UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, July 23, 2015
West Ham United WWWWL 0
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Birkirkara DLDWL 1
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2nd Leg - Tied on aggregate - WHU advance 5-3 on penalties · Ta' Qali National Stadium

Match Report

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West Ham survive penalties to reach Europa League third qualifying round

Ten-man West Ham needed a penalty shoot-out to see-off a spirited Birkirkara effort and progress into the Europa League third qualifying round.

Full story at ESPN →

Head to Head

WHU leads series 1-0

Lineups

WHU

  1. 13Adrián G
  2. 17Joey O'BrienD
  3. 19James CollinsD
  4. 5James TomkinsD
  5. 3Aaron CresswellD
  6. 7Matthew JarvisM
  7. 16Mark NobleM
  8. 21Morgan AmalfitanoM
  9. 8Cheikhou KouyatéM
  10. 4Kevin NolanM
  11. 10Mauro ZárateF

Timeline

  1. 14' Fabrizio Miccoli (Birkirkara) Goal at 14'
  2. 18' Joey O'Brien (West Ham United) Yellow Card at 18'
  3. 33' Fabrizio Miccoli (Birkirkara) Yellow Card at 33'
  4. 33' Mark Noble (West Ham United) Yellow Card at 33'
  5. 41' Mauricio Mazzetti (Birkirkara) Yellow Card at 41'
  6. 45' James Tomkins (West Ham United) Red Card at 45'
  7. 45' Nikola Vukanac (Birkirkara) Yellow Card at 45'
  8. 59' Diego Poyet (West Ham United) Substitution at 59'
  9. 60' Modibo Maíga (West Ham United) Substitution at 60'
  10. 71' Edmond Agius (Birkirkara) Substitution at 71'
  11. 77' Vito Plut (Birkirkara) Substitution at 77'
  12. 86' Vito Plut (Birkirkara) Yellow Card at 86'
  13. 97' Kurt Zammit (Birkirkara) Substitution at 97'
  14. 107' Mauricio Mazzetti (Birkirkara) Red Card at 107'
  15. 108' James Collins (West Ham United) Yellow Card at 108'
  16. 111' Edmond Agius (Birkirkara) Yellow Card at 111'
  17. 120' Martin Samuelsen (West Ham United) Substitution at 120'

UEFA Europa League News

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News ESPN News Services AC Milan condemn racist abuse of Mike Maignan after red card vs. Bournemouth AC Milan have condemned what they called "serious and unacceptable racist abuse" directed at goalkeeper Mike Maignan on social media following his red card in Thursday's Europa League loss to Bournemouth. News PA 'If Mo Salah scores three...' - Hearts boss on puzzle to mark Trabzonspor star Wouter Vrancken hailed auxiliary left-back Rogers Mato for the way he stepped into the breach against Mohamed Salah as injury-hit Hearts produced a spirited display in a 2-0 Conference League defeat away to Trabzonspor. News Tom Hamilton Rose urges humility after Bournemouth rout Milan as Amorim rues red card Marco Rose said his Bournemouth team will stay humble after they dominated AC Milan 3-0 in the Europa League while Ruben Amorim said the match was over as a contest for his team after Mike Maignan's red card in the first half. ESPN Tom Hamilton Bournemouth fairytale condemns Ruben Amorim to another nightmare in England Bournemouth never wanted this night to end. Ruben Amorim, however, would be happy to forget this evening on the south coast ever happened.