Michail Antonio hoping for more success with West Ham United
- Planet Sport writer
- 8 June 2023
West Ham United forward Michail Antonio is confident the Hammer's squad is strong enough to kick on and win more after picking up the Europa Conference League trophy.
West Ham striker Michail Antonio believes their Europa Conference League triumph is just the start of bigger things to come.
Jarrod Bowen's last-minute goal against Fiorentina ended the Hammers' 43-year wait for a trophy.
Their 2-1 victory also means West Ham will be back in the Europa League next season, the first time they have qualified for Europe three years running.
"It's massive, it's massive," said Antonio. "Moving forward this is not where we are going to stop, we will see if we can keep carrying it on and keep pushing ourselves and keep doing better.
"Last year we got to the semi-finals of the Europa League. This year, we won the Conference League. You can see we have a good pack of boys here, we have got good confidence and hopefully we can build on that."
Said Benrahma put West Ham ahead from the penalty spot before Giacomo Bonaventura equalised for the Italian side.
But Lucas Paqueta's ball over the top sent Bowen through on goal to fire the Hammers to European glory.
Full-back Emerson Palmieri revealed manager David Moyes gave a victory speech and, as promised, joined his players in some dancing.
"The gaffer said, 'thank you for everything, thank you for the title'. Of course he is happy, we are happy. So everyone is happy," he said.
"If you take the images, when you receive the medal, you need to walk on the podium, he did the dance. It was good - for a Scotsman!"
