Edson Alvarez returned after two months in West Ham victory

The wait is over and finally Edson Alvarez He returned to action with West Ham, who this Saturday achieved their first victory of the season in the Premier League after winning a great match in their visit to Crystal Palace (0-2).

The Mexican midfielder was out of action for about two months after suffering a muscle injury with the Mexican National Team in their first match of the last edition of the Copa América USA 2024 on June 23 against Jamaica in Texas.

Now fully recovered, “El Machín” started Saturday’s match at Selhurst Park on the bench and it was not until the 78th minute when he came on, replacing Czech Tomas Soucek, to complete his return to action with the Hammers.

A hard-fought victory

West Ham picked up their first three points of the Premier League season in a game that was at times quite complicated for Julen Lopetegui’s team, who had to wait until the second half to start getting on track.

After losing their first game of the season at home last week against Aston Villa (1-2), the Hammers reacted on Saturday and thanks to goals from Czech midfielder Tomas Soucek (m.67) and English winger Jarrod Bowen (m.72) they celebrated their first victory.

“We are very happy to have won these three points in a very difficult match, in a stadium where it is always difficult to score points, but we are a great team with great players and fortunately we were able to overcome adversity.”commented Julen Lopetegui after the match.

The Hammers have now levelled their record at one win and one loss in the start of the season and look ahead to their next game on Thursday when they face Bournemouth in the League Cup.

This duel will have a special flavor as it will feature a clash between the Mexican and Edson Álvarez for West Ham and Julián Araujo for Bournemouth, who signed the Aztec defender for this season from FC Barcelona.

As for the Premier League, the next match for “El Machín” and his West Ham will be next weekend with a difficult visit from Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City who started this season at full speed in their quest to defend their title.

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