The Roma he came close to achieving the feat in Germany but collapsed towards the end, seeing his dream of a third consecutive European final extinguished. In the second leg semi-final Alla BayArena ends 2-2but in light of the 2-0 first leg in favor of Bayer Leverkusen, it is Xabi Alonso’s team that has secured the pass for the Europa League final where it will challenge Atalanta. Roma’s heart and pride were not enough, in the end a mistake cost them dearly.
INSIGHTS
The match
De Rossi’s team goes ahead by two goals, making the possibility of overturning the first leg a real possibility. In the first half Leandro Paredes he converted the penalty kick with great coolness, but Svilar was also providential as he saved Roma on several occasions in the first half of the match.
The Giallorossi went into the break with a one-goal lead and tried to rev up the engine in the second half.
The introductions of Bove and Zalewski give liveliness to De Rossi’s team who win another penalty kick due to the touch of the Bayer player’s hand. After the help of the VAR the referee assigns the penalty, again entrusted to Paredes. The Argentine made no mistakes and scored his personal brace and made it 2-0 for Roma, who equalized the score in the two matches. It seems to be the evening of the feat, before Svilar’s unexpected error, the only one of his match which however turns out to be fatal. On corner football developmentsor the Giallorossi goalkeeper doesn’t find the ball and it hits Mancini and ends up in the net. Own goal that breaks Roma’s legs and extinguishes the dreams of an entire people. In the 97th minute the final defeat of Stanisic on the counterattack which scores the 2-2 and the final blow for the Giallorossi.
It could have been a splendid all-Italian Europa League final against Atalanta but it will be played by Xabi Alonso’s Leverkusen who confirm their unbeaten record. The German champions risked mockery but Roma will have to start again from this test of pride, to play for the possibility of playing in the Champions League next year in the direct championship clash against the Goddess. In Dublin, however, there will be no place for the Giallorossi.
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