Dazzler Zarate shines as new Irons impress

Half time: Irons 2  Lusiantos 0

Mauro Zarate, Reece Oxford and Matt Jarvis were the stand out performers as the Irons went back to the West Ham Way to hold a 2-0 half time lead.

On a warm and hid night with the players barely back into the old routine, the team were pushing the ball around on the deck from the start and looking a million miles from the lump it and hump it we have seen for so long.

Zarate’s jinking runs took him past players at will and he was regularly fouled by a Lusiantos team with little to offer than a “bus ” they parked at the back.

Oxford, meanwhile was entirely composed and did indeed look like a younger Rio Ferdinand as he sprayed simple balls left and right and took up god defensive position.

Matt Jarvis on the left flank also went past men with ease and set up a series of decent crosses before Sakho headed home in the 40th minute and drilled home a second on half time.