Tomas Soucek was the best hammerman against Lyon! How did the prestigious server rate him?

Just like his former employer from Slavia, Tomáš Souček himself still has real ambitions to reach the semi-finals of the European Cup. The Czech national team captain, unlike Slavie, is a level up and is fighting in Europe in the Europa League. How did he fare against a strong Lyon side?

It’s not the easiest at West Ham, the Hammers are once again fighting for a position within the Premier League that would ensure participation in some European competition, but the competition is really high.

Moreover, West Ham, like Slavia, are also struggling on the European stage. David Moyes’ charges are in the quarter-finals of the Europa League, where the lot has been dealt to them by a strong Lyon. Sparta Prague also have a lot of experience with the French side this season, having encountered them in the group stage.

Sparta lost to Lyon 3::7 (3::4 at home and 0::3 away). West Ham played their opening quarter-final match at the London Stadium, but did not go on to win.

The Hammers played the entire second half without the suspended Aaron Cresswell. Shortly after the start of the second half they went 1-0 up after another of Jarrod Bowen’s many goals, but they couldn’t hold on to the lead. Lyon equalised in the 66th minute with a 1:1 goal from Tanguy Ndombele.

Although West Ham defended and played without the ball for most of the game, the prestigious statistics site praised the play of Tomáš Souček. According to WhoScored, he was the best ever hammerman on the pitch with a rating of 7.65.

During the match Soucek had 53 touches with the ball, a 65% pass success rate and won 5 header duels (the second highest number on the pitch).

The Czech national captain had a great performance especially defensively. He won 6 defensive foot-to-foot duels (the second highest number on the pitch), intercepted Lyon’s pass 4 times, cleared the ball out of the danger area 6 times (for WHU) and blocked a shot twice.

WhoScored, Livesport