Review Of Fiorentina Vs West Ham United Conference League Final Match: Efforts To End Long Fasting

The final of the European Conference League brings Fiorentina together with West Ham United. (Photo: Twitter/@europacnfleague)

JAKARTA Fiorentina will face West Ham United in the final match of the 2022/2023 European Conference League. This is an opportunity for both teams to end the long-standing title drought.

The meeting of the two teams in the final match of the third caste competition between European clubs will take place at Fortuna Arena, Prague, Czech, Thursday, June 8, 2023. Kick off or kick off the start of the match starts at 02.00 WIB.

This final match is an important moment for both teams who have long missed the title. La Viola's last title was won about 22 years ago, while the Hammers waited almost twice that.

This final match will be an interesting duel as Fiorentina comes with the highest scorer status in the competition, while West Ham brings the status of an unbeaten team.

In addition, Fiorentina is also present early this morning to become the first team to appear in four European competition finals after their last three decades of appearances in the final match of the 1990 UEFA Cup. At that time they accepted defeat to Serie A rivals Juventus.

Vincenzo Italiano's men follow in the footsteps of the Viola team who have appeared in the Euro and European Cup Winners' 1961 finals. They managed to reach the final after showing impressive performances this season on their way to Prague.

Fiorentina led the lead as the Conference League's top scorer with a total of 36 goals in 14 games. The record left them nine goals ahead of West Ham, who are in second place.

La Viola finished runner-up in Group A before overcoming Braga, Sivosspor, and Lech Poznan in the previous rounds to reach the semifinals. They then stopped the Swiss representative, Basel, from advancing to the final.

Fiorentina have not won a continental title since the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1961, while West Ham won the same trophy four years later when they beat 1860 Munich 2-0 at Wembley.

Both clubs have not won UEFA trophies since then, but West Ham have been waiting the longest to win any titles. In 1980, West Ham won the FA Cup, but since then they have had 43 years of famine.

West Ham's journey to the final included a win in Group B in the fall, followed by a comfortable victory over AEK Larnaca and Gent in the knockout stages. Followed by a 3-1 aggregate win over AZ Alkmaar in the semifinals.

However, West Ham's continental campaign is inversely proportional to poor domestic performance throughout the 2022/2023 season. They had to settle for finishing in 14th place after losing 1-2 to Leicester City which was relegated on the final day of the English Premier League.

Player Composition Predictions:

Fiorentina (4-2-3-1): Terracciano; Dodo, Martinez Quarta, Milenkovic, Biraghi; Amrabat, Mandragora; Gonzalez, Bonaventura, Ikone; Cabral

West Ham United (4-2-3-1): Areola; Kehrer, Aguerd, Zouma, Cresswell; Soucek, Rice; Bowen, Paqueta, Benrahma; Antonio