Ghent was swept in the second half and West Ham reached the semi-finals again

With an amazing second half, West Ham defeated Ghent 4-1 at the Olympic Stadium in London in the second quarter-final of the Europa Conference league and solemnly advanced to the semi-finals of the competition, after the 1-1 first encounter in Belgium, while in the four will face Alkmaar, repeating last year’s success, where they qualified for the semi-finals of the Europa League.

Two goals from Michail Antonio, one from Paquet and Rice.

The match

The Belgians started stronger and pressed the home of the “hammers”, missing some small chances. The Londoners came forward and missed some opportunities, but in the 26th minute, a tragic mistake outside the Belgians’ area, gave the opportunity for a nice combination, for Samouz to pass to Kuipers and he scored in an empty net for 0-1. David Moges’ men came forward and created chances, but they were on the receiving end of the Belgians’ counter-attacks, but they equalized in the 37th minute. There, Bowen committed a foul and Antonio made it 1-1 with a nailed header.

The Londoners went “furious” into the replay and Sucek shot on the crossbar in the 50th minute and Bowen missed an amazing chance to make it 2-1 on the rebound. This finally happened in the 52nd minute, when Bowen’s shot hit the hand of Okumou who slipped, a penalty was awarded via VAR and Paketa duly converted for 2-1. In the 58th minute, Brigiad lost the ball to Rice who, with amazing individual energy from the central area, passed whoever he found in front of him and with a powerful shot from inside the area made it 3-1.

In the 63′, Antonio received the ball outside the area from Paketas and with successive feints he entered it and with a strong shot made it 4-1. In the 72nd minute, Bowen’s goal was disallowed for handball in the area on a tackle. Bowen was missing opportunities for the “hammers” and the match ended 4-1.