Eintracht ease past West Ham, enter final
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FRANKFURT: Eintracht Frankfurt beat 10-man West Ham United 1-0 in their Europa League semi-final second leg on Thursday to reach their first European final in 42 years with a 3-1 aggregate victory.
The Germans, who last featured in a European final in 1980, will face Rangers on May 18 after the Scottish side knocked out RB Leipzig.
In front of a deafening 48,000 crowd, Rafael Borre drilled in the winner for the hosts in the 26th minute, beating the English club for a second time following a 2-1 triumph in the first leg last week.
West Ham, who played most of the game with 10 men after left back Aaron Cresswell was dismissed for a professional foul on Jens Petter Hauge in the 17th minute, were toothless throughout.
Their manager David Moyes was also sent off in the 79th minute for angrily kicking a ball in a frustrating and scrappy end to West Ham’s European run this season.
“A dream has finally come true,” Eintracht president Peter Fischer said, surrounded by ecstatic fans who stormed the pitch on the final whistle.
“The team did it really well. This city and this environment deserved it. That’s football and now we will win this thing,” Fischer said.
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ing his side to the Europa Conference League final and said Europe’s third-tier competition was like their Champions League. A first-half header from Tammy Abraham gave Roma a win over Leicester City on the night and a 2-1 victory on aggregate to send them through to the inaugural Europa Conference League final on May 25, where they will face Feyenoord. Mourinho, who took over at Roma in May last year, was in tears as he embraced his coaching staff after the win.
“Of course I have had bigger moments than this, but I am not feeling for myself, I am feeling for the people and my players. This for us, is our Champions League,” Mourinho said.
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