Broadcaster appears to accuse official of cheating during West Ham v Fiorentina final

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For the first time in 43 years, West Ham United won a major final, and what a way to do it with Jarrod Bowen’s last-minute winner sending the Irons supporters delirious.

David Moyes’ side were worthy winners of the Europa Conference League, having won every game on the way to victory in the final, bar one which was drawn.

Said Benrahma had got them on the scoreboard via the penalty spot after VAR had intervened on a possible handball call, however, Giacomo Bonaventura soon restored parity with a well-taken equaliser for Fiorentina.

Lucas Paqueta’s slide rule pass had sent Bowen away in the 89th minute and he kept his calm to loft the ball over the onrushing keeper, handing the Hammers the title.

However, not everyone appeared to be happy.

In a now deleted tweet, talkSPORT broadcaster and West Ham fan Ian ‘Moose’ Abrahams, appeared to suggest that the referee had been cheating.

That’s one hell of an accusation to make, and perhaps he thought twice about making it which may have caused the tweet’s removal.

Whilst the Spanish official, Carlos del Cerro Grande, arguably didn’t have his best game, there weren’t any big calls in the game where anyone watching could suggest that he was cheating.

Fortunately for the Hammers, the trophy can now be proudly displayed in the cabinet and any controversy can be put to bed.

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4 Comments

  1. We were told before the final that professional fouls would be employed by Fiorentina to stop Westham . The referee appeared to totally ignore all of the fouls , even when they were quite blatant . Westham would have gained several dangerous free kicks and Fiorentina suffered several yellow cards had the ref seemingly not been biased against Westham . There has been Euro bias against England and English teams for ever .

  2. 5 minutes of stoppage time added on, ref played 8 minutes for no reason.
    Hand ball VAR, ref took way to long to make the call as if he was trying to find a reason not to allow it.
    Multiple fouls against West Ham ignored.

    While it might be a push to say he was cheating, I can see why some would come to that conclusion. But based on the above, he should never officiate another UEFA game again

  3. I did think the same thing whilst watching the game, he was certainly biased against the Hammers. But calling him a cheat is probably a bit steep… luckily we took home the Cup, otherwise I was predicting a riot…

  4. The dives by the Fiorintina we given as a free kick but the minute Benrahma dived he was booked. The ref only started to give West Ham decisions was when their defender was hit my the vape and he thought he was going to be targeted

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