The 2023/24 Europa League season enters the final round of the final match, in the just-concluded Champions League group stage, Galatasaray, Lens, Braga, Benfica, Feyenoord, AC Milan, Juniors and Shakhtar Donetsk - these eight teams finished third in the group and will directly enter the Europa League round of 16 play-offs, with the Europa League eight group winners playing home and away two-legged matches, and the winner enters the Europa League round of 16 knockout round. So in the final round of the Europa League, the teams will compete for the top spot in the group. In the early hours of this morning, Roma will host Sheriff, Liverpool will take on Saint-Gilloise away, and Leverkusen will play Molde at home to win all the group games.
Roma 3-0 Sharif
Jose Mourinho, who is in his third season at Roma, is currently in talks with the club to renew his contract, which has finished in the top four in Serie A this season and will be somewhat distracted by the next league game against fourth-tier rivals Bologna. In the Europa League, Roma suffered a two-game winless run after three consecutive wins, relinquishing top spot in the group, and even if they beat Sharif in the final round, they would not necessarily win the group.
In the game, in the first half, Romelu Lukaku opened the scoring and Belotti extended his lead. Roma led Sherif 2-0 at half-time. In the second half, Romelu Lukaku set up youngster Pisili's goal, who scored the first goal of his Roma senior career. In the end, Roma beat Sheriff 3-0 at home. Slavia Prague beat Servette 4-0 at the top of the group to finish Slavia Prague and finish second in the group to reach the round of 16 play-offs.
Saint-Gilloise 2-1 Liverpool
Liverpool has won four consecutive wins in all competitions recently, the Premier League overtook Arsenal to the top of the standings, Klopp is complacent, the morale of the whole team is greatly boosted, in the next round of the Premier League, Liverpool will sit at home to face the double red club, due to entering the little devil schedule, in the Europa League, Liverpool has locked the first place in the group in advance, will not invest too much energy, just go through the motions, Klopp's heart has been placed in the Premier League at the weekend.
In the game, Amula scored in the first half, Kwanza equalized, Puertas helped Saint-Gilloise to exceed the score again, Liverpool temporarily 1-2 Saint-Gilloise at half-time, and in the second half, Puertas scored another goal, but the goal was blown first because of Armani's handball, and finally Liverpool 1-2 Saint-Gilloise, still advanced to the top of the group.
Bayer Leverkusen 5-1 Molde
Leverkusen is the only team in Europe's top five leagues that is still unbeaten this season, Bayer Leverkusen is ranked first in the standings ahead of Bayern in the Bundesliga, and the German Cup has also advanced to the quarterfinals, and the Europa League has maintained a complete victory. Coach Alonso has attracted the attention of many top European giants with his excellent record of leading Bayer Leverkusen, among which Bayern Munich and Real Madrid regard Alonso as the next manager. If Bayer Leverkusen can overturn Bayern's dominance of the Bundesliga at the end of the season, Alonso will become a new generation of managers with no limit to the future.
In the game, in the first half, Schick scored a long-range blitz, Taptsoba extended the score with a header, Eriksen scored an own goal, and in the second half, Hlozhek doubled, and Kitolano pushed a shot to pull one back, and finally Bayer Leverkusen won all six games 5-1 Molde to qualify, and was unbeaten in 23 games in all competitions.