On 18 March, in the Europa League, West Ham United returned home to face Sevilla, the "king of the Europa League" with a one-goal advantage in hand in the first leg, and the home team tied the score with Thomas Shoček's goal. In extra time, Hammers substitute Andrei Yarmolenko scored a deadly goal to eliminate West Ham United by an aggregate 2-1 lead to advance to the quarter-finals.
West Ham United were all good in this game, Moyes lined up in a 4-3-3 formation, the goalkeeper will be Frenchman Alphonse Areola; the four-man defense from left to right is Creswell, Kurt Zuma, Craig Dawson, Ben Johnson; De Klan Rice, Thomas Shochek, Manuel Lanzini form a three-midfielder; Pablo Fornals and Ben rahama to support Mikaire Antonio. Sevilla also had a 4-3-3 counterpart, with veteran Ivan Rakitic pairing Thomas Delaney and Juan Jordaan forming a midfielder, while Martial, Ennesri and Jesús Corona stormed the Hammers defence in the front.
In the first half, West Ham United, trying to regain the lost ground, took full advantage and broke the gap in the 38th minute, Antonio crossed from the left to let the "head machine" Thomas Shochek, who was ambushed from the far post, easily break the goal and tie the aggregate for West Ham United. After the change of sides, Sevilla replaced Oliver Torres, that is, to regain a lot of initiative, and West Ham United is a mutual attack and defense. In the 46th minute, Thomas Shoczek's near-range blast was saved by Yasin Bunu, and in the 54th minute, the visiting striker Ennesri fired wildly from the right and could not pass Alphonse Areola's ten-finger mark.
Because the two sides played a 1-1 draw in two legs in regular time, the game needed to enter extra time, and in extra time, West Ham United had more advantage with home advantage. In the 98th minute, Thomas Shoczek's near-goal header from the left struck the top of the net; in the 111th minute, Pablo Fornals took the ball on the left and fired a shot that was not far off Yasin Bunu, allowing Andrey Yarmolenko to steal the chicken and secure the right to qualify for West Ham.
This season West Ham United played the highest level of this season, facing Sevilla's european giants at this level without fear; under the depth of the squad, it is still worthy of applause to fight for 120 minutes to win the final victory. The performance of Dekran Rice and Thomas Shoczek in midfield this season is dominant, and the running and sweeping power of the two makes ivan Rakitic and other famous players play extremely hard, even if it is replaced by Oliver Torres, it will not affect the dominance of the Hammers double star. Although Pablo Fornals and Antonio are subject to each other's excellent defense, they also create a lot of shooting opportunities in the only space they have; each of them has a key assist, which is definitely the unsung credit for the team's victory this game. After reaching the quarter-finals, West Ham United's opponents will only become more and more difficult to deal with, such as Barcelona, Atalanta, RB Leipzig, Lyon are not easy to live with; but West Ham United can reach the quarter-finals, which is already a feat-level achievement. The last time the Hammers reached the quarter-finals of a European tournament was 41 years ago, when all the players in the squad were not yet born.
For Sevilla, the team's performance this time was disappointing. In addition to the midfield being completely at the mercy of their opponents, the three stars in the front haven failed to create too many opportunities, and Martial and Jesús Corona are a bit invisible. As the "king of the Europa League"; with deeper bench depth, Sevilla could not show any advantage this game, and was pressed by West Ham United from the beginning of the game, and winning the battle was a reasonable result.