The Conference League season comes to an end tonight when West Ham and Fiorentina meet in Prague for the final. The Hammers are looking for a third European title in their history, having won Intertoto in 1999 and the Cup Winners' Cup in 1964/65, while the Viola are dreaming of a second European title ever, after winning the Cup Winners' Cup in 1960/61. West Ham are reaching their peak despite a poor season domestically, where they have been at the bottom of the Premier League for almost the entire season. On the other hand, this is the second final this season for Fiorentina, who lost to Inter in the final of the Italian Cup and finished the season in eighth place in the league.
All eyes at West Ham will be on Declan Rice in what should be his farewell game at the club before his big move in the summer. Alphonse Areola has taken Lukasz Fabianski's place among the beams, as has happened this season in the Conference League. Gianluca Scamacca continues to be absent, with Mikhail Antonio starting in the squad. On the other hand, Fiorentina coach Vincenzo Italiano put Luka Jovic in the lead, with top scorer Arthur Cabral waiting on the bench.
Probably the farewell game. Rice in a fight with González (Photo: Reuters)
Gameplay
10th minute: Declan Rice took control of a ball that was deflected off the crossbar and kicked near the beam.
Minute 33: We didn't see football on the pitch, but a very serious incident outside of it did. Fiorentina captain Christian Biraghi went to retrieve an away ball and grabbed a flood of objects from West Ham fans sitting in the nearby stand, one of whom injured him in the head and he started bleeding and needed treatment.
He grabbed an object in the head and bled out. Christian Biragi (Photo: Reuters)
Fiorentina: Pietro Traciano, Dudu, Nikola Milankovic, Luka Ranieri, Cristiano Biragi, Rolando Mandragora, Sofiane Amrabat, Nicolás González, Giacomo Bonaventura, Christian Kouame, Luka Jovic.
West Ham: Alphonse Areola, Vladimir Zopal, Kurt Zouma, Nayef Agar, Emerson, Tomasz Soucek, Declan Rice, Lucas Paqueta, Jarrod Bowen, Said Benrahma, Mikael Antonio.
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