The West Ham United squad, with Mexican Edson Álvarez as starter, won 1-0 over Olympiacos of Greece, on the fourth day of the group stage of the Europa League, taking the lead in Group A of the competition. continental clubs. Edson Álvarez played 80 minutes of his team’s match against the Hellenic team, participating in the recovery of the ball and the solidity of the ‘Hammers’, despite the fact that he was cautioned after 20 minutes of action and had to play conditioned for the rest of the game. game. Both teams had a tough and difficult match, with very few scoring chances in the first half, since the two approaches neutralized each other perfectly, without any of the teams deciding to take risks in search of the result and therefore, They reached halftime with the score 0-0.
Three points courtesy of Paquetá ✅ pic.twitter.com/zIGF2s0ft7
— West Ham United (@WestHam) November 9, 2023
Already in the complementary part, the trend continued in the same way, although West Ham, due to their status as home team, was a little more enthusiastic in taking the three points, until they managed to break the defensive wall imposed on them by Olympiacos. It was not until the 73rd minute, when James Ward-Prowse found Lucas Paquetá with a filtered pass inside the area, the Brazilian did not think twice and finished with a volley with his left leg to send the ball to the back of the Greek goal, after several minutes of review in the VAR, it was determined that the goal was valid and thus the final 1-0 on the scoreboard arrived. With this result, West Ham United rises as leader of Group A of the Europa League with 9 points after four days, followed by the German Freiburg with 9 points and sending Olympiacos to third position with 4 points, only above the TSC Backa Topola, which only has one unit.
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