The second leg of the Europa League quarter-finals comes with Roma hosting AC Milan. Roma's league record this season is mediocre, with 16 wins, 7 draws and 8 defeats in 31 league games, with 55 points, in 5th place, and there are hopes of hitting the top four, after all, they are only four points behind Bologna with a game in hand. In the Europa League, Roma reached the quarter-finals against a strong AC Milan. However, in the first leg, Roma were upset away from home, beating AC Milan. This gave Rome a head start. This time, Roma are back at home to face AC Milan again. As a result, Roma won the game 2-1 and beat AC Milan twice to advance to the last four.
Roma lined up 433 formations in this game. The attacking trident of El Shaarawy, Dybala and Romelu Lukaku combined to attack. Lorenzo Pellegrini, Paredes and Beauvais make up the midfield three. Cerik, Smalling, Gianluca Mancini and Spinazzola started the game in the back four. Svillar was the starting goalkeeper. Azmoun, Tammy Abraham and Renato Sanchez were on the bench.
Roma started the game unbelievably well, with Roberto Mancini opening the scoring in the 12th minute and Dybala doubling the lead with a 22nd minute. Scoring two goals in a row allowed Roma to almost seal a place in promotion. However, Celik was sent off in the 31st minute, adding to the game's variety. Rome had to fight with one man less for a long time. You must know that in the previous match between Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain, Barcelona conceded 4 goals in a row because of the collapse after being sent off by 1 person. However, this time AC Milan failed to fight back like Paris Saint-Germain, shooting wildly 20 times throughout the game, and finally only narrowed the gap thanks to Gabia's goal. The final score was set at 2-1 as Roma beat AC Milan again to advance to the last four with an aggregate score of 3-1.
This match brought shame to the 58-year-old Pioli, and his Milan team played one more to no avail, failed to win, and went out in disgrace. Roma have reached the last four of Europe for four consecutive seasons, which is the second highest in Italian history. In Italian history, only Juventus have performed better in Europe, having reached the last four of European competitions in five consecutive seasons. Roma's opponent in the semi-finals will be the very strong Bayer Leverkusen. Bayer Leverkusen have already won the Bundesliga title and are unbeaten in 44 games in all competitions this season, setting a record for the longest unbeaten start in the top five leagues. It will be interesting to see if Roma can overturn Bayer Leverkusen and reach the final!