West Ham had left-back Aaron Cresswell despatched off early on and Hammers manager David Moyes became also dismissed from the sidelines with 12 mins left for arguing with the referee. Colombia striker Rafael Borre netted the first-1/2 winner on the night time to ebook Frankfurt a place within the Europa League very last on May 18 in Seville towards Scottish giants Rangers.
Borre scored simply after Cresswell became despatched off, leaving the visitors a man down for more than an hour and needing to score two times just to force more time. Frankfurt were dealt an early blow when key defender Martin Hinteregger limped off with a leg damage. When a protracted ball positioned Frankfurt's Jens Hauge into area, Cresswell pulled lower back the Norwegian, who went down simply outside the area.
Cresswell, who changed into also sent off within the sector-final first leg against Lyon, changed into to begin with only booked, but referee Jesus Gil Manzano brandished the purple card after a VAR overview. Moyes responded via swapping Ben Johnson for ahead Manuel Lanzini. Yet Frankfurt went beforehand within the twenty sixth minute. When the hosts attacked down the right flank, Ansgar Knauff's cross determined Borre, who fired home unmarked inside the vicinity.
Dogged protecting within the 2d half of restricted Frankfurt to only a handful of possibilities for Knauff and Filip Kostic, who brought on havoc on the left. West Ham had chances of their own and as the traffic driven for an equaliser, Manzano banished Moyes to the stands after the Scot lost his mood.
Frankfurt, who misplaced to Chelsea on consequences within the 2019 Europa League semi-finals, are into their first European very last on account that winning the UEFA Cup in 1979/eighty.
