In the garden of Edam, Pablo Fornals was the big cheese as West Ham marched into the Europa Conference League final.
Substitute Fornals sealed their passage to Prague with a 94th-minute winner, swept with panache into the bottom corner. And the shame of Alkmaar hooligans attacking Hammers players' families in behind the dugout on the final whistle will not remove the gloss from manager David Moyes' joyous dance of celebration.
When a posse of Dutch pond life was allowed to run 40 yards unchallenged to ambush the celebrating Eastenders, Michail Antonio and Flynn Downes hurdled the fence to offer their support.
