West Ham ended their 43-year wait for a major trophy as Jarrod Bowen scored a last-minute goal to beat Fiorentina and win the Europa Conference League in Prague.
The final seemed to be heading for extra time after Said Benrahma’s second-half penalty was cancelled out just seven minutes later by a well-taken effort from Giacomo Bonaventura.
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.
The match was settled in the most dramatic manner.
Bowen timed his run to perfection as Lucas Paqueta slid a superb pass through the Fiorentina defence.
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.
It mean 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. Moore captained West Ham to the 1965 European Cup Winners’ Cup and Bonds led them to the FA Cup in 1975 and 1980.
The victory also seals a place in next season’s Europa League and means European football for the third year running for the first time in the club’s history.
More to follow.
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Fiorentina
Starting XI
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Squad number1Player nameTerracciano
Average rating5.56
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Squad number2Player nameDodô
Average rating5.33
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Squad number4Player nameMilenkovic
Average rating5.32
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Squad number16Player nameRanieri
Average rating5.08
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Squad number3Player nameBiraghi
Average rating5.28
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Squad number5Player nameBonaventura
Average rating5.37
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Squad number34Player nameS Amrabat
Average rating5.37
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Squad number38Player nameMandragora
Average rating5.18
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Squad number22Player nameGonzález
Average rating5.27
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Squad number7Player nameJovic
Average rating5.05
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Squad number99Player nameKouamé
Average rating5.27
Substitutes
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Squad number8Player nameSaponara
Average rating5.25
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Squad number9Player nameArthur Cabral
Average rating5.36
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Squad number72Player nameBarák
Average rating5.26
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Squad number98Player nameIgor Julio
Average rating5.41
West Ham United
Starting XI
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Squad number13Player nameAréola
Average rating7.51
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Squad number5Player nameCoufal
Average rating7.49
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Squad number4Player nameZouma
Average rating7.27
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Squad number27Player nameAguerd
Average rating7.62
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Squad number33Player nameEmerson
Average rating7.65
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Squad number28Player nameSoucek
Average rating7.57
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Squad number41Player nameRice
Average rating8.15
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Squad number20Player nameBowen
Average rating8.48
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Squad number11Player nameLucas Paquetá
Average rating8.03
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Squad number22Player nameBenrahma
Average rating8.00
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Squad number9Player nameAntonio
Average rating7.64
Substitutes
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Squad number8Player nameFornals
Average rating7.44
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Squad number21Player nameOgbonna
Average rating7.07
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Squad number24Player nameKehrer
Average rating7.14
Line-ups
Fiorentina
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Terracciano
- 2Cordeiro Dos Santos
- 4MilenkovicBooked at 75mins
- 16RanieriSubstituted fordos Santos de Pauloat 84′minutes
- 3Biraghi
- 5Bonaventura
- 34S AmrabatBooked at 85mins
- 38MandragoraBooked at 66minsSubstituted forBarákat 90+3′minutes
- 22González
- 7JovicSubstituted forMendonça Cabralat 45′minutes
- 99KouaméSubstituted forSaponaraat 62′minutes
Substitutes
- 8Saponara
- 9Mendonça Cabral
- 11Ikoné
- 15Terzic
- 23Venuti
- 28Martínez
- 31Cerofolini
- 32Duncan
- 42Bianco
- 72Barák
- 77Brekalo
- 98dos Santos de Paulo
West Ham
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 13Aréola
- 5Coufal
- 4ZoumaSubstituted forKehrerat 61′minutes
- 27AguerdBooked at 53mins
- 33Emerson
- 28Soucek
- 41Rice
- 20BowenBooked at 90mins
- 11Lucas Paquetá
- 22BenrahmaBooked at 31minsSubstituted forFornalsat 76′minutes
- 9AntonioSubstituted forOgbonnaat 90+4′minutes
Substitutes
- 1Fabianski
- 2Johnson
- 3Cresswell
- 8Fornals
- 10Lanzini
- 12Downes
- 14Cornet
- 18Ings
- 21Ogbonna
- 24Kehrer
- 62Potts
- 72Mubama
- Referee:
- Carlos del Cerro Grande
Match Stats
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Match ends, Fiorentina 1, West Ham United 2.