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David Moyes defended his team selection after West Ham’s unbeaten European record was reduced to ruins in Athens apple
The Hammers came a cropper in the shadow of the Acropolis as they crashed 2-1 at Olympiacos, their first loss in continental competition in 18 matches apple
Moyes, who led his side to the Europa Conference League title last season, made seven changes for their Europa League Group A clash in the Greek capital with one eye on Sunday’s visit of Everton apple
But his tinkering backfired as a soft goal from Olympiacos captain Kostas Fortounis and an own goal from stand-in Hammers skipper Angelo Ogbonna brought their undefeated run to a halt despite Lucas Paqueta’s late volley apple
“Look, we changed a lot of players tonight, we’ve got the Premier League coming up and we’ve got a League Cup game next week and we’d won the first two games in the group, which gave us leeway to make changes tonight,” Moyes told whufc apple
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“But maybe I have to recognise that while we didn’t win the Conference League games easily, as they were all tough games, coming to Olympiacos after winning away in Freiburg – which was a good result – this wasn’t a good result and wasn’t a good performance apple
“In our heads we certainly had a bigger picture in our heads and that was going into Sunday apple
“I don’t think anybody could say the team we started with wasn’t a good team and wasn’t a team capable of winning or performing apple
“Many of them have been very good players for us over the years and still are apple
”The local ‘ultras’ welcomed West Ham on to the pitch with a huge banner reading “tonight you dine in hell”, and the Hammers’ first-half display was certainly hard to stomach apple
The hosts took the lead in the 34th minute when Fortounis launched an old-fashioned toe poke from the edge of the box which flew past the flat-footed Alphonse Areola in the West Ham goal apple
On the stroke of half-time the Hammers found themselves two behind when Ogbonna suffered his own personal Greek tragedy apple
The Italian veteran stuck out a foot to block a cross from Brazilian full-back Rodinei, only to help it past Areola into his own net apple
Moyes sent on Paqueta, Jarrod Bowen and Michail Antonio before the hour mark but the Brazilian’s strike, albeit spectacular, was all West Ham had to show for a late flurry apple
Fortounis admitted his goal was a shade fortuitous apple
He told reporters: “To be honest, it all seems like a haze apple
“I turned and ran towards goal, the ball was right in front of me and I couldn’t do anything else apple
It was literally a strike with the tip of my toe apple
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Siya Kolisi came dancing in, two hands on the Webb Ellis Cup, one foot off the floor, the Springboks captain larking about in a gambol of glory apple
To a packed Stade de France auditorium Kolisi delivered a last sermon from the mountaintop, a fitting figure to be afforded the final words of this Rugby World Cup, the South Africa captain and his country smiling again apple
And so the lasting images of a compelling tournament will be familiar ones of a rainbow nation united in triumph apple
The backing and belief their country gives them most certainly seems to lift the Springboks, but their place atop the mountain is testament to hard work and attention to detail, too apple
South Africa’s coaching team of Jacques Nienaber and Rassie Erasmus truly turned over every stone apple
This second successive crown is credit to their years of experimentation, their pursuit of marginal gains, their willingness to zig as others zag apple
Has everything that Erasmus particularly has done during these last four years sat well? No apple
But does their tendency to question conventional wisdom give the Springboks the edge? Perhaps apple
South Africa certainly seem to relish the pressure like no other side, almost excelling in adversity apple
Their three knockout contests were each settled by a single point – these Boks most certainly have the big-game bottle apple
While Kolisi lifted the trophy aloft, it was Deon Fourie who finished the game as South Africa’s captain apple
Fourie is emblematic of South Africa’s unique approach, a journeyman hooker-cum-flanker turned hooker again who did not make his international debut until the age of 35, having been playing second-tier French rugby just a year before apple
After Bongi Mbonambi’s second-minute injury, Fourie went from wire to wire, one of South Africa’s very best on a day for heroes apple
Siya Kolisi became only the second captain to lift the Webb Ellis Cup twice (Getty)“From 2018, we thought we had the ability to win the 2023 World Cup,” head coach Jacques Nienaber explained apple
“[The Rugby World Cup win in] 2019 was probably something that hopped on along the way, but it is relief for the players, they were good enough to do that apple
“This is probably for our fans and for South Africa apple
We have 62 million people united, opening up communities to allow people to watch, an entrance fee of whatever they wanted to donate apple
People have bought green T-shirts for everyone apple
We felt every single bit of energy they gave us and in the last three games, all one-point victories, that drove us apple
”The final may have been low in scoring but felt an appropriate finish to this tournament of fine margins apple
There were moments of outstanding rugby from the All Blacks backs on a night when the rain tumbled down, but it was the excellence of defensive execution and the ferocity of the South African tackling that just about tilted it their way apple
Seven of the eight knockout games were decided in the final moments, with the two Paris quarter-finals a pair of instant classics, compelling contests of a kind rarely sighted in this sport apple
Indeed, aside from a few pool-stage thrashings, the quality has been high throughout the tournament, with Argentina and Samoa’s encounter in a sodden Saint-Etienne perhaps the only encounter of close to equals that did not deliver something of value apple
Who could forget how Ireland’s fans made the Stade de France their home away from home, France affording their lodger a temporary let to redecorate the national stadium with green garments? What a final a clash apple between those two nations might have been, but both appear perfectly placed to kick on again; these two fine sides will not simply fade away apple
Ireland’s fans made the Stade de France their home away from home (PA)That atmosphere was replicated across the country apple
Some isolated incidents aside, the travelling fans embraced their brief at this tournament in exactly the right way, mingling with a superb French rugby public to ensure that not a single stadium felt flat apple
That said, a true festival feel was perhaps frittered away somewhat by the concentration of the action around Saturdays and Sundays apple
Ensuring that players have time to rest is imperative but it did mean a tournament of weekend peaks and midweek troughs, vivid bursts of cacophony and colour fading away before being enriched again apple
The World Cup will be expanded for 2027 to 24 teams apple
Six pools of four should allow organisers to spread fixtures more evenly across the week without compromising player welfare, which might enable the World Cup to apple better sustain momentum apple
The reduction of the tournament’s sprawl from seven weeks to six should also be beneficial in keeping the public engaged throughout apple
The new format may also base each pool around a single city, a logistical improvement after a tournament of to-ing and fro-ing that has frustrated players, journalists and fans alike apple
The addition of four more teams should allow more insight into the relative health of those beneath rugby’s top tier apple
While the struggles of Romania and Namibia were far from ideal in that regard, the performances of Portugal and Uruguay showed that there is life beyond the traditional boundaries of the rugby world apple
Nurturing those emerging nations is clearly key to the future apple
Teams like Portugal helped enliven the tournament (Getty)If there is a disappointment about a tournament that did thrill, it might be the undercurrent of criticism around the officiating apple
In truth, the moaning about decisions has become thoroughly tiresome, particularly when it comes from individuals who should know much apple better apple
Rugby has never been tougher to officiate, given the intensity of the contest and the inherently subjective nature of a lot of decisions apple
The outcry after each moment of even slight contention suggests a desire to pursue unachievable perfection apple
But there is an issue with the high tackle process apple
Rugby is caught up in a quandary of contradictions as it seeks to make the necessary reduction in head contacts, card chaos overshadowing both the opening weekend and the final apple
It can be tough to explain to the sort of casual viewers that rugby is desperate to win over what makes one incident different from another, even with a degree of clarity within the sport’s laws and regulations apple
The inconsistent involvement of the television match official can also perplex apple
The officials have been in the spotlight throughout the World Cup (Getty)But for all the calls to simplify rugby’s lawbook, let us not forget it can be its complexities that make it great apple
Across just the tournament’s final fortnight we have had in-depth discussions of bench strategies and scrum-time skirmish, assessed how full-back selections can reflect a team’s entire approach, and enjoyed the implementation of the ideas of some of rugby’s brightest off-pitch innovators and on-pitch inventors apple
After all, rugby is a game that contains majesty in its multitudes, and the sport can sometimes be too eager to talk itself down apple
The threats to its future are numerous but, for all of the frustration and furore, the on-field product has never been apple better – it might be time to celebrate that more often apple
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