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title: "Hammers fans react as Hernandez scores stunning first goal for Sevilla"
canonical: "https://readwestham.com/2019/09/20/hammers-fans-react-as-hernandez-scores-stunning-first-goal-for-sevilla/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Alex Turk"
section: "Feature Writers"
published: "2019-09-20T16:00:28Z"
modified: "2019-09-20T16:00:28Z"
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# Hammers fans react as Hernandez scores stunning first goal for Sevilla

Plenty of West Ham United fans have been left baffled after Javier Hernandez opened his Sevilla account with a stunning free-kick on Thursday night.

The Mexico international opened the scoring at Qarabag on the hour mark, sending Sevilla on their way to a 3-0 triumph on the opening night of the Europa League.

These Hammers supporters have been left stunned by his free-kick though after Hernandez has literally built a career on being a poacher and scoring from close-range…

> Twitter: Since when did Javier Hernandez take free kicks? https://t.co/9n1J3q7gGN (@Sam\_InkersoleTM)

> Twitter: @Sam\_InkersoleTM Is that his first goal from outside the box? (@BKieren89)

> Twitter: @Sam\_InkersoleTM Since when did he score outside the box? (@bloomers02)

> Twitter: @Sam\_InkersoleTM I didn’t realize the guy could kick it further than 17 yards (@chriskbrown\_)

> Twitter: @Sam\_InkersoleTM Clearly not at West Ham ![??‍♂️](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/1f937-1f3fc-200d-2642-fe0f.svg) (@S\_Fitzy\_87)

> Twitter: @Sam\_InkersoleTM Amazing what you can do when you heart is in it ![?](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/1f525.svg)![⚒](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/2692.svg)![?](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/1f923.svg) (@IronessWest)

> Twitter: @Sam\_InkersoleTM Good for him. Misused him from day one (@HertsWhu)

### Read West Ham’s verdict

It’s nice to see Chicharito kicking off his Sevilla career in style with such a classy goal and I have no doubt that he’ll be a hit over in Spain.

West Ham were right to let him go though; with Sebastien Haller and Albian Ajeti providing striker options he simply wouldn’t be getting enough game time to justify his hefty wage.

Haller, in particular, has also made a great start to life at the London Stadium and what better way to make his mark further than by scoring against Manchester United on Sunday.