Bowen gave West Ham a European title after 58 years

It took 58 years for West Ham to win their second European title in their history today by beating Fiorentina 1-2 in the Conference League final at the Eden Arena in Prague thanks to a 90th minute goal by Jarrod Bowen. Next season the Europa League awaits him.

The happiness of the ‘hammers’, whose previous trophy was the extinct Cup Winners’ Cup in 1965, contrast with the bitterness of the ‘violas’, who lost two finals in just two weeks after also missing the Cup against Inter by another 1 -2. Too harsh.

For several minutes, both teams seemed to weigh the responsibility of playing an important match in their history after so many years without winning a European title (the Tuscans since the 1961 Cup Winners’ Cup).

The script of the meeting was as expected. Fiorentina, with the offensive vocation and taste for the ball given to them by their emerging but sought-after coach Vincenzo Italianhad control of the ball but could not reach the danger zone against a West Ham who were very well organized in defense and had great tactical rigor at the hands of an impeccable Declan Rice.

The domain is infringing without chance

Sofyan Amrabat, with excellent positional position, He perfectly dictated the ‘viola’ maneuvers from the back, although in the attacking phase that domain did not translate into chances.

West Ham is also loyal to the style of david moyes, a physical and direct game that he can only boast on a few occasions, though Captain Rice stroked the goal after a quarter of an hour on a defensive rebound with a shot that went short.

Biraghi, hit by the glass and Jovic, took over

With little coverage in the areas, the game was stopped for several minutes when a váper was launched by English fans on Cristiano Biraghi He was preparing to take a corner and the Italian full-back had to be treated to stitches for a deep cut where he was bleeding profusely.

Before the break in Luke Jovic novelty in the line-up in place of goalscorer Arthur Cabral, he had a goal disallowed due to offside. In addition, the former Real Madrid player also bled from the nose when hitting a header in this action and he did not play the second part.

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VAR penalty and Benrahma opened the scoring

The match needed a ‘click’ and it came in the 62nd minute thanks to VAR. Biraghi cut off a Jarrod Bowen advance with his arm and Carlos Del Cerro Grande, in his withdrawal from arbitration, imposed the penalty after consulting the monitor. Benrahma said He converted the shot and made it 0-1 on the scoreboard.

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Fiorentina were lucky to equalize five minutes later. Amrabat skipped the pattern sent a long ball that he won with the jump today to Nicolás González, Giacomo Bonaventura controlled his left foot and crossed the net with quality with his right.

The Tuscans got away from the goal, stepped up their attack with more determination and Rolando Mandragora, after a pass from behind by Arthur Cabral that left him in a good situation, made it 2-1 but finished wide (72′).

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Great help from Paquetá and Bowen’s sentence

The final is open and, after a warning with a goal disallowed due to offside by Michail Antonio, Lucas Paqueta put another great through ball that leaving bowen alone against Pietro Terracciano, whom he defeated in his debut.

Moyes was spared and Rice said goodbye with the title

It was the 90th minute and West Ham got the best of their vertical football at that time. After a disappointing season in which they narrowly avoided relegation from the Premier League, the London team ended an unblemished European career with 14 wins and a draw in their 15 games, including preliminary elimination. Moyes saved his head and the coveted Rice could potentially walk away lifting the long-awaited trophy as captain.

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Fiorentina: Terraciano; Dodò, Milenkovic, Ranieri (Igor, m.84), Biraghi; Amrabat, Mandragora; Nico González, Bonaventura, Kouamé (Saponara, m.61); Jovic (Cabral, m.46).

West Ham: areola; Coufal, Aguerd, Zouma (Kherer, m.61), Emerson; Soucek, Rice; Bowen, Paquetá, Benrahma (Fornals, m.75); and Antonio (Ogbonna, m.94).

The objectives: 0-1, m.62: Benrahma, from a penalty; 1-1, m.66: Bonaventura; 1-2, m.90: Bowen

Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (ESP) Showed a yellow card to Nico González (m.48), Mandragora (m.67), Duncan (m.67), Milenkovic (m.75), Amrabat (m.86), Amrabat ( m .85) of Fiorentina; and Benrahma (m.31), Aguerd (m.53), Bowen (m.97) of West Ham.

Incidents: match corresponding to the final of the second edition of the Conference League, played at the Eden Arena stadium in Prague, before approximately 20,000 spectators.

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