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Rice, Soucek and Coufal victorious

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Declan Rice, Tomáš Souček and Vladimír Coufal helped England and the Czech Republic respectively to victories in the UEFA Nations League on Sunday evening.

Rice played the 90 minutes in midfield for England as the Three Lions picked up a notable 2-1 victory over Belgium in League A Group 2.

Belgium took a first-half lead at Wembley thanks to Romelu Lukaku’s penalty, but England hit back to defeat the side who beat them twice at the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals.

Marcus Rashford levelled from the spot after Jordan Henderson was fouled at a corner before Mason Mount’s deflected strike gave the hosts all three points and ensured Rice’s tenth cap ended in victory.

Souček and Coufal, meanwhile, both started for the Czech Republic as they defeated Israel 2-1 in Haifa.

The Hammers pair played the 90 minutes as their nation secured their second victory in League B Group 2, keeping them a point behind group leaders Scotland.

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Hugh Southon is a lifelong Iron and the founding editor of ClaretandHugh. He is a national newspaper journalist of many years experience and was Bobby Moore's 'ghost' writer during the great man's lifetime. He describes ClaretandHugh as "the Hammers daily newspaper!"

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