Czech midfielder Tomáš Souček is receiving rather critical responses for his performance in Sunday’s derby against Tottenham. He contributed to the victory of the West Ham footballers with traditional honest inconspicuous work, but this time in England they pay particular attention to his unusually tired legs and also to the fact that he remains permanently in the shadow of his midfielder, the phenomenally playing English national team member Declan Rice.
London letters regularly scored by West Ham footballers have been repeated frequently recently. While Captain Rice gets a great score of 8 or 9, Souček has to make do with “sixes or sevens”.
This is not the case even after the derby against Spurs (1: 0), which the Hammers managed to number one, especially in the defense, and across the competitions they played the third net account in a single week.
Although coach David Moyes returned Souček to a more offensive position just before Rice after several weak performances, the English footballer is still more prominent on the pitch from the key middle duo.
“Rice played a more conservative role and he couldn’t go ahead so often. But when he did, he played Tottenham’s midfielders as if they weren’t even there. Otherwise, he was getting better and better in the match, and as Součka overcame fatigue, he often did the job for two, ”said the Football.London server over the 22-year-old midfielder.
He then wrote about Souček: “He used permission to support the attack and had several good things in the first half, including the header, which was to end in a goal. He is returning to his best performances, but in the second half he was obviously tired. “
Other media were already more negative towards Čech. “Next to Souček, who lacked pace, Rice took the baton and dominated the whole reserve himself. He always tries to push his team forward, ”said London’s Evening Standard.
He criticized Souček quite sternly: “He still looks tired and lazy. It could have been that he played 90 minutes on Thursday. But Rice helped him a lot. “
Interview with Declan Rice after winning the derby:
“We’ve completely transformed the way we are, as players, as people and that’s down to the manager. It’s down to the players buying in to what he wants and every time we go out there, even if we’re beaten, we come off the pitch knowing we’ve given everything.”
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— West Ham United (@WestHam) October 25, 2021
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While the Englishman could save energy in the European League for at least the last half hour during the week, Souček played a complete portion again, despite having to exhale an unpleasant facial injury he suffered last Sunday in Goodison Park, which required the intervention of a plastic surgeon.
They saw it similarly on the Claret and Hugh fan website.
“Rice is getting better and better. It never spoils the balloon. World class. Souček again thwarted a few chances, on which he fell in love last season. He still can’t find his best form. “
The hammerhead insiders also think that Souček is not so visible in connection with the epic performances of his central partner. “He does so much in all parts of the field that Souček looks less involved optically.”
The joy of West Ham footballers after the final whistle:
Despite the harsh evaluations, however, all the mentioned media do not question Souček’s constant contribution in any way. The Czech national team remains indispensable for West Ham, the lack of goals and, at first glance, a less expressive game do not change much.
After all, the Hammers excel in both the European League and the Premier League. In Europe, they have a full nine points out of three matches, in the domestic competition after Sunday they rose to fourth place behind the three giants Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City.
They are doing well without the injured Vladimír Coufal. A young Ben Johnson is well represented by a Czech working with an injured groin. The 21-year-old Englishman, who has been with the East London club since he was seven, cannot be praised by Moyes.
“He played three whole matches in seven days and he was absolutely wonderful in all of them,” the Scottish coach praised Johnson’s way of dealing with the difficult challenge.
The challenging program for West Ham certainly does not end there. Already on Wednesday, Hammers hosts Manchester City in the round of 16 of the home league cup. On Sunday they play the league at Aston Villa, the next Thursday they play the European League in Genk and only three days later they welcome home Liverpool.
Ben Johnson’s excellent balance sheet:
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