In a week polarized by the Champions League final on Saturday in between City and Inter, Now the Conference League will play a leading role in the decisive match to be held in Eden Arena in Prague.
A year ago Roma was crowned as the first champion and today Fiorentina and West Ham they wish him success in the second edition of this European competition created by UEFA to give more teams the chance to compete at the highest level.
Both Fiorentina and West Ham have not played in a continental final for a long time and, after getting on the Prague train, they are looking to win the second title in their history. The ‘viola’ won the extinct Cup Winners’ Cup in 1961, against Rangers, but have not reached the final since 1990, when they lost the UEFA Cup, the predecessor of the Europa League, against Juventus,
more time, It took West Ham 47 years to play in a European final. It was in 1976 when the Cup Winners’ Cup ran away against Anderlecht after it won in 1965 beating 1860 Munich.
Fiorentina lost the Coppa final two weeks ago
A lot has happened since then, but it’s not too late to make our laurels green again. Fiorentina has a chance to recover from the defeat two weeks ago in the Coppa final against Inter (1-2), but Vincenzo Italiano, a candidate to succeed Luciano Spalleti on the bench of the new champion Naples, He assured yesterday that “we must have the same spirit as before, but we hope for a different fate.”
Arthur Cabral, ‘Pichichi’ of the tournament with 7 goals, or the former Real Madrid player luka jovic (6) Doubt of the Italian organization of the attack Nicolás González and Jonathan Ikoné, for whom “if I win I will be as happy as if I won the Champions League”.
“My dad is coming, but he’s at the pub”
A Fiorentina with an offensive vocation and love to hold the ball will face a West Ham whose coach, david moyes, commitment to a more vertical football. “My father is coming tomorrow, but at the pub, I hope I can give him something to remember,” said the Scotsman.
Moyes admitted that the final “was the greatest moment of my career” and pleased the Czechs Vladimir Coufal and Tomas Soucek play in Prague and in the Slavia stadium, the team they come from.
The ‘hammers’, 13 wins and one draw
West Ham reached the final after 13 wins and one draw in their 14 games, including the previous draw. An impeccable track record.
While Fiorentina closed Serie A on Friday in 8th place with a 3-1 win at Sassuolo, West Ham, with more rest, finished the Premier on May 28 in 14th position and spent three days on stage in the Algarve
He left Cerro Grande
End 30 years of arbitration
Carlos Del Cerro Grande, from the Committee of Madrid, put down the whistle today at the age of 47 in charge of the final Conference League. He began his career in 1993 and after three decades considers that “arbitration is a university of life. You learn to make decisions and trust yourself. I will return in the future.”
Source: La Verdad
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