West Ham regained their scoring record as they booked another tour of Europe with a 3-0 win over Denmark’s Viborg.
The Hammers, without a point or a goal after three Premier League games, comfortably won 6-1 on aggregate 6-1 in their two qualifying playoffs to reach into the group stage of the Europa Conference League, and now the boss. David Moyes is aiming for another successful European tournament after the club reached the semi-finals of the Erupa last season.
“It’s something special in Europe and what makes it really special is that you don’t get it very often,” said Moyes.
“We tried really hard last year and we played really well and now it’s clear that we’re going to try and do the same in this competition.”
Italian striker Gianluca Scamacca, a £30m signing from Sassuolo, opened the scoring at half-time with his second goal in two European appearances.
Benrahma said and Tomas Soucek also found nets after halftime to put the seal on a comfortable final evening in front of 1,000 rowdy travel fans in Denmark.
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West Ham will attend the Europa Conference League group stage draw, which will take place on Friday at 1:30 am in Istanbul
Leading 3-1 from the first leg, last season’s Europa League semi-finalists knew an early goal would solve any nervousness and Soucek headed wide narrowly before his header. Scamacca’s first is thwarted.
The opening goal came in the 22nd minute when full-back Ben Johnson passed the ball to Soucek on the right and the Czech midfielder’s cross was stopped by Scamacca.
Viborg nearly equalized when former Leeds striker Jay-Roy Grot trailed Manuel Lanzini and shot narrowly away.
Jakob Bonde, who scored for Viborg in east London, then headed straight for Hammers goalkeeper Alphonse Areola.
West Ham were in danger before half-time as Areola had to make a brace to knock out Grot and Justin Lonwijk, but they doubled their lead in the second minute in the sixth minute when Benrahma edged past Maxwel Cornet and hit the back of the net. home.
After just 3 hours of play, Soucek had brought home the recovery after Thilo Kehrer’s header was saved.
Cornet should have opened his West Ham account shortly after when he was scouted by Benrahma but the summer signing from Burnley somehow got the ball into the net.
Still, it was a satisfying evening for Moyes’ side and their fans, who will find out their second place will take the adventure live to Europe when the draw is done on Sunday. Friday.
Moyes: ‘Especially in Europe; We want another great run’
West Ham boss David Moyes:
“It’s a special thing to be in Europe and what makes it really special is that you don’t get it very often.
“Sometimes you can see people treating it a little bit disrespectfully, but I want to make sure we treat it with respect because I want us to try to do well and compete in the competition. Now we’ve had another European period of football and playing the game in places we may have never done before, so we’re looking forward to it.
“The only way you get in Europe is if you do well in your domestic league, so we’ve been doing well in the domestic league over the last few years. That got us in, and I want to try and do it well.
“We tried really hard last year and we played really well and now it’s clear that we’re going to try and do the same in this competition.”
What’s next?
All eyes will be on the draw for the Europa Conference League group stage, which will take place at 1:30 a.m. Friday in Istanbul, Turkey.
On the pitch, the Hammers, who are still looking for their first win of the season, will face Aston Villa in the Premier League on Sunday; kick off 2pm.
