David Moyes insists West Ham won’t resort to the usage of darkish arts following Fiorentina’s admission they may make use of tactical fouls in subsequent Wednesday’s Europa Conference League remaining.
The Serie A membership’s boss Vincenzo Italiano has outlined his technique for the showpiece in Prague, stating it will likely be essential to fight the Hammers’ most potent risk.
“We will try to not give them dangerous balls and to work on tactical fouls, preventative tackles, to avoid counter-attacks. These are the counter-measures to play against this kind of attitude,” Italiano stated.
But Moyes guarantees that West Ham, who’re aiming to win their first trophy since defeating Arsenal within the 1980 FA Cup remaining, will follow the principles.
“It will be down to the referees to sort that out and not for us to have a huge opinion on it,” he stated.
“We’ll try to play a fair game and from my point of view that’s always the best way to try and do it.”
West Ham have accomplished the Premier League season with out receiving a single pink card whereas additionally incurring the bottom variety of yellows within the competitors with 43.
“I didn’t know that stat and it’s obviously a good stat. You always want to be well disciplined in finals and in any games. Hopefully that’s the way it remains,” Moyes stated.
“You also hope that the referees are looking at that and saying, ‘they’re a well-disciplined side going about their job correctly’. Hopefully they’re doing their homework as well.”
Moyes refused to be drawn on his personal future amid hypothesis he may depart regardless that his contract has a 12 months left to run.
The Scot has confronted calls from followers to be sacked as a result of whereas he has masterminded passage right into a European remaining, a disappointing Premier League marketing campaign resulted in a 14th-place end. Moyes displays on his three seasons in cost with pleasure, nonetheless.
“The only focus I’ve got at the moment is to win the game and perform as well as we can. I’m certainly not thinking any further ahead than that,” he stated.
“I’m not sure that if you’d told anybody that we’d finish sixth and seventh in the Premier League, we’d get to the semi-final of a European competition and then the year after we’d get to the final of a European competition…if you said that to people before I came in I think they’d have said ‘no, that’s not true’.
“In a way there are a lot of really good things going on. We’ve given lots of the West Ham supporters and the West Ham club some really good times. And long may it continue.
“We’ve got to try and keep it going, we want to grow it and keep these moments happening.
“To be in a cup final is special, certainly for West Ham because it’s been a while since we’ve been there.”
Moyes insists solely time will inform if the Hammers’ 10-day break earlier than the ultimate might be helpful, understanding that Fiorentina’s remaining match is on Friday evening.
“I don’t think there’s a reason to say one is better than the other but what I do think is that Fiorentina have such a big squad that they’ve been able to change their players,” Moyes stated.
“It may be a help or it may be a hindrance, we’re not sure what the outcome will be. The result will give an idea.
“For all football clubs, whether in Italy or England, the season has been really long due to the World Cup. It’s been a long season for all teams.”
Source: www.impartial.co.uk