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title: "Stuart Pearce ‘very proud’ of West Ham Czech Republic duo"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Dan Clubbe"
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published: "2021-06-28T16:00:00Z"
modified: "2021-06-28T16:00:00Z"
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# Stuart Pearce ‘very proud’ of West Ham Czech Republic duo

[West Ham](https://readwestham.com/2021/06/28/virals-west-ham-target-jovane-cabral-made-available-this-summer/) coach Stuart Pearce has hailed Hammers’ duo [Tomas Soucek](https://readwestham.com/2021/06/23/pundits-wax-lyrical-over-west-ham-midfielder-tomas-soucek/) and Vladimir Coufal for their efforts in Euro 2020.

The Czech Republic pair played their part as the nation reached the quarter-finals on Sunday evening with a [2-0 victory](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/57632081) over the Netherlands.

Despite failing to score or assist in the Puskas Arena, the Irons’ stars both earned [Sofascore ratings](https://www.sofascore.com/czech-republic-netherlands/fUbsoUb) above seven for their impressive performances.

Working as a pundit for [talkSPORT](https://twitter.com/talkSPORT/status/1409454023464337409), the first-team coach at the London Stadium, Pearce, was full of praise for the two.

> Twitter: ![👏](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.1/svg/1f44f.svg) “I’m very proud of both Soucek & Coufal.” They epitomize the #CZE’s.”
>
> ![👀](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.1/svg/1f440.svg) “Everyone is talking about #Eng’s route… https://t.co/VloYJccJyw (@talkSPORT)

The 59-year-old claimed Soucek and Coufal ‘epitomised’ the Czechs with their [work rate](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/143595/Show/Tomas-Soucek) and professionalism.

Signed for a combined sum of £19.98million ([Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/west-ham-united/transfers/verein/379)), the duo missed just [four Premier League matches](https://www.premierleague.com/stats/player-comparison) between them last season, proving to be an integral part of David Moyes’ side.

### READ WEST HAM VERDICT

As double signing go, the 2020 [raid of Slavia Prague](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/oct/02/west-ham-sign-vladimir-coufal-from-slavia-prague-5m-transfer-news) by West Ham has to be among the most successful for some time.

Both men have proven to be incredibly acquisitions who would fetch [three times the fee](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/vergleich/spielervergleich/statistik/def/spieler/157672&283628) they were originally signed for.

There will be yet another chance to see the Irons in action on Saturday when the [Czech Republic face Denmark](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/news/0254-0d41684d1216-06773df7faed-1000--euro-2020-all-the-fixtures/) in Baku.