In the early morning of April 19, 2024, the second leg of the Europa League 1/4 finals, four games were played at the same time, and in the end, Liverpool won 1-0 away at Atalanta, Bayer Leverkusen away 1-1 West Ham United, Roma 2-1 AC Milan at home, and Marseille 1-0 Benfica at home, and won 4-2 on penalties. Here are the details of the four races.
1. Roma 2-1 AC Milan
In the first leg, Roma won 1-0 against AC Milan with Mancini's goal and took the lead. Last season, Roma lost to Sevilla in the Europa League final and finished runners-up. The team has been in excellent form since De Rossi took charge, losing just two games in all competitions and finishing fifth in Serie A with a view to qualifying for the Champions League. AC Milan are second in Serie A, but 14 points clear of leaders Inter Milan and have little hope of winning the title, so AC Milan will also be hoping to make a splash in the Europa League.
Roma lined up the 433 formation, Svillar started the goalkeeper, Celik, Smalling, Mancini, Spinazzola four defenders, Pellegrini, Paredes, Bovey three midfielders, Shaarawy, Dybala, Lukaku three forwards.
In the 12th minute, Roma broke the deadlock first, with Mancini curling a long-range shot that hit the right post and Roberto Mancini scored from the spot. Roma led 1-0 and AC Milan 2-0 on aggregate.
In the 22nd minute, Roma expanded the score, Lukaku's cross from the right side of the baseline was blocked, the AC Milan defender made a mistake in clearing, and Dybala scored in the far corner with the ball, Roma led 2-0, and the aggregate score was 3-0 AC Milan.
In the 85th minute, Leao sent a cross from the left, and Gabia scored with a header to pull one back! Roma 2-1 Milan, 3-1 AC Milan on aggregate.
In the end, Roma defeated AC Milan home and away to successfully advance to the Europa League semi-finals.
2. Atalanta 0-1 Liverpool
In the first leg of the match between the two sides, Liverpool was beaten 3-0 by Atalanta at home, with 70% possession, Atalanta Scamacca scored two goals, Pasalic scored a goal, Liverpool then lost to Crystal Palace at home in the league, this time away to Atalanta, Liverpool had a 0-3 loss to Barcelona in the first leg, and a classic game of 4-0 in the second leg to eliminate Barcelona, but this time and that. Can Liverpool complete a comeback of more than three goals away from home?
Liverpool lined up in a 433 formation, with Alisson starting goalkeeper, Robertson, Van Dijk, Konat, Trent Alexander-Arnold at the back four, Jones, McAllistsoe, Bosloy in the midfield, Diaz, Gakpo and Salah in the front.
In the 7th minute, Alexander-Arnold's cross caused a handball foul in the Ruggieri box, and Liverpool were awarded a penalty opportunity, and Salah took the spot.
Salah then fired wide. Koopmeiners scored a goal but it was ruled out for offside.
In the second half, Liverpool did nothing and finally went out 1-3 over two legs.
3. West Ham United 1-1 Bayer Leverkusen
In the first leg of the match, Alonso made a magical substitution, Hofmann made a pass, Boniface sealed the win, Bayer Leverkusen won 2-0 at home to West Ham United, and then, in the Bundesliga at the weekend, easily beat Bremen 5-0 at home, winning the first Bundesliga title in 120 years five rounds ahead of schedule. They are unbeaten in all competitions.
Bayer Leverkusen lined up in a 3421 formation, with Kovar starting goalkeeper, Inkapiye, Jonasenta, Kosonu in the back three, Grimaldo, Xhaka, Palacios, Stanisic in the midfield, and Wirtz and Nathan Terra providing fire support behind Schick.
In the 13th minute, Bowen made a long-distance pass to the penalty area from the right side, and Antonio grabbed the header to score, West Ham United 1-0 at home, and the aggregate score was 1-2 Bayer Leverkusen.
In the 89th minute, Stanisic assisted, Frimpong shot from the right side of the penalty area through the line change, West Ham United 1-1 Leverkusen, Leverkusen 3-1 on aggregate.
In the end, Bayer Leverkusen defeated West Ham United 3-1 over two legs, remained unbeaten in 44 games, and successfully advanced to the Europa League semi-finals.
4. Marseille 1-0 Benfica
In the first leg between the two sides, Benfica won 2-1 at home to Ligue 1 Marseille to take the lead in the Europa League. In this game, Benfica lined up 4231, with Trubin starting goalkeeper, Oters, Otamendi, Antonio Silva, Bach four defenders, Neves and Luiz double midfielders, Neres, Rafa Silva, and Di Maria providing firepower support behind single striker Tenstedt.
In the first half, Marseille won 0-0 at home to Benfica.
In the 79th minute, Aubameyang received a long pass from the backfield, dribbled the ball at high speed near the left bottom line and passed to the goal, Mumbana scored with a header, Marseille 1-0 at home, and Marseille 2-2 Benfica on aggregate.
The game finally went into extra time, and the two sides still did not make a difference, and the game came to a brutal penalty shoot-out, Benfica missed twice, and Marseille beat Benfica 4-2 at home to Benfica. Advance to the semi-finals against Atalanta.
Messi's real thighs, 36-year-old Di Maria is still Messi's idol!
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Anyone who knows the ball knows that Di Maria is Messi's real thigh, without Di Maria, there would be no Messi's status as the king of the ball, and now at the age of 36, Di Maria is still better than Messi!