The history has been written, now it’s time for more.Joseph Okumu clocked the entire 90 minutes in the first leg of the UEFA Europa Conference League quarter-final against West Ham and his performance was more than decent. He controlled the three-person defence almost perfectly, playing his usual centre-back role the way we’re used to seeing him.Okumu puts up decent performance in historic quarters appearance against West HamThe fact he was the first Kenyan to play at such a level didn’t prevent him from displaying the calm and quality faced with experienced Premier League forwards.After 1-1 in the first match, the return leg is scheduled for tonight at London Stadium, with the Belgian side hoping for the biggest upset of the ECL so far. On the other hand, the Londoners are top favourites to go all the way and win Europe’s third-best competition.UECL: Lucky Irons survive in Belgium – Gent deserved more than a pointWest Ham United manager David Moyes has urged his side to bring their best when they face Gent tonight. The 59-year-old said he expects the Belgian side to provide a stern challenge.”Recently, we’ve not played as well as we’d like, but I thought, in the Arsenal game, we played really, really well, and the players put in a good showing – let’s hope we can continue that,” Moyes said. ##NAJAVA_MECA_7190687##”Isn’t it incredible that West Ham United are the favourites to win the UEFA Europa Conference League?”There are only three European competitions to be in, and for people to think we’re worthy of winning one of those, it means a lot.”I believe we can threaten Gent. We’re at home and we’ll have a big crowd behind us,” concluded he.UEFA CONFERENCE LEAGUEQuarter-final, second legThursday19:45: (1.35) Fiorentina (4.90) Lech Poznan (9.50) /first leg 4-1/19:45: (1.75) AZ Alkmaar (3.60) Anderlecht (4.90) /first leg 0-2/22:00: (1.55) Nice (4.10) Basel (6.25) /first leg 2-2/22:00: (1.70) West Ham (3.80) Gent (5.60) /first leg 1-1/***odds are subject to change***
