In the early morning of May 3, 2024, important matches will be staged in the Premier League, Europa League, and Europa League. In the 26th round of the Premier League, Chelsea defeated Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 at home, Bayer Leverkusen beat Roma 2-0 away in the first leg of the Europa League semifinals, and Aston Villa lost 2-4 at home to Olympiacos in the first leg of the Europa League semifinals.
1. Chelsea 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur
Chelsea has accumulated 51 points from 34 games and has risen to eighth place, and after losing to Arsenal and Chelsea in a row, Tottenham Hotspur is seven points behind Villa with one less game, and no longer occupies the initiative to get the fourth place in the Premier League.
In this game, Chelsea left-back Marc Cucurella performed well and was named the best player of the match, the starting lineup of the two teams totaled more than 800 million euros, and the average age of Chelsea's starters was 22.7 years, which is really a very promising team.
In the 24th minute, Chelsea broke the deadlock first when Conor Gallagher headed in a free-kick and Chalobah jumped high on the left side of the box to head home 1-0 Tottenham.
In the 72nd minute, Palmer's free-kick bounced off the crossbar and Jackson slotted home with ease, giving Chelsea a 2-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur.
Tottenham Hotspur have lost the London derby in a row, the team is so valuable, this season has been high, once led the standings, and now, even the fourth place is not in sight, Tottenham Hotspur's performance has greatly disappointed their own fans.
2. Roma 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen
Roma beat Bayer Leverkusen in the semi-finals of the Europa League last season to reach the final, but unfortunately Roma lost to Sevilla on penalties in the final, and this season, Mourinho was sacked midway through the class and De Rossi stepped into the forefront.
Bayer Leverkusen's performance this season has been even more magical, from being relegated last season, to winning the Bundesliga this season, to being unbeaten in 46 games this season, advancing to the final of the German Cup, and advancing to the semi-finals of the Europa League.
In this game, both sides sent their main players, Roma Dybala Lukaku all appeared, and Bayer Leverkusen Xhaka, Wirtz, Grimaldo and other main stars appeared one after another.
Bayer Leverkusen is no longer the Bayer Leverkusen who was eliminated by Roma last season, in this game, Leverkusen effortlessly, at the home of Rome, completed the revenge of Rome, Wirtz and Andrich scored two goals in a row, and Leverkusen defeated Roma 2-0 away.
In the 28th minute, Roma played with fire at the back, Karlsdorp made a serious mistake, Grimaldo stepped back and passed, Wirtz easily pushed the goal, and Leverkusen 1-0.
In the 73rd minute, Andrich finally scored after a number of unsuccessful long-range shots in this game, Andrich received a shocking long-range shot from outside the penalty area from his teammates, and broke through Roma's goal, and finally Bayer Leverkusen beat Roma 2-0, unbeaten in 47 games this season, and continued to set a new record for the longest unbeaten run in Europe.
3. Aston Villa 2-4 Olympiacos
In the semi-finals of the UEFA Europa League, Aston Villa suffered a blow to the head. Furious by the Greek team Olympiacos.
In the 16th minute, Chiquinho assisted, Caebi scored with a shot, and Olympiax led 1-0.
In the 29th minute, receiving a pass from a teammate, Caebi successfully countered offside, shook off the goalkeeper, and volleyed the goal.
In the 45+1 minute, Musa Diabi assisted, Watkins inserted the goal in time, and Villa pulled one back and fell behind 1-2 at home.
In the 52nd minute, Lyon Pele crossed diagonally, Musa Diabi scored from a small angle after a straight cut, and Villa struggled to equalize, 2-2 Olympiacos.
In the 56th minute, Villa was hit again, Luis handball in the penalty area, the referee awarded a penalty, Caebi scored a hat trick from the penalty, and Olympiacos overtook the score again, 3-2 Villa.
In the 67th minute, Eze shot from outside the penalty area, the ball hit Consa's back and refracted into the net, Olympiacos sealed the win, 4-2 away to Aston Villa.
In the 84th minute, Villa won a penalty and Douglas Luiz missed it. Vi had to accept the fate of the home defeat. Luis not only gave the opponent a penalty, but also missed a penalty, and after missing the penalty, he also covered his face with his jersey, which was really shameless to face the home fans!
This was the end of the first leg of the UEFA Europa League semi-finals, with Villa losing 4-2 at home to Greek side Olympiacos.