Roma recovered from a two-goal deficit in the second leg of the Europa League semi-final against Bayer Leverkusen, but the home side made up for it with an own goal. The visitors attacked, and the Germans equalized in the moments of added time. With the 2-2 draw, Leverkusen extended their amazing unbeaten streak and reached the final of the series.
Summary of the match:
Bayer Leverkusen (Germany)-AS Roma (Italy) 2-2 (0-1
Leverkusen won the first match of the duel against AS Roma a week ago in the Italian capital 2-0. In the second leg on Thursday, the Italians led 2-0 with two penalties by Leandro Paredes, but the hosts equalized with an own goal by Gianluca Mancini and a goal scored by Josip Stanisic in the 97th minute. The latter was Bayer’s 17th goal of the current season, which came in the 90th minute or later.
Leverkusen, who have already won the Bundesliga and are also finalists in the German Cup, had their 49th unbeaten match in a row, breaking Benfica’s European record. The Lisbon team did not find a winner in 48 matches between December 1963 and February 1965, including all series.
UEFA Europa League and Conference League Summary, Part 8
Results, semi-finals, second legs:
Bayer Leverkusen (German)-AS Roma (Italian) 2-2 (0-1)
scorers: Mancini (82nd, own goal), Stanisic (97th), and Paredes (43rd, 66th, both from penalties)
Moved on: Leverkusen, 4-2 on aggregate.Atalanta (Italian)-Olympique Marseille (French) 3-0 (1-0)
scorers: Lookman (30th), Ruggeri (52nd), Toure (95th)
Advanced: Atalanta, with a total of 4-1.
Bayer reached the final for the third time on the European stage, in 1988 it was a finalist in the UEFA Cup, and in 2002 it was a finalist in the Champions League.
His opponent in the final in Dublin on May 22nd will be Atalanta, who won 3-0 at home after a 1-1 draw at the home of Olympique Marseille.
