Former West Ham players Joe Cole and Carlton Cole were emotional after seeing their old club reach the Europa League quarterfinals.
A dramatic 2-0 win over Sevilla saw West Ham win the round 16 tie 2-1 on aggregate.
Afterwards, the two Coles reflected on an emotional night:
Joe Cole: If the Hollywood script writers wrote this they’d get laughed out of town. Yarmolenko through what he has been through to score the winning goal, it’s beyond Hollywood. It’s beautiful. I’ve never seen a stadium as rocking as this in all of my life-time, I promise you. I’m lost for words.
Carlton Cole: I’m still lost for words, I was almost crying. I didn’t even cry for my two sons’ birth. I was almost in tears, honestly. This is massive, I can’t believe it. Yarmolenko, what a man, what a story. What a player.
JC: This goes beyond football, he had to go get his family out of the country, and he’s done it for his team-mates and himself. This is romantic football and this is what we all love about it. I’m blown away by it. David Moyes deserves everything he gets. The renaissance man, they called him the Moyesiah.
CC: This is some serious magician (Moyes), I just don’t understand how we’re in the quarter-finals. We’ve dreamed about this, this is crazy, I just can’t believe it. I can’t say much more. Well done, the lads.
JC: I’m so proud, it was a privilege speaking to Dec and Nobes. The master and the apprentice. Before and after of 15 years at West Ham, that’s what that is. I’m so happy for them. There is going to be a one day lockdown in east London tomorrow as nobody is going home.
CC: It’s the top, in my time here, even the play-off final doesn’t come close to this.
JC:This is different, it feels different, you have to think of the journey they’ve been on. Coming from Upton Park, coming here, not really being settled. Not really feeling at home. I said a few years when you get a new home, you have to make it your home, and have a few parties.
CC: Now the fans know why we’re here, we’re here for these sort of nights.
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