West Ham take into account Thursday night’s go to of Olympiacos a grudge match soon after witnessing the Greek hosts celebrate their team video game victory two weeks back as if they experienced gained the Europa League.
David Moyes’ males could see and hear the celebrations down the corridor from their altering place at the Karaiskakis Stadium in Athens when they lost 2-1 and are now applying that as drive.
Players which includes James Ward-Prowse and Angelo Ogbonna have admitted they were being riled by their opponents’ behaviour in the aftermath of that disappointing defeat and are promising to display a ‘different West Ham’ on Thursday.
‘It is soccer,’ explained Ogbonna. ‘With the way they celebrated their gain, possibly if we experienced the same acquire we would be a little little bit far more respectful, but it is football.’
Ogbonna was among those people qualified by lasers at Olympiacos and ongoing: ‘As a British club we are a lot more respectful with that part of the sport but they are pretty passionate fans. That’s some thing you seldom see in football. We glance forward to engage in the sport and to get the three points.’
David Moyes’ side will welcome Olympiacos to the London Stadium on Thursday in a ‘grudge match’ clash
The Greek facet celebrated the 2-1 acquire last time out in raucous style at the
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Ward-Prowse added: ‘It wasn’t a good general performance from us, admittedly. The way they reacted after they received the sport – you could hear it down the corridor – we spoke about it and explained it is a very good opportunity coming to set that appropriate and display them something.
‘You could see a distinct West Ham then, for certain. Night video games in basic are far more gritty, it has a bit much more chunk to it, so it will be an interesting 1.’
Moyes desires West Ham’s 60,000-robust help to make certain the London Stadium is overwhelming just after the incredible welcome they received in Athens.
‘There are some excellent stadiums when they are rocking – Anfield, Aged Trafford – but I think we all appreciated it enormously because it was an amazing atmosphere,’ claimed Moyes, whose crew remain best of their group.
‘We have an terrible good deal of very good matters in the Leading League but I really don’t believe we need to get carried absent thinking we have the very best atmospheres mainly because if you go and view a ton of European games you’d be rather stunned with how fantastic the crowds are.
‘We weren’t stunned by Greece but it aided their crew drastically, the assistance they experienced.’
Moyes needs West Ham’s London Stadium to develop a noise and environment to rival the incredible welcome they obtained in Athens