In the early morning of April 19, Beijing time, the second leg of the Europa League 1/4 finals was over, and Liverpool, the top favorite to win the championship, failed to create a miracle of turnaround, and was finally eliminated by Atalanta. In addition, Bayer Leverkusen, Roma, and Marseille joined Atalanta to advance to the semifinals, and the specific matchups are: Marseille vs Atalanta, Roma vs Bayer Leverkusen.
Europa League quarter-final results:
Bayer Leverkusen 3-1 West Ham United
Atalanta 3-1 Liverpool
Marseille 6-4 Benfica
Roma 3-1 Milan
So far, all the top four seats have been released, specifically:
Serie A: Roma, Atalanta
Bundesliga: Bayer Leverkusen
Ligue 1: Marseille
Judging from the above promotion teams, the Serie A team has become the biggest winner, Roma and Atalanta have advanced to the top two places, and the Premier League duo is out of the tournament together, especially Liverpool, as the number one favorite to win the championship, failed to complete the miracle of the comeback.
It is worth mentioning that with the exit of Liverpool and West Ham United, Serie A teams have locked in 5 Champions League places next season in advance, that is, the team that ranks fifth in the league this season can also participate in the Champions League, and Roma is currently in fifth place.
With Liverpool out of the tournament early, Bayer Leverkusen became the top favourite, and the latter also advanced to the semi-finals.
Away to West Ham United, Bayer Leverkusen trailed by one goal for a long time until the second half equalised near stoppage time to advance 3-1 and advance to the last four of the Europa League for the second consecutive season. Next, Bayer Leverkusen will face Roma for a place in the final.
According to the schedule, the Europa League semi-finals will be played over two legs on 3 and 10 May, with the teams that advance to the final battling it out for the title on 23 May at the Dublin Arena.