West Ham United will take on Astra Giurgiu in their Europa League play-off at the Stadionul Marin Anastasovici on Thursday, August 18 with kick-off at 7:45pm BST.
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The West Ham captain added that the success of goal-line technology in the Premier League shows that such methods can have a positive impact on how games are officiated in the top flight.
N’Golo Kante has explained why he quit Leicester City for Chelsea this summer.
Just when the Hammers thought they had stolen a point, Costa popped up to slot home the victor, sending new manager Conte racing down the touchline and jumping to punch the air at Stamford Bridge.
‘It was a little bit hard because what we did a year ago with Leicester was a very, very big achievement.
The home team did suffer a scare when the bearded Costa, looking like a swashbuckling pirate, threw himself into a studs up challenge with Adrian and was lucky not to get a red card. It’s important to work in that situation and I remember we worked very hard.
“I chose Chelsea because I spoke with the manager here and when I did that, I realised the capacity of the manager and that is why I made my decision”. He likes to communicate, to make me understand his idea of football here.
“But I’ll be honest, I am targeted here, by the referees, the people… if I do something, it’s totally different than if any other players do”, he said.
Chelsea striker Diego Costa claims he is being “targeted” by Premier League referees and admits he is “aware” of the new dissent law. “It’s a support that I always appreciate”, he told ESPN Brasil.
Head coach Antonio Conte of Chelsea left Italy to move to Stamford Bridge.
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“But I repeat I don’t see any problem and I’m very happy to have these players, to train these players”. ‘If you want to win, you need this type of player. “In my opinion I think the referee took the right decision”.
