Czechia vs Ukraine Player Ratings as Pavel Sulc’s Brace and Soucek’s Late Penalty Secure Victory

Ukraine were probably the favourites heading into this particular feature but it was the Czechs who had the last laugh. Pavel Sulc scored a brace to do the damage for them but it was a late penalty from Tomas Soucek that gave them the win eventually. Vlad Vanat and Georgiy Sudakov scored the goals for Ukraine.

Czechia National Football Team Player Ratings vs Ukraine

Goalkeeper

Matej Kovar — 6/10. Made a few saves but could have done better.

Defenders

Martin Vitik —6/10. Solid defensive performance in terms of clearances and blocks.

Ladislav Krejci — 7/10. Poor in possession but had a lot to do defensively.

Jaroslav Zeleny — 6/10. Poorest of the Czech defenders. Picked up a booking.

Midfielders

Vladimir Coufal — 6/10. Created a couple of chances and also did some good work progressively.

Tomas Soucek — 7/10. Scored the match-winner from the penalty spot.

Lukas Cerv — 5/10. Struggled a lot out of possession.

Lukas Provod — 5/10. A very uninspiring outing from the Slavia Prague midfielder.

Forwards

Vaclav Cerny – 7/10. Assisted the opener. Very direct and a threat throughout the game.

Tomas Chory — 5/10. Easily dominated by the Ukrainian defence. Lost the most duels.

Pavel Sulc — 9/10. Star of the match. Scored a brace to take his country to victory.

Substitutions:

Ondrej Lingr – 7/10.

Adam Hlozek – 6/10

Patrik Schick – 6/10

Vasil Kusej – 6/10

Alex Kral – 5/10

Manager

Ivan Hasek – 7/10

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Ukraine National Football Team Player Ratings vs Czechia

Goalkeeper

Anatoly Trubin – 5/10. Conceded more goals than saves he made.

Defenders

Oleksandr Tymchyk –7/10. A constant presence in attack and added 10 ball recoveries in that.

Ilya Zabarnyi – 8/10. Absolutely bossed the game. It’s a shame he ends up on the losing side. As many as 11 duels won.

Mykola Matviyenko – 4/10. Gave away the penalty for the Czech winner.

Vitaly Mykolenko – 6/10. Kept things tidy but still decent overall

Midfielders

Taras Stepanenko – 6/10. Kept things largely under control in midfield

Oleksandr Zinchenko – 6/10. Did very well as a creator.

Mykhailo Mudryk – 7/10. Created the most chances and completed the most dribbles.

Mykola Shaparenko – 5/10. Created a goal but also made an error on a Czech goal.

Andriy Yarmalenko – 6/10. The experienced winger was rather silent.

Forward

Vlad Vanat – 7/10. Capitalised on chances to score a goal.

Substitutions:

Georgiy Sudakov – 6/10.

Viktor Tsygankov – 6/10.

Ruslan Malinovskyi – 6/10.

Roman Yaremchuk – 5/10.

Oleksandr Pikhalyonok – 5/10.

Manager

Sergiy Rebrov – 6/10.

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