He West Ham reached the Semifinals in European competition for the second consecutive year, after certifying this Thursday their classification to the penultimate round of the Conference League by winning 4-1 over ghent Belgian, in a clash crowned with a sensational goal from Declan Rice.
A win that allowed the hammerswho drew 1-1 in the Vuelta match, continue dreaming of the possibility of ending the 43 years they have accumulated without winning a single title, since they were proclaimed champion of the english cup.
those of David Moyes They came close to breaking the spell last year when they reached the Semifinals of the Europa Leaguein which the London team fell to the Frankfurt Eintrachtwho ultimately became champion.
He West Ham try to make up for this course in the Conference Leaguethe third continental competition, in which he appears as one of the favorites to win the title.
A cartel that dared to question the ghentwho after equalizing in the game in Ida went ahead (0-1) this Thursday in his visit to the London Stadium with a goal from Hugo Cuypers at minute 26, who penalized an error in the departure of the ball from the Brazilian international Lucas Paquetá.
Quite a blow to which he West Ham it took him 11 minutes to respond, the time the striker needed Michael Antonio to take advantage of his impressive bulk, after converting a free-kick at minute 37 Jarrod Bowen that the Jamaican made it 1-1 with a header in which he didn’t even have to take his feet off the ground.
The goal seemed to definitively free the English team, which in the second half completely beat a ghent unable to contain the continuous siege in which the hammers they converted the second 45 minutes of play.
Domain that did not take long to move to a marker that the locals turned around after 55 minutes with a penalty goal from Lucas Paquetáwho did not miss out on some hands inside the Kenyan’s area Joseph Okumuwhich revealed the VAR, to establish the 2-1.
Although the best was yet to come since 3 minutes later Declan Rice demonstrated the reason for his status as the best English midfielder today with a sensational goal in which the captain of the West Ham He toured the entire rival field.
After recovering the ball up to 2 times in their own territory, Rice He demonstrated his power with an impressive gallop that culminated in an equally outstanding shot that made it 3-1.
A bit that did not satisfy the voracity of the West Hamwho in the domestic championship fights to get away from the relegation places, nor that of the Jamaican Michael Antoniowhich in minute 63 established the definitive 4-1 that sealed the ticket for the semifinals of the Conference League.
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