The curtain opened again in the Europa League, with West Ham from the Premier League meeting Eintracht Frankfurt from the Bundesliga in the semi-finals. What the Hammers have to do at home in the first leg is to beat their opponents to have the advantage, so as not to cause accidents in the second leg, and Frankfurt needless to say, as a dark horse in the Europa League, the previous victory over Barca has already shown us how good they are.
Starting
One of the biggest reasons west ham collapsed in the second half of the season was the number of injuries in the backline! The good thing about this game is that they still have two centre-backs Dawson + Zuma to use, plus Cresville and Ben Johnson on both sides to form their 4-back line. Midfielder Shoczek + Rice is hard, with Bowen, Lancini and Fornals at the front, and Antonio at the top.
Eintracht Frankfurt has a 3-4-2-1 line-up, with three defenders to Toure, Hintereg and Tuta, two wing-backs to Kostic and Knauf, a double midfielder with Rod + Sawy, and three players in the front court being Daichi Kamada, Lindeström and Borre.
Race conditions
The opening momentum of the Hammers helped the fans to put out a huge hammer logo tifoL to cheer for the team, which can be said to be very amazing, but after 1 minute of the referee whistle of the game, they may be disappointed, because it only took 1 minute for Frankfurt to complete the goal, and after a simple cooperation, the striker Borre took the ball and then sent a tentative cross, and Knauf then completed the goal! However, West Ham United side is also not panicked, after successive cooperation their counterattack came, in the 14th minute "Hammer to help Messi" Bowen received Antonio's direct plug to complete the single knife shot hit the upright, missed the opportunity after Antonio stood out, the 20th minute using the high-altitude play tactics, West Ham United set the ball out after Zuma grabbed 1 penalty and then threw a point ferry, the back point Antonio directly scored the ball first, the score came to 1-1.
In the case of 1 goal each in the half, both sides wanted to score another goal to complete the counter-overtaking, and Eintracht Frankfurt finally had the upper hand under the continuous tug-of-war, and in the 54th minute, after a simple cooperation, Souw's ball directly into the box, although the shot was blocked by West Ham United goalkeeper Areola, but then followed up with a supplementary shot Kamada Daichi 1 directly scored the ball! The next West Ham United counterattack can not be described as fierce, but it is thunderous rain points, in the 80th minute Kamada Daichi's shot hit the upright to complete the post and missed the opportunity to expand the score twice, and then Bowen hung the golden hook upside down and also hit the crossbar and failed to equalize the score in the last moment, and finally the two teams fought 1-2, west Ham United regrettably lost at home.
After the game
Frankfurt's form is not blown out, they can beat their opponents against Barca, and when they come to London, they will naturally not be afraid of the Hammers! There are also 3,000 Frankfurt players who came to cheer for the team, this time they have witnessed the team's victory, and sometimes we think that the biggest meaning in football may be the fans, and it is with their support that football has a greater meaning.
Kamada Daichi is undoubtedly the most brilliant player in this game, if it were not for the two pillars, he would have completed a hat-trick in this game! In 11 Europa League games he scored 5 goals, worthy of his name as the god of war in the Europa League, to know that the Premier League fans gave him this name when he defeated Arsenal in the Europa League, this time I am afraid that this name is to be solidified, and considering his special status as a Japanese player, it has to be mentioned that such a level of player has no place in the Japanese national team, and there is no place for him in MoriHoichi's tactics! As Chinese fans, we can only envy.