Irons U23s Head Coach Dmitri Halajko was delighted with his team after the 2-1 win over Reading U23s this afternoon.
Thebehind-closed doors at Reading’s training ground saw Nathan Holland and Anthony Scully grab the Irons goals.
“I thought it was a great team performance” Halajko said. “I wouldn’t single out an individual, we just spoke in there about getting all three thinking points.
“The first is a good team performance, the second is 11-16 good individual performances and the third is the result, it was a good day because we managed to get all three.”
Throughout pre-season the U23s have played senior opposition and Halajko was glad to test his side against an academy.
“I think in our game today it was the first time that we have come up against U23s opposition.
“A lot of our games have been up against senior teams and we wanted to test ourselves against someone who was around a similar age and see how we came out and I was quite pleased with how it went.
Next up for West Ham is a trip to Belgium to face RSC Anderlecht on Friday afternoon.
“It’s a great game, a really good fixtures that we are really looking forward to. It’s Champions League type opposition which are the types of games that we want to have a chance and be involved in.
West Ham kick off their Premier League Division 2 campaign against Fulham on August 9 at The Chigwell Construction Stadium in Dagenham.
