UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, May 2, 2024
Bayer Leverkusen WWDDD 2
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AS Roma WWLWD 0
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1st Leg · Stadio Olimpico · 64,073 att.

Match Report

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Bayer Leverkusen blank Roma to extend unbeaten run to 47

Goals by Florian Wirtz and Robert Andrich gave Bayer Leverkusen a 2-0 advantage over AS Roma in the first leg of their Europa League semi-final on Thursday as the German champions edged closer to their first European final in 22 years.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
6
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
2
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
2
47
Possession
53
19
SHOTS
8
4
ON GOAL
2
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
392
Accurate Passes
447
461
Passes
514
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
6
9
Crosses
24
0.2
Cross %
0.3
51
Long Balls
55
24
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
7
Blocked Shots
1
10
Effective Tackles
7
15
Tackles
12
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
9
Interceptions
9
16
Effective Clearances
9
16
Clearances
9

Head to Head

ROMA leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

ROMA · 4-3-3

  1. 99Mile SvilarG
  2. 6Chris SmallingCD-L
  3. 23Gianluca ManciniCD-R
  4. 37Leonardo SpinazzolaLB
  5. 2Rick KarsdorpRB
  6. 16Leandro ParedesCM
  7. 7Lorenzo PellegriniLM
  8. 4Bryan CristanteRM
  9. 90Romelu LukakuF
  10. 92Stephan El ShaarawyLF
  11. 21Paulo DybalaRF

B04 · 3-4-2-1

  1. 17Matej KovárG
  2. 4Jonathan TahCD
  3. 3Piero HincapiéCD-L
  4. 12Edmond TapsobaCD-R
  5. 34Granit XhakaCM-L
  6. 8Robert AndrichCM-R
  7. 20Alejandro GrimaldoLM
  8. 2Josip StanisicRM
  9. 10Florian WirtzF
  10. 21Amine AdliCF-L
  11. 30Jeremie FrimpongCF-R

Timeline

  1. 16' Jonathan Tah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 28' Goal! Roma 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1. Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Álex Grimaldo.
  3. 30' Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 62' Substitution, Roma. Angeliño replaces Rick Karsdorp.
  5. 73' Goal! Roma 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2. Robert Andrich (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Josip Stanisic.
  6. 74' Leonardo Spinazzola (Roma) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 74' Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 76' Robert Andrich (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 77' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Jonas Hofmann replaces Florian Wirtz.
  10. 77' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Nathan Tella replaces Amine Adli.
  11. 78' Bryan Cristante (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 79' Substitution, Roma. Sardar Azmoun replaces Romelu Lukaku.
  13. 79' Substitution, Roma. Tommaso Baldanzi replaces Leandro Paredes.
  14. 88' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Exequiel Palacios replaces Jeremie Frimpong.
  15. 90'+1' Substitution, Roma. Tammy Abraham replaces Paulo Dybala.
  16. 90'+3' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Odilon Kossounou replaces Álex Grimaldo.

UEFA Europa League News

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News ESPN News Services AC Milan condemn racist abuse of Mike Maignan after red card vs. Bournemouth AC Milan have condemned what they called "serious and unacceptable racist abuse" directed at goalkeeper Mike Maignan on social media following his red card in Thursday's Europa League loss to Bournemouth. News PA 'If Mo Salah scores three...' - Hearts boss on puzzle to mark Trabzonspor star Wouter Vrancken hailed auxiliary left-back Rogers Mato for the way he stepped into the breach against Mohamed Salah as injury-hit Hearts produced a spirited display in a 2-0 Conference League defeat away to Trabzonspor. News Tom Hamilton Rose urges humility after Bournemouth rout Milan as Amorim rues red card Marco Rose said his Bournemouth team will stay humble after they dominated AC Milan 3-0 in the Europa League while Ruben Amorim said the match was over as a contest for his team after Mike Maignan's red card in the first half. ESPN Tom Hamilton Bournemouth fairytale condemns Ruben Amorim to another nightmare in England Bournemouth never wanted this night to end. Ruben Amorim, however, would be happy to forget this evening on the south coast ever happened.