Hammer Emmanuel Longelo hit a brace of exquisite free-kicks to set West Ham U23s on their way to a convincing 3-0 win over Birmingham City U23s on Friday afternoon. Dmitri Halajko’s development squad were in full control of the pre-season fixture throughout and added a third in the latter half courtesy of Bernardo Rosa’s well-worked team goal making it 3-0 to the Hammers at Rush Green.
West Ham United: Martin (Kinnear 61), Ashby, Baptiste (Greenidge 71), Alese (Laing 61), Longelo ©, Rosa, Forson (Potts 61), Chesters (Diallo 61), Swyer (Ashley 45), Okoflex, Odubeko (Dju 71)
Goals: Longelo 6, 29, Rosa 68
Premier League 2 U23 Goalscorers in Pre-season friendlies
Loughborough University FC: Amadou Diallo Armstrong Oko-Flex Bernardo Rosa Mesaque Dju
Ebbsfleet United: Nathan Holland
Southend United: Thierry Nevers x 2 Jamal Baptiste Mesaque Dju (o.g.)
Crawley: Thierry Nevers
Aldershot Town: Armstrong Oko-Flex x 2
Birmingham City: Longelo x 2, Rosa
Total 16 goals over six pre-season friendly games for the Academy side.