The top 4 of the European competition are born! The Premier League is the only seedling left, the dawn of the Bundesliga is back Serie A locks the fifth place in the Champions League
After the Champions League quarter-finals, the Europa League and UEFA Europa League top four lists were also decided. Liverpool lost to Atalanta, new Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen drew with West Ham, Roma won the Serie A civil war with Milan, Marseille eliminated Benfica on penalties, and Villa and Fiorentina also qualified for the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup.
Atalanta 0:1 Liverpool (3:1 on aggregate)
Because of the three-goal defeat in the first leg, coupled with the recent consecutive defeats, Liverpool came to Bergamo in the second leg, and naturally was not favored; although in the opening 7 minutes, Salah took advantage of the penalty opportunity to score a goal; but Liverpool was still lacking in scoring at the end of the game, and Atalanta was not impatient to stabilize the backline. Even if Liverpool finally won away from home, it was still 1:3 on aggregate and missed the Europa League semi-finals; so far, Klopp's team, the goal of this season's title is only the Premier League, and considering that Liverpool has no initiative to win the championship at present, it is not excluded that the Reds will only win the League Cup in the fourth line.
Atalanta's semi-final opponents were Ligue 1 side Marseille, who lost the first leg and then went to extra-time 1-0 in the second leg, and in the final penalty shoot-out, Di Maria and Anthony Silva both missed penalties to advance to the semi-finals.
West Ham 1:1 Bayer Leverkusen (1:3 on aggregate)
Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool, the three major Premier League giants, are all out, and another Premier League team, West Ham, is not spared; in the face of the new Bundesliga champion Bayer Leverkusen, West Ham scored the first goal by Antonio's header in the first half; although the whole team was not in the best state of the game, but with Alonso gradually changing the main team, and Frimpong completed the equalizer in the 89th minute, West Ham could only follow in the footsteps of Liverpool with a total score of 1:3 at home. As a result, the Premier League's teams in the Champions League and Europa League have been wiped out.
Bayer Leverkusen's unbeaten run this season extends to 44 games, the longest unbeaten run in the top five leagues to date, and after winning the league, Alonso has been able to shift his focus to the Europa League and German Cup, with a treble just around the corner. With the addition of Bayern and Dort, a total of three teams in the Bundesliga have reached the last four of European competition this season, returning to the dawn of 29 years ago.
Roma 2:1 Milan (3:1 on aggregate)
It was the only Serie A domestic battle in the last eight of the knockout round, with Roberto Mancini scoring the only goal of the game in the first leg and the opening 12 minutes of the second leg. In the 22nd minute, Lukaku squeezed away Gabia's defense with his strong body and deducted the Te'o cross from the defense, Gabia cleared in time, and Dybala at two points received the ball to expand the advantage;
Roma's opponent in the semi-finals will be Bayer Leverkusen, which will be the second year in a row that the two teams have met in the semi-finals of the Europa League. Although there are no Serie A teams in the last eight of the Champions League, with Roma, Atalanta and Fiorentina collectively reaching the last four of the European competition, Serie A is confirmed to have five Champions League places from the league next season.
On the side of the UEFA Cup, Villa and Lille fought to a penalty shootout, Villa scored 4 goals, Lille conceded 2 goals, Villa 4:3 penalty shootout to advance to the semifinals, which is the only remaining European team in the Premier League this season, and the other favorite Fiorentina eliminated Plzen Victory through 2 goals in extra time and also won the semi-final ticket.