In the early morning of May 10, Beijing time, the Europa League semifinals entered the second leg of the competition, and a key battle attracted much attention, with Bayer Leverkusen sitting at home to face Roma.
With the departure of Mourinho and the arrival of De Rossi, Roma, who is worth a total of 320 million, once started a strong rebound. However, in the last two rounds of the league, Roma have drawn with Napoli and Juventus. After two games without a win, Roma have dropped to 6th in the table.
Although there are five Champions League tickets in Serie A next season, Roma is tied with Atalanta in fifth place, but they have one less game than their opponents, and it will be difficult to qualify for next season's Champions League.
The two teams met in the first leg, and Roma were comprehensively suppressed by Bayer Leverkusen at home and lost 0-2. Leverkusen, who are worth $600 million, beat Eintracht Frankfurt in the league last weekend and are unbeaten in 48 games in all competitions, tying the record set by Benfica in 1963.
After the opening, the two teams did not have any temptation and directly started the offensive battle.
In the 15th minute, Bayer Leverkusen played a small and fluid combination in front of Roma's penalty area, and Palacios dodged the defense and fired a powerful shot that Svillar blocked.
Roma also had chances, and two minutes later, captain Manuel Pellegrini headed in a dangerous header.
In the 19th minute, a large-scale clash broke out between the two teams, and Spinazzola fell to the ground without confrontation, raising his hand to signal that he could not hold on. Frimpong ignored it completely and accelerated to the goal.
After the ball went out of bounds, captain Pellegrini stepped forward and pushed Frimpong continuously, and Mancini Jr. also hugged his teammates, the scene was quite hot, and the referee could only show yellow cards in a row to calm the incident.
As the game progressed, Bayer Leverkusen gradually took the initiative on the field, and Roma played a little passively.
In the 29th minute, Xhaka's long-range shot hit the neutral post bounced off Svilar's back and almost turned into an own goal.
Bayer Leverkusen's attack was wave after wave, and the Roma defense, which had already received four yellow cards, did not dare to make more moves, and Svillar made two miraculous saves in a row to block the must-score goal of the pharmaceutical factory.
In the 38th minute, the situation on the field changed abruptly, Jotatan hugged Azmoun in the penalty area, and the referee decisively awarded a penalty.
In Dybala's absence, Paredes took the penalty and easily deceived the goalkeeper to score the ball.
At the end of the first half, Roma temporarily led 1-0 away. At the end of the score, Bayer Leverkusen can still advance, but the 48-game unbeaten golden body will be broken.
After the start of the second half, Bayer Leverkusen stepped up the attack, and in the 64th minute, the referee called a stoppage for the game, VAR intervened, and the slow motion could clearly see that the Leverkusen defenders handballed in the penalty area.
Roma were awarded another penalty, and it was Paredes again, who easily deceived the goalkeeper again, and Roma equalised the aggregate score.
If it ends with such a scoreline, both teams will go to extra time, however, Alonso's metaphysics continues.
In the 82nd minute, Bayer Leverkusen won a corner kick, and Mancini scored an own goal, and Bayer Leverkusen took a miraculous lead.
In the 97th minute, substitute Stanisic scored to complete a magical equalizer. In the end, Bayer Leverkusen drew 2-2 with Roma and held on unbeaten, beating Roma 4-2 on aggregate to advance to the Europa League final.
After this game, Bayer Leverkusen's unbeaten record extended to 49 games, a record. Among them, the Bundesliga has 26 wins and 6 draws, the Europa League has 10 wins and 2 draws, and the German Cup has won all 5 games.