Europa League
West Ham 1-2 Eintracht: Beams and Kamanda give Germany victory
The 10,000 Eintracht fans celebrated their side’s 2-1 win over West Ham in London, even though the English side were entitled to more than the first semi-final of the Europa League with three goals.
THAT unity London “froze” in the first minute, took the lead again with Daichi Kamanda, but West Ham didn’t put it down. He reacted at all costs, found a goal with Michael Antonio and had three bars that could have drastically changed the dates of the first semifinals of the two teams in the Europa League semifinals.
That 2-1 sends the pair to Frankfurt with the Germans clearly ahead, which was celebrated by their 10,000 fans in the “London Stadium”.
The Germans started the game in the stands in the first minute, Ansgar Knauf opened from close range. That goal gave new impetus to the game, which was gaining a good rhythm largely thanks to the hosts’ efforts to react.
They almost succeeded with a beam through trained Jaron Bowen and a little later Michael Antonio equalized from close range to make it 1-1. The Londoner’s goal did not discourage Eintracht, who almost responded in the 39th minute with a narrow shot from Knout, which went wide.
In the second half, David Moghes’ players continued to dominate without the difference between the two sides being huge. What was big was the gap in the Londoners’ ‘Defense in 54’ as Jibril Shaw lost in a four-on-four with Alfons Areola, but on the rebound Daichi Kamanda scored for the 11th time in 21 Europa League games in two seasons .
With the result in their favor, the German team had no reason to open up. He locked himself in the back trying to protect Kevin Trapp’s house. He did in large part, although there was nothing he could do about the amazing long shot of St Benrahma that “licked” the bar. A “scissors” from Bowen shifted the action almost entirely into Trapp’s area, who escaped again in the delays thanks to his beam.
WEST HAM: Areola, Johnson, Dawson, Zuma, Creswell, Sucek, Rice, Bowen, Lansini (66′ Benrahma), Fornals, Antonio
CONJUNCTION: Trap, Tuta, Hinteregger, Toure, Knauf, So, Rode, Kostic, Lindstrom (62′ Hauge), Bore (90+3′ Ache), Kamanda
The results of the first semifinals
The program of the second semi-final
* The final will take place on Wednesday 18th May at the “Ramon Sanchez Pithuan” in Seville.
Source: sport 24
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