On March 9, one of the Conference League soccer matches was held. AEK Larnaca (Larnaca) and West Ham (London) met.
AEK Larnaca v West Ham United - 0:2. Conference League. Match review, statistics.Conference League
AEK Larnaca (Larnaca) - West Ham (London) - 0:2 (0:2)
Goals: Michal Antonio (36), Michal Antonio (45+2)
Warnings: F. Downes (68), Kerer (87)
Review of the match AEK Larnaca - West Ham:
West Ham United earned a comfortable 2-0 victory over AEK Larnaca at the AEK Arena in a UEFA Europa League Conference match. Despite owning the ball in the first half, the visitors managed to score only twice thanks to a double by striker Michael Antonio. The first goal of the match came on 36 minutes when Antonio put West Ham ahead with an accurate header. Things got worse and worse for the Cypriot club as Antonio scored his second goal shortly before the break, sending the English team into the break with a comfortable 2-0 lead. AEK Larnaca made several substitutions in the second half to try to change the tempo of the match. Rafa Lopes, I. Kasado and R. Mamas came on instead of N. Nikolic, I. Farage and O. Altman.
West Ham also made substitutions early in the second half: P. Fornals, S. Benrahma and D. Rice replaced G. Skamakka, J. Bowen and T. Soucek respectively. The visitors controlled the game well, maintaining the advantage and not conceding goals. However, on 68 minutes, West Ham player F. Downs got a yellow card for an indiscreet attack. After that, West Ham coach David Moyes decided to replace L. Paquette with M. Lanzini on 77 minutes. Around the same time AEK Larnaca also made a substitution: M. Yakolis was replaced by I. Trikovski. West Ham made one last substitution in the 84th minute with M. Corne instead of Antonio who scored. T. Kerer received a yellow card for West Ham in the last minutes of the match, and near the end of the match R. Rosales replaced C. Christoforou in AEK Larnaca. Overall, West Ham showed a great game in this UEFA Europa Conference League match, leaving AEK Larnaca no chance to come back. Thanks to this victory, West Ham went on to the next round of the competition.
In the next round, the following matches await the opponents: West Ham - AEK Larnaca, West Ham - AEK Larnaca.
Stats of the match AEK Larnaca - West Ham:
| AEK Larnaca | West Ham | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Goals on goal | 4 |
| 13 | Shots | 9 |
| 6 | Blocked kicks | 1 |
| 8 | Kicks from the penalty box | 6 |
| 5 | Kicks from behind the penalty box | 3 |
| 6 | Violations | 14 |
| 14 | Corner | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 3 |
| 47% | Ball possession | 53% |
| 0 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 2 | Saves by goalkeeper | 3 |
| 396 | Total assists | 478 |
| 322 | Accurate passes | 407 |
| 81% | Accuracy of transmissions | 85% |
