AZ Alkmaar 0-1 West Ham (agg: 1-3): Hammers reach Europa Conference League final

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West Ham United reached their archetypal large European last since 1976 aft they overcame AZ Alkmaar successful their Europa Conference League semi-final.

David Moyes' broadside soaked up plentifulness of unit astatine AFAS Stadium until Pablo Fornals scored connected the counter-attack successful second-half wounded time.

West Ham volition look either Fiorentina oregon FC Basel, whose semi-final went into other time.

The Hammers are hoping to assistance their archetypal large trophy since they lifted the 1980 FA Cup; they were 1 of 3 winners of the 1999 Intertoto Cup.

Hammers extremity 47-year hold for final

West Ham's past European last had been successful the 1975-76 Cup Winners' Cup erstwhile they mislaid 4-2 to Anderlecht.

They came agonisingly adjacent to breaking that duck past season, losing 3-1 connected aggregate to eventual winners Eintracht Frankfurt successful the Europa League semi-finals.

This clip astir they were disciplined, keeping their hosts astatine arm's magnitude for overmuch of their 2nd leg.

Paqueta clipped the extracurricular of the station successful the 26th infinitesimal aft bully enactment from Michail Antonio, portion skipper Declan Rice forced a bully prevention from AZ keeper Mat Ryan soon aft the restart.

Defender Nayef Aguerd besides dragged an effort wide from adjacent scope successful the 82nd minute, earlier Pablo Fornals raced wide successful wounded clip and buried the shot into the bottommost country to seal the tie.

It means the Hammers person an accidental to triumph a archetypal European trophy since they lifted the Cup Winners' Cup successful 1965.

It would headdress disconnected a good turnaround for Moyes' side, who were booed by their ain fans connected 5 April erstwhile they suffered a 5-1 location decision by Newcastle to permission them conscionable a constituent wide of the Premier League relegation zone.

The Hammers are 15th successful the array with 2 games left, and request conscionable a constituent crossed their last 2 league games to mathematically corroborate their safety.

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AZ Alkmaar

Squad number1Player nameRyan
Squad number2Player nameSugawara
Squad number31Player nameBeukema
Squad number3Player nameHatzidiakos
Squad number5Player nameKerkez
Squad number16Player nameMijnans
Squad number8Player nameClasie
Squad number6Player nameReijnders
Squad number19Player namevan Brederode
Squad number9Player namePavlidis
Squad number11Player nameKarlsson

Squad number10Player namede Wit
Squad number23Player nameLahdo
Squad number34Player namede Wit
Squad number35Player nameMeerdink

West Ham United

Squad number13Player nameAréola
Squad number24Player nameKehrer
Squad number4Player nameZouma
Squad number27Player nameAguerd
Squad number3Player nameCresswell
Squad number28Player nameSoucek
Squad number41Player nameRice
Squad number11Player nameLucas Paquetá
Squad number20Player nameBowen
Squad number9Player nameAntonio
Squad number22Player nameBenrahma

Squad number8Player nameFornals
Squad number12Player nameDownes
Squad number18Player nameIngs

Line-ups

AZ Alkmaar

Formation 4-3-3

1Ryan
2Sugawara
31Beukema
3Hatzidiakos
5KerkezSubstituted forde Witat 85'minutes
16MijnansSubstituted forde Witat 70'minutes
8Clasie
6Reijnders
19van BrederodeSubstituted forLahdoat 78'minutes
9Pavlidis
11KarlssonSubstituted forMeerdinkat 85'minutes

Substitutes

10de Wit
12Verhulst
14Mihailovic
23Lahdo
25Bazoer
27Vanheusden
28Buurmeester
34de Wit
35Meerdink
46Goes
54Deen

West Ham

Formation 4-3-3

13Aréola
24KehrerBooked astatine 64mins
4Zouma
27Aguerd
3Cresswell
28SoucekBooked astatine 60mins
41Rice
11Lucas PaquetáSubstituted forDownesat 90+5'minutes
20Bowen
9AntonioSubstituted forIngsat 85'minutes
22BenrahmaSubstituted forFornalsat 75'minutes

Substitutes

1Fabianski
2Johnson
5Coufal
8Fornals
10Lanzini
12Downes
14Cornet
18Ings
21Ogbonna
33Emerson
49Anang
72Mubama

Live Text

Match ends, AZ 0, West Ham United 1.
Second Half ends, AZ 0, West Ham United 1.
Foul by Sam Beukema (AZ).
Kurt Zouma (West Ham United) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Substitution, West Ham United. Flynn Downes replaces Lucas Paquetá.
Goal! AZ 0, West Ham United 1. Pablo Fornals (West Ham United) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container to the bottommost near country pursuing a accelerated break.
Delay over. They are acceptable to continue.
Delay successful lucifer due to the fact that of an wounded Alphonse Aréola (West Ham United).
Foul by Mexx Meerdink (AZ).
Alphonse Aréola (West Ham United) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Substitution, AZ. Mexx Meerdink replaces Jesper Karlsson.
Substitution, West Ham United. Danny Ings replaces Michail Antonio.
Substitution, AZ. Mees de Wit replaces Milos Kerkez.
Hand shot by Jesper Karlsson (AZ).
Attempt missed. Nayef Aguerd (West Ham United) near footed changeable from the centre of the container misses to the right. Assisted by Tomás Soucek.
Attempt missed. Tomás Soucek (West Ham United) close footed changeable from the centre of the container misses to the right. Assisted by Michail Antonio.
Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Sam Beukema.
Foul by Vangelis Pavlidis (AZ).
Thilo Kehrer (West Ham United) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Yukinari Sugawara (AZ) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.

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