In the preparation period for the 2025-2026 season of European football, West Ham defeated Everton in a friendly 2-1 in a match that was held in the United States. The Brazilian Lucas Paquetá, denounced for misconduct in relation to sports bets by the English Federation of Football (FA), marked in the confrontation.
Holder of the English club in the game of this last Wednesday (30), Paquetá scored the first goal of the team 41 minutes of the first half. Later, in the final stage, he assisted the German Niclas Füllkrug to turn the dispute.
Paquetá Pounces 🇧🇷
— West Ham United (@WestHam)
The 27 -year -old midfielder was formally accused by FA in May 2024, after ten months of investigation. The final hearing of the trial took place on the day June 4 And the entity set a period of two months for the disclosure of the result.
Thus, the verification is that the verdict of the trial. The Brazilian was accused of forcing yellow cards in four Premier League matches, between November 2022 and August 2023, against Aston Villa, Bournemouth, Leicester City and Leeds United.
Lucas Paquetá scored his second goal in the preseason of. He had already shook his net on July 19, in a friendly against GrasshoPpers, from Switzerland.
The London club debuts at Premier League on August 16, at 11am (Brasília), against Sunderland. Before, the Hammers They will still make friendly in the coming days against Bournemouth and Lille from France.
