Goals and Highlights: West Ham 2(4)-2(6) Athletic Bilbao, 2019 Betway Cup

Draw after 90 minutes wasn't enough as West Ham fall behind and lose 2-4 on penalties.

Great game from both teams. Now roll on the 2019/20 Premier League season.

Yuri scores, Athletic Club come away winners of the 2019 Betway Cup.

Sancet scores, Diangana puts it over the bar.

Athletic back with an advantage.

Andriy Yarmolenko puts it in. 

We're all square again.

Ibai Gomez hits the post.

​​​​​​​West Ham can go back on level terms.

Robert Snodgrass converts.

Benat sends Roberto the wrong way.

Simon saves Chicharito's penalty. Advantage to Athletic Club.

Aduriz converts despite Roberto managing to get a hand on it.

93' Final seconds of the half as everyone is preparing for the next coming - penalty shootout.

88' Very close again!

Lovely play from Masuaku to Snodgrass who slipped in Chicharito but his shot was saved, and put away for a corner.

And from the following corner Ogbonna headed *just* wide.

86' So nearly 3-2!

Snodgrass' delivery nearly found Diangana but he hasn't anticipated the ball to cross his path, and seconds later the young winger headed it over the bar after Yarmolenko's cross.

Pablo Zabaleta replaces Ryan Fredericks for West Ham.

Aritz Aduriz and Vivian replace Yeray and Inaki Williams for Athletic.

77' Great start from Masuaku.

The Congolese full-back whipped a very dangerous ball in but Hernandez was second to it and Athletic Club managed to clear.

Carlos Sanchez, Chicharito, Arthur Masuaku and Grady Diangana replace Aaron Cresswell, Manuel Lanzini, Declan Rice and Sebastien Haller.

74' GOA... NO!

Another game, another goal ruled out for offside. Raul Garcia put the ball into the back of the net but the score remains 2-2.

71' Athletic Club came close.

Ibai Gomez's first touch after being substituted on found the head of Williams but the forward headed it over the bar.

Angelo Ogbonna, Andriy Yarmolenko and Robert Snodgrass take the places of Felipe Anderson, Fabian Balbuena and Jack Wilshere.

60' What a chance from Yuri Berchiche!

The ex-PSG left-back decided to go on a wild run but scuffed his shot just wide. 

56' Stunning from West Ham.

Great play from Anderson whose shot was saved by Simons, as well as Haller's overhead kick.

The Hammers' are finding their rhythm.

54' Great play from Lanzini in the middle of the pitch as he found Antonio but the substitutes cross was blocked behind for a corner.

52' Lovely pass from Wilshere to release Anderson but the Brazillian took to long and Yuri cleared it away.

50' First yellow card of the game goes to Ryan Fredericks, for a late tackle on Unai Lopez.

45' And we're back underway!

Only two changes at the break. Michail Antonio for Pablo Fornals for West Ham and Iago Simon for Herrerin for Athletic Club.

So far, so good.

Great game with a fantastic atmosphere and four goals to its name. And supporters of the Basque club were having a lot of fun not only during but also before the match!

🔴⚪ About a hundred #AthleticClub supporters at @MrPentlandClub’s party before #WestHamAthletic outside the @LondonStadium! 🦁🇬🇧

📌 Number 90 Bar, Hackney Wick pic.twitter.com/Gu46JdCwn8

— Athletic Club (@Athletic_en) August 3, 2019

And as it was against Hertha on Wednesday, West Ham are again going to half-time with a 2-2 draw.

Goals: Lanzini and Wilshere for West Ham, Haller (OG) and Williams for Athletic Club.

44' Cordoba tried a volley from 25 yards out but it was far and wide off Roberto's goal.

41' Great interplay from Lanzini and Cresswell but the Englishman's cross was a bit too low as it just skimmed Yeray's head and taken it away from Haller.

40' Great cross from Anderson found Fornals but Michael Oliver stopped the Hammers' attack with a call for handball.

38' In other news, West Ham' loanee, Jordan Hugill, scored his first Championship goal of the season.

35' Quick stop in play as Haller caught Nunez with an elbow.

The Spanish defender is slightly bleeding, but nothing serious.

33' And it was Cresswell who gave it a go but his attempt was straight at Herrerin.

31' Free-kick for West Ham with Lanzini, Cresswell and Anderson ready to step up.

30' Fantastic spell from the Hammers as they trapped Athletic inside their own half for over five minutes.

25' Nearly 3-2 but Anderson couldn't steer in Cresswell's cross from six-yards out.

West Ham are level!

Fantastic from Haller who managed to win the ball back, cut it across the goal and there was Jack Wilshere with his first goal in the Claret&Blue!

GOAL!

West Ham pull one back! 

Great play from Haller after a defensive mistake, the Frenchman found Fornals who got the ball in with an overhead kick and Lanzini turned it in from  three yards out.

19' Cresswell with a chance after a great run from Wilshere but he crossed it straight into the first defender that was on his path.

Following corner was easily cleared.

And so much for the Hammers' dominance as they fall even more behind.

Fantastic play from Atheltic Club and a great finish from Inaki Williams.

15' After the opening 15 minutes West Ham are clearly the dominating side, but they are yet to threaten Herrerin's goal.

6' Manuel Lanzini tried releasing Felipe Anderson but the pass was a bit too heavy and Yeray managed to easily turn it away for a goal-kick.

5' Haller has certainly opened his scoring tally at the Olympic Stadium, but now we're hoping that the next goals will come at the right time, and into the right end.

Oh no. 

West Ham's record signing Sebastien Haller scores, but unfortunately, into the wrong goal.

Athletic Club are in front.

And we are underway in London! 

West Ham, who are in their home claret&blue kit, kick the game off. Athletic Club plays in green.

Just under five minutes until the first-half kick-off, and I hope everyone's ready for a great game that's about to begin at the London Stadium.

Starting XI: Herrerín, Capa, Núñez, Yeray, Yuri Berchiche, Dani García, Unai López, Muniain, Raúl García, Córdoba, Williams.

Subs: Simón, San José, Beñat, Larrazabal, De Marcos, Ibai, Aduriz, Hodei, Vivian, Sancet.

📋 ¡Este es el once que presenta Gaizka Garitano para enfrentarse al @WestHamUtd en el @LondonStadium! 🇬🇧

13. Herrerín
21. Capa
3. Núñez
5. Yeray
17. Yuri B.
14. Dani García
8. Unai López
10. Muniain
22. Raúl García
11. Córdoba
9. Williams#WestHamAthletic #AthleticClub 🔴⚪🦁 pic.twitter.com/Vw0rxfIneO

— Athletic Club (@AthleticClub) August 3, 2019

If you are a Hammers fan, how will you be supporting West Ham today? Let us give you an idea from a young fan.

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And it looks like for that one we will need to wait a while again.

Roberto, Fredericks, Balbuena, Diop, Cresswell (C), Rice, Wilshere, Anderson, Fornals, Lanzini, Haller.

Subs: Martin, Johnson, Masuaku, Zabaleta, Ogbonna, Sanchez, Cullen, Snodgrass, Yarmolenko, Diangana, Antonio, Chicharito.

.@RyanFredericks_ returns to our starting XI! ⚒ pic.twitter.com/R72lJ4Apgm

— West Ham United (@WestHamUtd) August 3, 2019

It all points to the new boys Sebastien Hallers and Pablo Fornals starting again...

Our new boys both got off the mark midweek against Hertha Berlin 👊
Who's looking forward to seeing them in action today?! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/BB4mD3MUli

— West Ham United (@WestHamUtd) August 3, 2019

There appears to be some early team news regarding West Ham. 

Following his slight thigh injury in the warm-up against Hertha BSC, Łukasz Fabiański is going to be rested again. Mark Noble and Winston Reid are set to miss the game with knocks, yet again.

West Ham also announced the launch of their new match programme - "Hammer".
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In yesterday's interview for whufc.com Pablo Fornals expressed his excitement for the test against Athletic Club.

“I’m looking forward to the game,” Fornals told whufc.com. “I want to play the match and I want to see my old friends in their team. I think it will be a good match.”

Just over 60 minutes until we (hopefully) know the official line-ups for the Betway Cup final.

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As it's been the case for the previous games, tomorrow's match will be available on whufc.com but only for UK & Ireland residents.

So if you are outside of the mentioned countries or you can't keep up with the action through a video live stream, VAVEL UK's commentary is probably the best place to be in.

The Basque club is coming to the Betway Cup final off the back of a 1-1 draw against Numancia just yesterday.

For Athletic Club, tomorrow's game is going to be a fourth from last pre-season friendly before they start their La Liga season against FC Barcelona on the 16th of August.

The Hammers come into this game on a back of a 5-3 win against Hertha BSC on Wednesday.

West Ham are back at the London Stadium for their last pre-season game before getting on with their 2019/20 Premier League campaign that's underway on August 10th against Manchester City.

Hello and welcome to VAVEL UK's live stream update of West Ham's match against Athletic Club de Bilbao which kicks off at 15:00 UK time tomorrow afternoon.