The team from Leverkusen showed a game worthy of the final.
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Bayer Leverkusen has once again extended its unreal streak. After 46 games without defeat, the 47th has arrived after tonight in the semi-final of the Europa League they defeated Roma away from home with a score of 0:2.
Although the Roma team has been playing well since De Rossi took over, even they could not stop Xavi Alonso’s men.
In the 28th minute, after a disastrous error by Karsdorp, the ball is stolen by Grimaldo and used by Virac, who hits the home team’s net and Leverkusen’s lead without any major problems.
The opportunities in front of the “wolf” goal continued, but Frimpong did not take advantage of the excellent situation, whose shot, after a pass from Grimaldo, went just wide of the left post.
At the end of the first half, Frimpong again found himself in a good situation, but his shot was blocked by Roma’s defense.
In the 56th minute, Roma nearly equalized. Kristante was the highest in the jump, but his attempt went wide.
And then in the 73rd minute we saw Andrih’s mastery. The midfielder, who saved his team from defeat in the last game of Leverkusen in the sixth minute of stoppage time, fired from the edge of the penalty area into the left fork, and Mile Svilar just watched the ball for the final 0:2.
Let’s add that at the very end of the match, Abraham had a great opportunity when he sent the ball over the crossbar with his head just a few meters away.
In the second semi-final match, Marseille and Atalanta faced off. In the match played in France, the score was 1:1, and both goals were scored in the first half. First, Skamaka gave the visitors the lead in the 11th minute, only for Mbemba to get things back on track nine minutes later.
The semi-final games of the Conference League were also played tonight, and Olympiakos defeated Aston Villa away with 4:2, while Fiorentina was better than Club Brugge with 3:2.