THE LONDON FOOTBALL TEAM, WEST HAM UNITED, TONIGHT (TUESDAY) QUALIFIED FOR THE SEMI-FINALS OF THE EUROPEAN CUP WINNER'S CUP.THEY BEAT THE SWISS SOCCER CLUB, LAUSANNE, FOUR GOALS TO THREE IN THE SECOND LEG OF THEIR TIE.

WEST HAM WON THE FIRST LEG AT LAUSANNE LAST WEEK TWO GOALS TO ONE, AND WON THE TIE ON AGGREGATE SIX GOALS TO FOUR.

LAUSANNE PUT UP A GALLANT FIGHT AGAINST THE LONDONERS IN A TENSE, SPECTACULAR MATCH PLAYED BEFORE A CROWD OF MORE THAN 31,000.THE SWISS OPENED THE SCORING IN THE 36TH MINUTE, BUT WEST HAM STRUCK BACK AND HALF-TIME LED TWO GOALS TO ONE.

THE FORTUNES OF BOTH SIDED FLUCTUATED AFTER THE INTERVAL WITH LAUSANNE EQUALIZING AT TWO GOALS ALL.WEST HAM AGAIN WENT AHEAD AND THEN MINUTES FROM THE END OF PLAY LAUSANNE AGAIN DREW LEVEL AT THREE GOALS ALL.THE WINNING GOAL BY WEST HAM CAME JUST TWO MINUTES FROM THE FINAL WHISTLE.

SCORERS FOR WEST HAM WERE BRIAN DEAR (TWO GOALS), MARTIN PETERS AND ELY TACCHELLA WHO PUT THE BALL INTO HIS OWN NET.THE SCORERS FOR LAUSANNE WERE PETER KERKHOFFS, CHARLEY BERTIG AND NORBERT ESCHMANN.

WEST HAM WILL NOW MEET THE SPANISH TEAM REAL ZARAGOSSA IN HOME AND AWAY MATCHES IN THE SEMI-FINALS.THE OTHER SEMI-FINAL TIE WILL BE PLAYED BETWEEN MUNICH 1860 AND TRONINO, OF ITALY, WITH THE WINNERS MEETING IN THE FINAL AT WEMBLEY ON MAY 19.