The semi-finals of the Europa League officially kick off this week, and the highlight of the day is Bayer Leverkusen's trip to Roma. Under the leadership of Alonso, the pharmaceutical company pulled the invincible Bayern off the altar and won the first Bundesliga championship trophy in the team's history five rounds ahead of schedule, while retaining the hope of hitting the treble. The Red Wolves have rebounded strongly since the arrival of young coach De Rossi, and are currently fifth in Serie A, and are challenging for Champions League qualification next season. Romelu Lukaku's header hit the crossbar, Wirtz opened the scoring and Andrich sealed the win, and Bayer Leverkusen won 2-0 to make them unbeaten in 47 games.
In order to maintain his unbeaten season status, Alonso put on a full lineup for this campaign, Adley played as a central striker, Wirtz and Grimaldo played as a midfielder, Inkapiye, Xhaka, Andrich and Frimpong lined up, Jonatan Tower, Tapsoba and Stanišić formed a three-centre-back system, and the goalkeeper was still Kovaž.
De Rossi at home continued to play in a 4-3-3 formation, with Svillar continuing to guard the net for Roma, with the defensive four consisting of Karlsdorp, Roberto Mancini, Chris Smalling and Spinazzola, Paredes, Manlegrini and Cristante in midfield, and Romelu Lukaku returning to join Dybala and El Shaarawy in the front three.
As soon as the game began, Roma launched an attack on Bayer Leverkusen's goal to the cheers of the home fans. In the 10th minute, Dybala received a cross from a team-mate and fired a cold arrow from the edge of the box, but it couldn't test Kovarge, who safely confiscated the ball.
In the 21st minute, Roma had a great opportunity, Dybala crossed from a corner, Paredes picked up a pass with his back at the back post, and Lukaku flanked the header in the middle, which was ruthlessly denied by the crossbar. Three minutes later, Wirtz sent a precise through ball in the counterattack, Frimpong cut in on the right and shot wide from a tight angle!
In the 27th minute, Karlsdorp made an outrageous mistake, the backfield return pass was too light, Grimaldo broke the ball and knocked it back in the triangle, Wirtz easily pushed it into the net, and Bayer Leverkusen led 1-0. The 21-year-old Wirtz has played explosive output this season, contributing 18 goals and 19 assists in 45 games in all competitions, which is even more fierce than Bellingham, and is worth as much as 110 million!
In the 35th minute, Wirtz made a wonderful pass from the edge of the penalty area, Grimaldo crossed from the left, Frimpong volleyed from close range, the ball was slightly deflected, and Roma almost conceded another goal.
In the 43rd minute, Lukaku knocked back with his back, and Pellegrini followed up and shot straight into the bottom right corner, but unfortunately it was out of the post. At the end of the first half, Bayer Leverkusen had 11 shots on goal but only managed one.
Back on the pitch, Roma are still trying to score goals. In the 56th minute, Dybala crossed from a corner, and Cristante was unmarked, and his header from close range was deflected!
In the 75th minute, Stanišić knocked back in the penalty area, Andrich hit a world wave from 23 meters away from the goal, hanging straight to the top left corner of the goal, Svillar watched the whole process, and Bayer Leverkusen sealed the win 2-0. In the 85th minute, Pellegrini went straight to the edge of the penalty area, Azmoun stepped forward to form a single knife, and Incapiye took the first step to stretch his leg to clear the ball!
Winning 2-0 against Roma, Alonso led the team to avenge last year's 0-1 defeat, and at the same time laughed at this young marshal duel. Bayer Leverkusen extended their unbeaten run of the season to 47 games, continuing their record for the longest unbeaten run by a team in the top five leagues, and have reached the final with one foot.