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Malik Ouzia

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: West ham put one foot in europa conference league groups with low key play off win over viborg - Caught on Camera

Gianluca Scamacca scored the opener as West Ham beat Viborg

(Picture: Getty Images)

In the giant game of European football snakes and ladders, West Ham found themselves within touching distance of a memorable triumph last season, only to be sent sliding back to square one at the last.

Three months on from an agonising defeat in Frankfurt, and starting out on a different board, the Hammers are rolling again, halfway towards the group stages of the Europa Conference League after a 3-1 first-leg victory in their play-off tie against Viborg.

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