Wednesday night noticed the beginning of qualifying for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar and West Ham’s Tomas Soucek took his membership type to the worldwide stage.
Nine Hammers gamers are away on worldwide responsibility with West Ham’s England contingent, Declan Rice and Jesse Lingard, doubtlessly in motion on Thursday night time as Gareth Southgate’s crew tackle minnows San Marino at Wembley.
But final night time, England’s Euro 2020 group opponents, Czech Republic started their World Cup marketing campaign with a convincing 6-2 win towards Estonia with Soucek stealing the present.
The Czechs noticed themselves surprisingly down 1-0 after simply 12 minutes earlier than Patrick Schick and Antonin Barak put them 2-1 up, after which it was all about Soucek.
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The central midfielder scored his first-ever worldwide hat-trick and it got here in simply 16 minutes both aspect of half time. Soucek’s first was a purpose acquainted to all Hammers followers, the large man was too robust for his marker at a nook and beat two markers to nod in his nation’s third purpose.
The midfielder’s second got here after a managed chest lay off from Czech striker Schick, Soucek took one contact to manage after which fired in a lethal shot from 25-yards.
The daisy cutter was laborious and completely positioned within the nook leaving the Estonia goalkeeper with no likelihood.
Just 155 seconds into the second half the West Ham man accomplished his perfect hat-trick with a easy left-footed end to attain his seventh purpose for his nation. Bursting into the field Soucek tapped into an empty internet from eight yards after Pavel Kaderabek squared the ball to him.
And he took to social media after the sport to reply, stating: “The first nationwide hattrick in my profession. I’m glad how we entered to the qualification and I consider that our crew will solely develop.”
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Speaking after the sport to the Czech FA web site Soucek mentioned: “It was annoying [to concede the primary purpose. We wished to attain the primary purpose, however I knew the standard was on our aspect. Maybe it helped us quite the opposite, we scored 4 fast objectives within the half and deserved a victory.
“Of course, it is an important win, a superb three factors. It was the primary match, so it’s at all times essential to get off to a successful begin. It’s such a key to different matches. We now have three days to organize for Belgium. We are very a lot wanting ahead to it. It would be the largest match since qualifying for the European Championship.”
Soucek’s worldwide teammate Jakub Jankto was stuffed with reward for the Hammer, who earlier this week was voted Czech Republic males’s participant of the 12 months for 2020, an award he additionally gained in 2019.
“It may be seen that he’s in nice form. He is certainly a key participant for us,” mentioned the Sampdoria midfielder.
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“He is doing nice in West Ham with Cuf (Vladimír Coufal). Positive for us and the entire Czech Republic, as a result of for a very long time there was no midfielder who will rating 9 objectives in 29 league matches. We positively assist and congratulate him.
Vladimir Coufal got here second to Soucek within the 2020 participant of the 12 months voting, however the West Ham man was an unused substitute for his nation towards Estonia.
West Ham’s domination of the Czech award season carried over to the ladies’s sport as effectively with Katerina Svitkova named the ladies’s participant of the 12 months for 2020.
