In the early morning of April 19, 2024, the second leg of the Europa League 1/4 finals ended the competition, and in the end, Roma defeated AC Milan 2-1 at home and 3-1 on aggregate to advance to the semi-finals, Atalanta eliminated Liverpool 0-1 at home and 3-1 on aggregate, West Ham United lost to Bayer Leverkusen 1-1 on aggregate and unfortunately went out, Leverkusen was unbeaten in 44 games and successfully advanced to the Europa League semifinals, Marseille won 1-0 at home, 2-2 on aggregate, and Benfica 4-2 on penalties.
1. Roma 2-1 AC Milan (3-1 on aggregate)
In the first leg, Roma won 1-0 away at AC Milan thanks to Roberto Mancini's goal. The second leg returned to Rome's home stadium, Rome started with two consecutive strikes, ushered in a dream start, Celik was sent off with a red card, AC Milan scored a face-saving goal at the last moment, and finally, Roma eliminated AC Milan 2-1 at home, 3-1 on aggregate, Roma advanced to the Europa League semifinals, semi-finals against the new champion of the Bundesliga, Leverkusen, the semi-finals of this group are comparable to the finals, what kind of sparks can Leverkusen and Roma have?
In the 12th minute, Mancini hit the right post with a long-range shot, and Mancini scored with a clever follow-up shot! Roma 1-0 AC Milan.
In the 22nd minute, Lukaku staggered into the penalty area and the cross was blocked, the defender cleared the ball by Dybala, and Dybala scored with a shot! Roma 2-0 AC Milan.
In the 31st minute, Celik kicked Leao's heel in a tackle, and the referee directly showed a red card to send him off.
In the 85th minute, Rafael Leao sent a cross and Gabia scored with a header to pull one back! Roma 2-1 AC Milan.
In the end, Roma defeated AC Milan home and away, and successfully advanced to the Europa League semifinals with an aggregate score of 3-1, and AC Milan was unfortunately eliminated.
2. Atalanta 0-1 Liverpool (3-1 on aggregate)
In the first leg of the match between the two sides, Liverpool lost 0-3 at home to Atalanta Britain, since Klopp announced his departure, Liverpool seems to have lost his soul, and the league was defeated by Crystal Palace at home, losing the top position in the Premier League, which is really a disaster. In the 7th minute of the first half, Alexander-Arnold crossed, the Atalanta defender fouled the handball, the referee awarded a penalty, and Salah hit the penalty. Liverpool lead 1-0.
Koopmeiners then opened the scoring, but it was ruled out for offside.
In the second half, neither team achieved anything. At full-time, Liverpool won 1-0 against Atalanta, but lost 3-1 on aggregate to miss out on the Europa League semi-finals.
3. West Ham United 1-1 Bayer Leverkusen (1-3 on aggregate)
In the first leg between the two sides, Bayer Leverkusen scored two goals in the last minute to beat West Ham United 2-0 at home with Alonso's magical substitution, and Bayer Leverkusen beat Bremen 5-0 in the Bundesliga at the weekend to win the first Bundesliga title in 120 years five rounds ahead of schedule. This time at West Ham United, can Bayer Leverkusen continue to be unbeaten?
In the 13th minute, Bowen assisted Antonio's header to score, West Ham United 1-0, 1-2 on aggregate.
In the 89th minute, Stanicic assisted, Frimpong scored through the line change, and Bayer Leverkusen equalized 1-1, 3-1 on aggregate. I have to say that Leverkusen is hard-hitting, and many games can be drawn or killed. In the end, Bayer Leverkusen successfully eliminated West Ham United and advanced to the Europa League semi-finals, where they faced Roma in the semi-finals.
Bayer Leverkusen were behind for the majority of the game, but they managed to avoid defeat with a goal towards the end of the game.
It was also Leverkusen's 44th game of the season, with a winless run in those 44 games (38 wins, six draws), which also saw them break Juventus' record of unbeaten start to the season in the top five leagues set in 2011/12.
4. Marseille 1-0 Benfica (6-4 on aggregate)
In the first leg between the two sides, Benfica won 2-1 at home to Marseille. This time away to Marseille, Benfica is still very tenacious, in the last moment, Aubameyang's outstanding play helped the team equalize, 30 minutes of stoppage time, both sides did not score, the game went into a brutal penalty shootout. In the penalty shootout, Benfica missed two penalties and were eliminated in the end.
In the 79th minute, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang assisted Mumbana's header to score a goal, and Marseille equalized 2-2 on aggregate.
In the end, Marseille's penalty kicks were more stable, Benfica missed penalties one after another, and with Enrique hitting the penalty, Benfica lost 2-4 to Marseille in the penalty shootout, missing the Europa League semifinals, and Marseille advanced to the semi-finals against Atalanta.
Di Maria, Otamendi and other Argentine veterans, after the game, looked very lonely.