To keep an eye on the other tournament. While the Champions League steals the spotlight, West Ham and Eintracht Frankfurt clashed this Thursday in the first leg of the Europa League semifinals.
The match between West Ham and German Eintracht Frankfurt took place at the London Stadium and the player responsible for giving the away team a 1-0 lead was Ansgar Knauff in the first half. His goal came from a good assist by Colombian Rafael Santos Borré.
The ball fell to the South American player, who sent a brilliant cross to Knauff. The latter, with a quick movement, outsmarted a West Ham rival in just the first minute.
Knauff and a spectacular goal for Eintracht Frankfurt against West Ham
This is how Knauff had no problems connecting with his head and scoring the Germans' partial advantage, who come from a surprising elimination of Barcelona.
However, the 'Hammers' went all out in search of the equalizer and found it through Jamaican Michail Antonio. A good clash that took place in London.
For this match, West Ham had a lineup composed of Alphonse Aréola; Craig Dawson, Ben Johnson, Kurt Zouma, Aaron Cresswell, Tomás Soucek, Declan Rice, Jarrod Bowen, Manuel Lanzini, Pablo Fornals and Michail Antonio.
Meanwhile, the visitors fielded Kevin Trapp; Tuta, Martin Hinteregger, Almamy Touré, Ansgar Knauff, Djibril Sow, Sebastian Rode, Flip Kostic, Jesper Lindstrom, Daichi Kamada and Rafael Santos Borré.