In the two Europa League semi-finals that ended in the early morning of April 29, Beijing time, two Bundesliga teams, Red Bull Leipzig and Eintracht Frankfurt, defeated West Ham United and Rangers respectively, taking advantage of the promotion opportunity.
As the big dark horse that eliminated Barca in the quarterfinals, Frankfurt once again showed its "dark horse" nature in the first leg of the semifinals. Visiting the London Stadium, they opened the scoring with a header from Knauf. Although Antonio helped West Ham to equalise in the 20th minute. But in the 54th minute, Eintracht Frankfurt relied on a complementary shot from Japan international Daichi Kamada to take the lead again.
Kamada daichi was still in the middle of the 80th minute, almost helping Frankfurt to extend the score. After winning the first leg away from home, the second leg returned to the home games, giving Eintracht Frankfurt's hopes of reaching the final undoubtedly increased.
In another semi-final that ended at the same time, Red Bull Leipzig, also from the Bundesliga, defeated Soviet Super League giants Glasgow Rangers 1-0. In the 84th minute, City veteran Angelinho scored a deadlock with a kick.
This season, Bundesliga teams have performed well in the Europa League. Both German teams advanced directly to the round of 16, and another German team passed the Test of the Champions League-Europa League Revival to advance to the Europa League Round of 16. Of the three German teams that advanced to the Europa League round of 16, 2 advanced to the quarter-finals. They then both advanced to the final four, and now they have the potential to play in the Europa League final. The second leg of the Europa League semi-finals will take place at 3am on May 6, while the final will take place on May 19.