Jarrod Bowen struck at the death as West Ham United beat Fiorentina 2-1 on Wednesday to end a 43-year trophy drought with the Europa Conference League title.
Said Benrahma had opened the scoring for West Ham with a 62nd-minute penalty kick in Prague’s Eden Arena.
This was after Fiorentina captain Cristiano Biraghi was ruled to have handled the ball upon review in a duel with Bowen.
Fiorentina were level five minutes later from a Giacomo Bonaventura strike.
But West Ham had the last laugh in the 90th minute when Bowen took up a defence-splitting pass from Lucas Paqueta and beat goalkeeper Pietro Terraciano.
West Ham held on through eight minutes of stoppage time to get a first title of any kind since FA Cup glory in 1980 and their second continental title.
Their first was in the Cup Winners’ Cup in 1965 with the likes of Bobby Moore and Geoff Hurst.
David Moyes’ team finished only 14th in the Premier League but the Conference League crown grants them entry into the next Europa League.
“I dreamed of scoring but to score the winner in the last minute… I thought I was going to cry. I’m just happy, I can’t put it into words,” Bowen said.
We haven’t had the best season, myself included. I’m over the moon.”
