On Thursday it’s now or never for West Ham United. The Hammers have waited 47 years to play in a European final once again, and it’s 58 years since they won the European Cup Winners‘ Cup in 1965. With a 2-1 lead from the first semifinal leg against AZ Alkmaar, the tie is in West Ham’s control. In a similar situation twelve years ago the Hammers had also won the first leg of a semifinal tie 2-1 and were about to make it to an other Cup final. But with West Ham you never know…