eintracht Frankfurt, who sensationally got past Barcelona.

Ex-Slav players Tomas Soucek and Vladimir Coufal played the whole match against Lyon. They were even called for a doping control after the match! For what? Too much running? The Czech national team didn’t let the doping test spoil their joy!

“They don’t trust us again! Doping control after a unique match! Yesoo! Let’s move on!” tweeted Tomáš Souček, and Vladimír Coufal tweeted the same tone and photo.

“The worst thing that can happen after a match like this is a doping control! Enjoy the celebration in the booth guys! West Ham is huge!”

West Ham didn’t play as much with the ball against Lyon, but the Hammers outshot their opponents, both in goals and shots on target.

On the other hand, Lyon had a higher shot total and the xG indicator also spoke for the French team. How did the Czech players Vladimír Coufal and Tomáš Souček perform in the match?

Coufal’s performance was rated 6.59 by WhoScored. The West Ham right-back had 46 touches of the ball in the match (the second highest number from WHU), his pass success rate was 75% and he won one header.

During the match he was fouled once, he committed two fouls and scored one clearance of the ball from a dangerous area (for WHU).

Tomas Soucek was given a rating of 6.99 by the prestigious server. The Czech midfielder had 39 touches of the ball, a 70% pass success rate and won two header duels during the match.

Soucek was especially valid against Lyon in defensive activity. He won two foot-to-foot duels, intercepted an opponent’s pass once and twice kicked the ball out of a dangerous area (for WHU).

WhoScored, Tomas Soucek, Vladimir Coufal