Owen Hargreaves was extremely crucial of Tomas Soucek throughout the West Ham vs AZ Alkmaar Europa Convention League semi-final conflict tonight.
West Ham performed host to AZ Alkmaar within the Europa Convention League semi-final first-leg on the London Stadium tonight and Owen Hargreaves singled out Tomas Soucek for criticism at half-time.
Tijjani Reijnders gave AZ Alkmaar the lead after 42 minutes with a superb strike from 25 yards out.
In my view, the Hammers ought to have been given a free-kick 15 seconds earlier than the ball discovered the again of our web. Nonetheless, we nonetheless had loads of time to rectify that and forestall the aim.
And Owen Hargreaves highlighted which West Ham participant ought to have completed so much higher within the construct as much as the aim…
Owen Hargreaves hammers Tomas Soucek throughout West Ham vs AZ Alkmaar conflict
The 28-year-old Hammers midfielder was the weak-link for us tonight in my view.
And Hargreaves defined how he ought to have completed so much higher for the Dutch facet’s aim within the first-half tonight, when talking on BT Sport (Thursday Might eleventh, 8:55pm):
“Yeh, he’s acquired to get out to the ball, Soucek has acquired to get to him, he’s probably not marking anybody. He’s acquired to get there fast and shut him down.”
Signed on a everlasting deal for £18 million again in the summertime of 2020 (WHUFC.com), Soucek initially seemed like a terrific signing.
Nonetheless, he has regressed badly over the previous two seasons, and put in a extremely underwhelming efficiency as soon as once more this night.
If we’re to make some actual progress over the following few seasons, David Moyes should usher in an improve on the Czech Republic worldwide.
Soucek proved throughout the West Ham vs AZ Alkmaar conflict that he’s simply less than it at this stage.
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