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David Moyes has urged West Ham and Olympiacos supporters to behave themselves when the teams meet in Greece in the Europa League.<\/p>\n
Tensions are high in Athens after Olympiacos\u2019 league match with rivals Panathinaikos on Sunday had to be abandoned after an opposition player was hit by a firecracker.<\/p>\n
Olympiacos have subsequently issued a warning to their supporters against throwing missiles and using laser pointers, which has become big problem in Greek football.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, West Ham fans were banned from their last European outing in Freiburg due to missile throwing during the Europa Conference League final victory over Fiorentina in June.<\/p>\n
Hammers boss Moyes said at his pre-match press conference: \u201cThey\u2019ve got great support here, fantastic enthusiasm, and it\u2019s fantastic to come to a football city where the football really matters.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou want the passion and the atmosphere but we also want good behaviour from our supporters and Olympiacos supporters.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a big game, but it\u2019s important that everyone works together and end up having a good night.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think all we want is a good football game. You have to support your team well. You\u2019re not doing your club any favours if you\u2019re getting stadium bans or your team is getting thrown out of Europe.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have to be well behaved and we want the supporters to be that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thursday\u2019s match gives West Ham the chance to bounce back from Sunday\u2019s painful 4-1 defeat at Aston Villa.<\/p>\n
Greek defender Dinos Mavropanos said: \u201cFor the game against Aston Villa, it was a bad day against a good team.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut our schedule is really busy so we needed to learn from it and start to focus on this game. We\u2019ve been doing that. We\u2019re here, we\u2019ve worked hard and we\u2019re looking forward to the match.\u201d<\/p>\n
Vladimir Coufal has not travelled due to a knock but fellow full-backs Ben Johnson and Aaron Cresswell are back in the squad after spells out.<\/p>\n