‘Carrying the team’ – West Ham fans single one player out for special praise during Gent clash
Supporters of West Ham United have flooded to social media on Thursday evening, to single one member of the club’s first-team squad out for widespread adulation.
This, of course, comes with the Irons currently locked in action.
After clinching a crucial victory over London rivals Fulham in the Premier League at the weekend, David Moyes’ troops have turned their attentions towards matters on the European front, making the trip to Belgium for a Europa Conference League quarter-final first-leg showdown with Gent.
And, as things stand at the The Ghelamco Arena, West Ham are on their way towards a 2nd successive win across all competitions.
This comes owing to a solitary Danny Ings strike on the stroke of the interval.
West Ham go 1-0 up just before the break!! 🔥
Danny Ings bags his first ever goal in Europe as the Hammers take the lead! 🙌#UECL pic.twitter.com/QIxCIbsQo6
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) April 13, 2023
On the back of the Hammers’ opener, however, it is not goalscorer Ings who has seen his name take its place front and centre in the chatter online.
After essentially creating his side’s first of the evening by way of some quick thinking from a throw-in, right-back Coufal has been singled out as, by some distance, West Ham’s standout performer in Gent:
Coufal is carrying this team atm. Shocking performance so far from the rest of them #westham #ConferenceLeague
— Ricky Cornell (@ricky_corn) April 13, 2023
Coufal is a legend of a RB
— ⚒ChillingStone⚒ (@Brokenandcursed) April 13, 2023
Loving coufal at the moment
— Dan_West Ham ⚒ (@dpwhufc) April 13, 2023
Will die on this hill that Vladimir Coufal drastically improves this team
— West Ham (C)entral 🏆 (@WestHam_Central) April 13, 2023
Great ½ from Coufal.
— ⚒⚒ Little Tony ⚒⚒🙅♂️ (@ashfordhammer) April 13, 2023
Honestly how anyone wanted Coufal out the team is beyond me
— Kyle ⚒ (@KyzeWHU) April 13, 2023
You know what, I like goals like that. Good stuff Coufal, well played ⚒️
— WHUgameday (@WHUgameday) April 13, 2023
Coufal has been fucking brilliant.
— Paul (@Paulthehammer79) April 13, 2023
Vladimir Coufal is slowly getting back to his best. At one point this season it was debatable who was West Ham’s best right-back. But now without question it’s definitely Coufal. #WHUFC
— Roshane Thomas (@RoshaneSport) April 13, 2023
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