(Reuters) - The Europa Conference League might be very much UEFA's third club competition but for West Ham United and Fiorentina, whose solitary European successes came over half a century ago, Wednesday's showdown is being treated like a World Cup final.
Fiorentina, who lost to Real Madrid in the second European Cup final in 1957, won the first edition of the now-defunct Cup Winners' Cup in 1961. They lost in the final the next season and lost to Juventus in a two-legged UEFA Cup final in 1990.
"I do believe the players have got a great opportunity to be remembered by everyone at this club," West Ham manager David Moyes said when asked to compare the current side with the 1965 group that included Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters, who helped England win the World Cup a year later. Forward Jarrod Bowen, who played in the semi-finals last season, said Wednesday's match in Prague would be the biggest of his career.
Italiano raised some eyebrows last week when he said he had instructed his players to think about tactical fouls to cut down the danger of West Ham's counter-attacks
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