West Ham fans gathered in the fan zone on the Letenská plana to watch the final of the European Conference League between Italian Fiorentina and English West Ham on a large screen, June 7, 2023, Prague.
Prague – Hundreds of West Ham United fans gathered at Prague's Letná before the evening final of the European Conference League at the Eden Stadium, where the English club will face Fiorentina. Hundreds of people sit in a large tent in front of a big screen, most of them wearing team jerseys. According to the ČTK reporter, chanting or chanting regularly resounds. There are facilities for Fiorentina fans at the Exhibition Center.
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Supporters of both clubs in jerseys, some even with scarves or colorful wigs, could already be seen in the center of Prague from Tuesday, for example in restaurants on Wenceslas Square and Old Town Square. According to the ČTK reporter, several hundred West Ham fans were in the Old Town Square, where they hung club flags in restaurant gardens. For a short time, their flag also flew from the publicly accessible tower of the Old Town Hall.
The former West Ham striker Brian Dear, winner of the Cup Winners' Cup in 1965, came to the fan zone to greet the fans. He gave one of the fans a signed ball and said , that the English team will score three goals today.
The fan zone is on the Letenská plain opposite the Sparta stadium. Visitors decorated the tent with club flags and references to Czech players associated with West Ham. For example, there is a portrait of the defender Vladimír Coufal on the background of the Czech flag.
A Czech flag with a hammer symbol and the inscription Ludo also hangs in the tent. It is a reference to the former Czech goalkeeper of the “Kladivař” Luďek Miklošek, who after ending his playing career worked at the club as a goalkeeper coach.
The final match will start in Vršovice at 21:00. It is accompanied by security measures and traffic restrictions around the stadium. Several hundred policemen from the law enforcement, criminal, traffic and immigration police are monitoring order and security, members of the anti-conflict team and their colleagues on horses, dog handlers and the air service are also ready.
Policemen monitored the movement and behavior of football fans in metropolis several days before the match. They intervened in the center this afternoon after Fiorentina supporters attacked West Ham fans in a bar in Rytířská Street, injuring three. The police detained 16 suspects.
