There was no thought of his future as he lapped up the adulation of the fans who have followed his journey from rising academy star to full England honours. The reaction from the pitch and the stands at the final whistle give a lie to anyone who feels this tournament is beneath them and should give hope to Aston Villa, England's entrants next season.Īt the centre of it all was Rice. Fiorentina's Biraghi was hit in the head by an object thrown from the West Ham end There will be an unwanted post-script as Uefa is bound to come down hard on the Hammers for the unwanted first-half scenes that left Biraghi playing with a bandage round his head for the last hour of the contest and forced the club to condemn those responsible. Whilst Nayef Aguerd took time out to console Morocco team-mates Sofyan Amrabat at the final whistle, the celebrations of the Premier League team were something to behold.įrom 18-year-old forward Divin Mubama, who played no part, to Moyes himself, finally a trophy-winner after such a long career in management, all joined in joy, leaping around trying to take it all in. The manner of victory could not have been any sweeter for West Ham. Jubilation for West Ham Said Benrahma opened the scoring for West Ham in the 62nd minute Football Daily podcast: Wonderful West Ham end trophy wait with European glory.What did you make of West Ham's Europa Conference League win? Send us your views here.
It means captain Declan Rice, in probably his final game for the club, emulated club greats Bobby Moore and Billy Bonds by leading the club to glory. The England man ran free, steadied himself, then beat Pietro Terracciano with a calm finish to thrill the Hammers fans - who were far greater in number than the 5,000 tickets they were allotted - and send manager David Moyes running down the touchline to celebrate the first major silverware of his career.
The match was settled in the most dramatic manner.īowen timed his run to perfection as Lucas Paqueta slid a superb pass through the Fiorentina defence. It was a testy and sometimes bad tempered game - and at one point it got downright ugly as Fiorentina captain Cristiano Biraghi was struck by a plastic bottle thrown from the West Ham section.
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