Cocky AZ Alkmaar boss Pascal Jansen says he is aware of the key to beating West Ham after watching the win over ‘poor’ Man United.
The day has arrived as West Ham welcome Dutch facet AZ Alkmaar to the London Stadium for the Europa Convention League semi-final first leg on Thursday night time.
The Hammers unofficially secured Premier League survival with a 1-0 win over Manchester United on Sunday night time.
And which means full focus and a spotlight could be given to the massive European semi-final with over the subsequent week.
David Moyes and his rejuvenated West Ham facet then journey to Holland for the second leg per week subsequent Thursday.
It’s a second consecutive European semi-final for West Ham.
West Ham trying to go one higher than final 12 months
And the Hammers shall be decided to go one higher than final season once they have been seen off by eventual Europa League champions Eintracht Frankfurt.
Many make West Ham favourites to win the tie and the competitors.
However they may come up in opposition to a workforce stuffed with younger, athletic, pacy and hungry gamers in AZ. A workforce that has misplaced simply six league video games all season and common two objectives per match.
Moyes may also be dealing with a supervisor who believes he’s obtained the Hammers all found out.
Cocky AZ Alkmaar boss Pascal Jansen says he is aware of the key to beating West Ham after watching win over ‘poor’ Man United.
Cocky AZ Alkmaar boss Pascal Jansen says he is aware of the key to beating West Ham after watching win over ‘poor’ Man United
Jansen, who was born in London, believes he noticed West Ham at their greatest on Sunday night time. However he believes they performed in opposition to a poor Man United facet.
Whereas respectful Moyes was taking part in down West Ham’s favourites tag and saying AZ shall be powerful opponents, his reverse quantity was speaking about how his fast younger facet can get on the Hammers, particularly in one-on-ones.
And he has vowed to assault West Ham to show his level.
“I used to be right here on Sunday to observe West Ham’s sport in opposition to Manchester United,” Jansen stated in his pre-match press convention as transcribed in full by Hammers Information.
‘They will’t avoid one-on-ones for 95 minutes and we’ll assault them’
“I’ve been following West Ham for the reason that draw and there are recurring components in each sport.
“I’m glad I watched the Manchester United sport as a result of I noticed them at their greatest, so I’ve obtained a superb view of what they’re able to. I obtained a normal concept of them. It was a superb sport, however I additionally didn’t assume (Man) United was excellent.
“They’re very succesful, very highly effective however I don’t assume they will avoid one-on-ones for 95 minutes and we gained’t be scared to assault them…
“We tried to search out their weaknesses and naturally we’ll attempt to revenue from that…
Double Dutch: Confidence or conceitedness?
“Making the ultimate would, in fact, imply quite a bit to us. Reaching the semi-finals is already one thing that doesn’t occur typically and we’re very proud to be right here. We all know that we face a giant combat, however on the identical time we have now an opportunity.
“We should play the duels. It doesn’t matter which of the boys does, so long as they play prefer it’s their final duel on this planet.”
Dutch gamers and coaches are infamous for having nice self-belief. Some say that always borders on conceitedness.
We’ll discover out over the subsequent seven days whether or not Jansen’s confidence is misplaced.
What we do know is the AZ boss should make do with out 5 gamers for the sport in London.
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