Good evening and welcome to Eurosport’s LIVE text coverage of the Europa League play-off between West Ham and Astra Giurgiu. The Hammers hold a slight advantage from the first-leg having scored an away goal in a 1-1 draw but Slaven Bilic’s side have still a job to do at the London Stadium to secure a place in this season’s group stages. Team news to follow.
Europa League / Play-off round
London Stadium / 25.08.2016
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Updated 25/08/2016 at 20:41 GMT
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End of 2nd Half
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FULL-TIME! Boos ring around the London Stadium as West Ham are dumped out of the Europa League. This is a shock result but there can be no excuses for such a poor performance from the Hammers. It's 1-0 on the night and 2-1 on aggregate.
90'+4
There's less than one minute to play... West Ham are about to exit out of the Europa League before it's even started!
90'+3
Antonio gets to the channel but takes a heavy touch and the ball rolls out for a goal-kick.
90'+2
The hosts' frustration continues as Byram collects a booking now.
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Yellow card
Cacau
VfB Stuttgart
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90'+1
Antonio is furious to pick up a yellow card - he attempts to shoot but instead kicks an opponent.
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M. Antonio
West Ham United
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90'
FIVE minutes of added time to play at the end of the match.
89'
And Collins' first involvement is to commit a foul and pick up a yellow card...
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J. Collins
West Ham United
88'
West Ham also bring on a defender but he certainly won't operate at the back for the remaining minutes. James Collins is going straight into the forward line!
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J. Collins
West Ham United
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R. Burke
West Ham United
87'
Astra make their third and final change now. Another defender is on to protect this lead.
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D. Florea
FC Astra
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F. Lovin
FC Astra
86'
INCREDIBLE DEFENDING! The substitute Oros slides in front of Valencia to deny the forward a tap-in from a low cross.
85'
Lovin hobbles off the pitch following a nothing-tackle. It's clearly an attempt to eat up even more time.
84'
Astra are determined to waste as much time as possible now, much to the frustration of the home fans.
82'
Can the hosts find an equalising goal and send this tie into extra-time? They have fewer than eight minutes to score.
81'
Time is quickly running out for West Ham. The fans will have no fingernails left by the 90th minute...
80'
There's a foul committed inside the penalty area and the corner proves wasteful.
79'
Lung is forced into another save! Fletcher scuffs his shot, it appears to be going off-target but the goalkeeper isn't taking any chances and pushes the ball out for a corner.
78'
Do you agree, West Ham fans?
77'
Astra break forward for the first time in several minutes with Alibec collecting possession from 30 yards with his back to goal. He turns and sends a wild shot over the bar. It'll waste a few more seconds though...
76'
SAVE! The visiting goalkeeper comes to the rescue again! He does tremendously well to get down and parry Valencia's shot around the post.
75'
Fletcher is fouled in a dangerous area and now West Ham have a chance to test the goalkeeper from 20 yards. Plenty of players over the ball...