7th June, 2023
By Kazeem Ugbodaga
West Ham have won this year’s Europa Conference League trophy after beating Italian side, Fiorentina 2-1 in the final on Wednesday.
The match was played at the Fortuna Arena in Prague, Czech Republic.
After a goalless first half, West Ham took the lead on 62 minutes from the penalty spot. Mohamed Said Benrahma sent the penalty kick into the right of the net.
Fiorentina equalised five minutes later. Giacomo Bonaventura was put through by Nicolas Gonzalez and he showed brilliant composure inside the box to fire into the bottom left corner.
On 72 minutes, Rolando Mandragora homed in on a magnificent reverse pass from Arthur Cabral and struck a crisp shot goalwards that just missed the left post.