Huge game here for both teams.

West Ham have reached a European final after 48 years, and while both teams who have only ever won the European trophy once, will look to double it when they face each other. The Hammers‘ last major trophy was the 1980 FA Cup and have since reached just one final – The 2022/23 Conference League.

David Moyes and West Ham did not quite have the Premier League season they wanted, and will look to make up for the fans by winning the UEFA Conference League. They finished in 14th position in the English top-flight with 40 points.

While that is not the kind of performance that was expected of Moyes’ men, who finished in 7th position last season to qualify for the UEL in the first place. The Scottish manager’s future is also up in the air, with reports suggesting that he would be fired if the Hammers fail to win the Conference League. This would be another added motivation for the West Ham squad and Moyes himself to win it and give it their all in the final.

Fiorentina on the other hand had a mediocre league campaign themselves, according to their own standards. They finished in 8th position in the 22/23 season and like West Ham will need to win the UEL to qualify for Europe next season.

They managed to qualify to the final beating Swiss side Basel 4:3 on aggregate in ½ finals, with a dramatic second leg which went to extra-time. West Ham on the other side beat AZ 3:1 on aggregate, winning both games (2:1 and 0:1). Including qualifiers, West Ham are unbeaten in all 14 of their games in the Europa Conference League campaign (W13 D1), scoring at least once in every match (33 in total).

The Europa League final between Roma and Sevilla showed that teams do tend to take a more pragmatic approach in the showdown event, and Fiorentina vs West Ham shouldn’t be anything different. Moyes is renowned for this kind of approach and this could be another end-to-end affair.

Fiorentina manager Vincenzo Italiano knew that there was not much left to play for in the latter stages of 2022/23 Serie A. The Fiorentina manager took this opportunity to rest several of his key players knowing very well that a taxing clash against West Ham is on the cards.

This has been helpful for Italiano’s squad because he has very few injury concerns. His first choice playing 11 are very much raring to go, which is not good news for West Ham. Salvatore Sirigu is the only long-term absentee from the squad and he is their third-choice goalkeeper.

With both teams looking for a significant win in their modern history, it could prove to be a tactically fascinating encounter. Italiano has already openly stated his intention to instruct his team to commit tactical fouls in an attempt to stop West Ham’s counter-attacks.

It is understandable that the Fiorentina boss would be concerned. West Ham have forced the most high turnovers (121) and attempted the most shots following high turnovers (26) of any team in the Europa Conference League this season, while also scoring the most goals from fast breaks in the competition (three).

However, David Moyes’ men will need to be mindful of the attacking power of the Serie A side going the other way. Fiorentina have scored 36 goals in 14 games in the Europa Conference League this season (2.6 per game), at least five more than any other team in European competitions, ahead of Manchester City’s 31 goals in 12 games in the UEFA Champions League. They have also attempted the most shots (261) and recorded the most shots on target (94) of any team in European competitions this term.

The nerves will be high for the showpiece event. Both teams have reached a European final after 40 odd years and winning this is important for the both of them. David Moyes has been able to bring his team together for big games and perform at a very good level when very few expected them to. This is another one of those clashes and with Fiorentina lacking the quality on paper when compared to West Ham, expect the Hammers to edge it out.

这场比赛对两队来说都很重要。

时隔48年，西汉姆联队再次进入欧冠决赛。虽然这两支球队都只赢得过一次欧冠奖杯，但他们将在对阵时力争将奖杯翻倍。铁锤队的最后一个重要奖杯是1980年的足总杯，自那以后他们只进入过一次决赛——2022/23赛季的联盟联赛。

大卫·莫耶斯和西汉姆联没有完成他们想要的英超赛季，他们希望通过赢得欧洲联盟联赛来弥补球迷的损失。他们在英超联赛中以40分排名第14位。

虽然这并不是莫耶斯的球员们所期望的表现，他们上赛季以第七名的成绩获得了参加UEL的资格。这位苏格兰主帅的未来也悬而未决，有报道称如果铁锤组不能赢得联赛冠军，他将被解雇。这将是西汉姆联队和莫耶斯本人赢得比赛的另一个动力，并在决赛中全力以赴。

另一方面，按照他们自己的标准，佛罗伦萨在联赛中表现平平。他们在22/23赛季排名第8，就像西汉姆联一样，他们需要赢得UEL才能获得下赛季的欧洲资格。

在半决赛中，他们以总比分4:3击败瑞士巴塞尔队进入决赛，第二回合比赛进入加时赛。另一边的西汉姆以总比分3:1击败AZ，赢得了两场比赛(2:1和0:1)。包括预选赛在内，西汉姆联在欧联杯的14场比赛中保持不败(W13 D1)，每场比赛至少进1球(总共33球)。

罗马和塞维利亚之间的欧联杯决赛表明，球队确实倾向于在决战中采取更务实的方法，佛罗伦萨对西汉姆应该也不会有什么不同。莫耶斯以这种方式而闻名，这可能是另一个端到端的事情。

佛罗伦萨主帅文森佐·意利亚诺知道，在2022/23赛季的意甲后半段，球队已经没什么可踢的了。佛罗伦萨主帅利用这个机会让他的几名主力球员休息，因为他很清楚，与西汉姆联的一场激烈的比赛即将到来。

这对意大利人的阵容很有帮助，因为他几乎没有受伤的问题。他的首选11人都非常渴望离开，这对西汉姆来说不是好消息。塞尔瓦托·西里古是唯一长期缺阵的球员，他是球队的第三门将。

两支球队都希望在他们的现代史上取得一场重大胜利，这可能会被证明是一场战术上迷人的相遇。意大利人已经公开表示，他打算指导他的球队进行战术犯规，试图阻止西汉姆的反击。

佛罗伦萨老板的担忧是可以理解的。在本赛季的欧联杯联赛中，西汉姆联的失误数(121次)和射门次数(26次)都是所有球队中最多的，同时他们的快攻进球也最多(3粒)。

然而，大卫·莫耶斯的队员们需要注意到意甲球队的进攻力量。本赛季，佛罗伦萨在欧联杯的14场比赛中打进36球(场均2.6球)，比其他任何一支欧洲球队都要多5球，领先于曼城在欧冠的12场比赛打进31球。在本赛季的欧洲赛事中，他们的射门次数(261次)和射正次数(94次)也是所有球队中最多的。

对于这场展示性的赛事，人们会非常紧张。这两支球队都是时隔40多年才进入欧洲决赛，赢得这场比赛对他们来说都很重要。大卫·莫耶斯能够带领他的球队在重要的比赛中团结起来，并在很少有人期望他们的时候表现出非常好的水平。这是另一场这样的冲突，与西汉姆相比，佛罗伦萨在纸面上缺乏实力，希望铁锤帮能胜出。