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Shocking moment Olympiacos Piraeus security guard is thrown into the air by a West Ham fan bus as it arrives at the stadium

A COACH full of West Ham fans appeared to take down an Olympiacos security guard last night.

The Hammers traveled to Greece for their last Europa League duel.

A parking attendant appeared to have been hit when a fan bus arrived

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A parking attendant appeared to have been hit when a fan bus arrivedPhoto credit: X @AnthonyHufton
The guard flew into the air

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The guard flew into the airPhoto credit: X @AnthonyHufton
He then collapsed before getting up

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He then collapsed before getting upPhoto credit: X @AnthonyHufton

David Moyes’ side were supported by a sell-out away contingent of 1,600 passionate fans.

Since Piraeus is about 40 minutes’ drive from Athens airport, many fans were taken to the stadium by bus.

When one arrived at Karaiskakis Stadium, he appeared to have met a parking attendant.

In a video posted on social media by a West Ham fan Anthony HuftonThe bus could be seen crashing into a fence, which then hit the security guard.

He was then thrown several meters through the air and landed in a heap before getting back up, seemingly unharmed.

The clip was later shared on Twitter by Football Away Days.

In response to the video, one fan wrote: “Hahahahaha what a dive this is.”

While a second joked: “Want a diving booking.”

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West Ham had a bad evening on the pitch.

Kostas Fortounis gave the home team the lead in the 33rd minute before Rodinei made it 2-0 just before half-time.

Lucas Paqueta opened the scoring for Moyes’ men in the 87th minute, but it was too little, too late.

After making seven changes for the game, the West Ham manager defended his team selection.

He said: “Look, we changed a lot of players tonight, the Premier League is coming up and we have a League Cup game next week, and we won the first two games in the group, which gave us scope to make changes tonight.

“But perhaps I have to acknowledge that we didn’t win the Conference League games that easily because they were all difficult games, but coming to Olympiakos Piraeus after an away win in Freiburg – which was a good result – that was but no good result was no good performance.

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“We certainly had a bigger picture in our minds going into Sunday.”

The Hammers host Everton this weekend.

David Moyes defended his team selection after the game

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David Moyes defended his team selection after the gamePhoto credit: Reuters

Chris Estrada

Chris Estrada is a WSTNewsPost U.S. News Reporter based in London. His focus is on U.S. politics and the environment. He has covered climate change extensively, as well as healthcare and crime. Chris Estrada joined WSTNewsPost in 2023 from the Daily Express and previously worked for Chemist and Druggist and the Jewish Chronicle. He is a graduate of Cambridge University. Languages: English. You can get in touch with me by emailing: charlesjones@wstnewspost.com.

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