MEXICO CITY, December 15 (EL UNIVERSAL).- Edson Álvarez had a dream afternoon in West Ham United’s victory in the Europa League, giving an assist and scoring a goal.
The Hammers team beat Freiburg of Germany 2-0, securing first place in the group, with 15 points.
The Mexican midfielder, who arrived at the English club this season from Ajax of the Eredivisie in the Netherlands, scored the first goal with his new team, in which he has become a fundamental piece, acting as a pivot.
The game of Machín, a youth player from the América club, was more than round, first, after 14 minutes of play he showed that he knows how to score long balls, by assisting the Ghanaian Mohammed Kudus from midfield, who defined well to open the scoring .
But that was not all, to end the first half, at 42 minutes, the two-time World Cup winner for the Mexican National Team in the 2018 Russia and Qatar 2022 World Cups, began a play on the outskirts of the area, the Englishman Jarrod Bowen returned a wall to score the second goal of the game in good fashion, his first in the tournament between European clubs.
West Ham and the German team from Freiburg already had all their work done before the last day of Group A was played.
The two teams were classified and, tied at 12 points, the game was only to decide which one would take first place in the sector. The Hammers added 15 points, the Germans won 12 and Olympiacos of Greece only added seven, while FK TSC of the Serbian Super League only added one point.
*19 games for Edson Álvarez with West Ham United, his new team in England.
2023-12-15 12:32:26
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