WEST HAM boss Gianfranco Zola was pleased with his side's 2-1 friendly win over Grays Athletic on Sunday.
Academy products Zavon Hines and Cristian Montano scored the goals in a game that also saw the return to action of Danny Gabbidon, who played his first half of football since a reserve outing back in January 2008.
There were also encouraging run-outs for Kieron Dyer, the returning Julien Faubert, Anthony Edgar and Junior Stanislas.
Zola used 22 players in all during the game and he saw plenty to be pleased about ahead of the new season, while the game will serve as ideal preparation for the squad's trip to Austria today (Monday).
“I was very happy today,” he said. “Everyone came through which is good because we have only had one week of hard training and this is still very early in pre-season. I am pleased with how the young players did and they had lots of confidence. It is very encouraging.”
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