Tomáš Souček (second from left) and Vladimír Coufal (middle) rejoice with West Ham teammates from the goal against Everton.
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Even for Hammers coach David Moyes, it was a very successful step. He was fired from Everton seventeen years ago, came to Goodison Park with West Ham for the New Year and robbed him. For the first time in the Premier League scene.
Starting the new year as we mean to go on. I wish this goal and this win to all our supporters and especially to @cuf_5 daughter. Happy new year everyone ???? Thanks my team and everyone from the club for constant help ✊️???????? #coyi pic.twitter.com/EHPZOcjfz4
– Tomas Soucek (@ tomassoucek28) January 1, 2021
And after all, after the Caramels won four league matches in a row, in which they defeated Chelsea, Leicester, Arsenal and Sheffield.
Even the huge banner on one of the stands with the words “People’s Club” must have reminded Moyes of his coaching engagement in Everton. He had just uttered these words at the inauguration when he arrived at the Liverpool club nineteen years ago.
Tomáš Souček from West Ham scores a winning goal against Everton.
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On Friday night, however, the Caramels had no chance against the organized game of his West Ham. Players Ogbonna and Dawson cleaned the area in front of goalkeeper Randolph so thoroughly that the home footballers did not get a good chance for the whole match. Cresswell and Coufal, who had returned to the team after being absent from a previous Hammers game in Southampton, assisted them.
“Last time, the coach let not only Vlada, but also four other players rest. Due to the busy schedule, he wanted to liven up our game a bit, “Tomáš Souček explained Coufal’s absence in the match against the” Saints “.
West Ham footballer Vladimír Coufal heads for Everton.
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After Ryan Fredericks dropped out of the West Ham team due to a positive test on the covid-19, goalkeeper Fabianski was injured during the pre-match warm-up and thirty-three-year-old Irishman Darren Randolph had to rush between the poles, which was a significant hit on Moyes’ team.
This was only the third league match at Goodison Park, which Randolph played in the Everton jersey. However, he picked up zero, and when the duel was up for a goalless draw, Tomáš Souček inflicted a deadly blow on Everton.
Two days before his trip to Liverpool, when he received congratulations for the first place in the autumn part of the Czech Golden Ball poll, he lamented that previous draws with Southampton, Brighton and Crystal Palace were not enough for him.
I live a football dream. The ambitions I brought from Slavia help me with it, Souček admits
“I brought the same ambitions to West Ham as we had in Slavia. Just win every match. When it didn’t work out, and maybe we just drew, it was a big disappointment. “
He could finally be happy for the New Year, because the Hammers took three points from Goodison Park. “Starting a new year with a really big victory is very important for us. We started with it and showed how we want to continue and what we want to achieve in 2021, “the club pages of West Ham Souček quote.
Coach David Moyes also had words of praise for the Czech legionnaire, although he noted that against Souton it was not a performance from Souček that he usually translates.
Dinner, quiz puzzles with teammates and up on New Year’s Eve at Everton. Such is Souček’s New Year’s Eve in England
“He may have played better matches, but if he continues to score goals, I will of course be very happy with him,” he acknowledged Souček’s winning shot, paying homage to all his charges.
“They played three matches in six days. They deserve praise for how they approached them. Coming to Goodison Park, gaining three points and playing as well as we played is a good professional job, “Moyes assessed the performance of his team.
The joy of Tomáš Souček from West Ham after a goal against Everton.
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“Especially when Everton is having a great time, he is playing well, he is achieving great results and in the match with us he had the opportunity to get to the second place in the table, which would mean a lot to him,” said West Ham coach, whose team is in the incomplete Premier table. The league finished in tenth place, but scored just three points less than third in Leicester and fourth in Everton, but both clubs played one less.
Souček stunned England again. Great start to the year, enjoying the Czech hero
The Italian coach in the service of Everton, Carlo Ancelotti, was, of course, very upset about the loss to the Hammers.
“Sometimes it’s about happiness. We didn’t deserve to win, but we didn’t deserve to lose either, “he reminded that if the ball had not bounced off the Colombian defender Mina to Souček after a shot by Cresswell, the points would probably have been divided.
“One point changed everything, but the truth is that we didn’t play well. The offensive lacked greater quality and commitment, so we did not develop shooting opportunities. After a fantastic previous period, we just took a step back and went down with the performance. However, it does not and will not affect our faith and goals, because we are still at the forefront of the table. It just means that we have to get the lost point in another match, “Ancelotti reminded that losing to the Hammers does not change Everton’s ambitions this season.
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