How did the Czech national team do against Leicester? Vladimír Coufal was the best defender of the match!

The second round of the Premier League literally offered a “hammer show”. The home fans enjoyed the match at the London Stadium and celebrated a sweet 4-1 win. They were entertained by the skilful Benrahma and especially the tank in attack Michail Antonio, who broke the club record for goals scored in the Premier League. We take a look at how the Czech Republic’s Vladimir Coufal and Tomáš Souček performed against Leicester.

Before the game, there were various discussions between fans of both teams on social media. One of them was about the fact that Ndidi is better than Rice, according to Foxes fans, and the other was about the fact that Pereira is better than Coufal. After the game, it’s probably clear who the sportsmanship got right.

According to the prestigious server WhoScored, Vladimir Coufal was the best defender of the game. He received a rating of 7.47 and his relatively overlooked performance was noticed by sports journalist Henry Tomlinson.

“It was the first time I’ve seen Coufal with my own eyes and he’s better than I thought,” Tomlinson said in a huge compliment to the Czech defender.

Evaluation of Vladimír Coufal and Tomáš Souček

The freshly 29-year-old Coufal notched an assist on the last goal of the game and sent centre after centre into the penalty area during the match. In total, he sent 7. He had an 89% pass success rate and 91 touches with the ball (the third highest number in the match). He made one successful dribble, won the ball twice in the scrum and intercepted an opponent’s pass once.

Tomas Soucek was always available in the midfield and performed mainly defensive duties. Nevertheless, he produced 3 shooting attempts, unfortunately none of them were aimed between the three bars of the opponent’s goal.

WhoScored gave him a rating of 6.77. He won 3 header duels, had 71 touches with the ball and his passing success rate reached 86%. As for defensive work, he won the ball twice in duels for West Ham. On the goal he scored, Soucek inadvertently crossed the ball which bounced to Tielemans, who then scored after the rebound.

Source: WhoScored, Henry Tomlinson