In the early morning of May 3, Beijing time, the Europa League and the Europa Conference League entered the first leg of the semifinals. In addition, the 26th round of the Premier League made up the London derby.
Chelsea 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur
At the critical moment of hitting the top four, Tottenham, which is worth a total of 780 million, began to drop the chain. After a 4-0 defeat to Newcastle, Tottenham were 3-0 down in the north London derby and lost 3-2 to Arsenal. After two consecutive defeats, Tottenham are seven points behind Villa despite remaining fifth and two games less than Villa, and are fading away from next season's Champions League spot.
Chelsea's situation was even more bleak, with a 2-2 draw with Villa at the weekend halting a run of two consecutive defeats in all competitions, but a 5-0 defeat to Arsenal left Pochettino's place in the hands of little to spare.
Towards the end of the season, Chelsea are only in ninth place, which is seriously out of line with the team's total value of 930 million.
After the opening kick-off, Chelsea began to bombard indiscriminately, with Tottenham playing rather passively, and the deadlock was broken in the 24th minute.
Conor Gallagher's free-kick was whittled into the box and Trevoh Chalobah headed home the first goal of his Blues career.
In the first half, Chelsea were 1-0 up. After the start of the second half, Tottenham's attack was strengthened, but the team conceded again.
In the 73rd minute, Palmer's free-kick hit the crossbar and Jackson scored from the spot.
In the end, Tottenham Hotspur lost 0-2 to Chelsea, suffered two consecutive defeats in the London derby + three consecutive defeats in the league, and after the sudden collapse at the end of the season, Tottenham Hotspur is still 7 points behind the fourth-place Villa, with only one game less, and the Champions League ticket for next season has gradually faded away.
Roma 0-2 Bayer Leverkusen
The two teams are full of traffic and have met again since meeting in the semi-finals of last season's Europa League. Roma, who is worth a total of 320 million, has to fight both fronts, on the one hand, the team must ensure that it can finally rank in the top five of Serie A and get a ticket to the Champions League next season.
On the other hand, if they can win the Europa League, they can also participate in the Champions League next season.
Bayer Leverkusen, who are worth a total of 600 million, have obviously slackened after winning the Bundesliga title early, and the last two league games have been drawn, but fortunately, the team has maintained a 46-game unbeaten run in all competitions, and Alonso is also moving full speed ahead of his goal of leading the team to a treble.
After the opening, the two teams played quite aggressively, and the fight was fierce enough, and the scene was very good. In the 28th minute, the Roma backline made a big mistake.
Karlsdorp's return pass was weak, Grimaldo made a steal and provided the assist, and Wirtz scored with ease.
In the first half of the game, although Leverkusen only led 1-0, the shot was 13-4, and Leverkusen had the advantage, which was also a concrete reflection of the game.
In the second half, the two teams played a bit dull, and in the 73rd minute, Andrich's long-range shot crossed an arc and fell into the net, and the pharmaceutical company sealed the victory.
In the end, Bayer Leverkusen won 2-0 away at Roma to take the lead in the two-legged knockout round and have already stepped into the Europa League final with one foot.