AS Roma, led by Jose Mourinho, and Sevilla, the ‘King of the Europa League’, will face off in the final.
AS Roma drew 0-0 against Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the second leg of the UEFA Europa League semifinals for the 2022-2023 season held at Bay Arena in Leverkusen, Germany on the 19th at 4:00 am (Korean time).
Roma,토토사이트 who finished the first leg with a 1-0 lead, finished the game with an aggregate score of 1-0 and succeeded in advancing to the Europa League final.
The visiting team, Roma, took out a 3-5-2 formation. Tammy Abraham-Andrea Belotti matched the attacking combination, and Leonardo Spinazzola-Lorenzo Pellegrini-Nemanja Matic-Zeki Celique formed the midfield. Roger Ibanez, Brajan Cristante and Gianluca Mancini formed a back three, with Rui Patricio in goal.
The home team, Leverkusen, faced off with a 3-4-3 formation. Florian Birz-Sardar Azmoun-Moussa Diaby were in the forefront and Ezekiel Palacios-Kerem Demirbai filled the midfield. Michelle Barker and Jeremy Frimpong were both wing-backs, Piero Inkapie, Yonatan Tah, and Edmond Topsova formed the back three and Lukash Hradetzky wore the goalkeeper’s gloves.
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Roma blocked Leverkusen’s offensive with extreme defensive tactics. Leverkusen started with Demirbay’s shot in the 8th minute of the first half and Diaby’s shot in the 12th minute of the first half.
Leverkusen’s offensive continued. After exchanging the ball in front of the box in the 27th minute of the first half, Demirbay attempted a shot with his left foot wrapped around it, but Patricio caught it.
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In the 36th minute of the first half, Leverkusen swallowed the disappointment. Azmun, who caught the ball in front of the box, tried a right-footed mid-range shot, but this time it headed for Patricio’s arms.
Until the end of the second half, Leverkusen shot a total of 23 shots, but Roma, who showed their concentration, finally defended the goal and drew 0-0. After winning the first leg 1-0, Roma went to the final with an aggregate score of 1-0.
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After the match, according to the UEFA Europa League official website, Roma coach Jose Mourinho said: “We managed the details great. If we hadn’t had Smalling on the bench, we couldn’t have won. Unbelievable team. Roma is more special. I don’t know if they can get things done, but these players deserve special treatment.”
At the same time, Sevilla won a 2-1 come-from-behind victory against Juventus at the end of a close game that went to extra time in the second leg of the UEFA Europa League semifinals in the 2022-2023 season held at the Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan in Seville, Spain.
After a 1-1 draw with Juventus in the first leg, Sevilla headed to the final with an aggregate score of 3-2.
The home team, Sevilla, took out a 4-2-3-1 formation. Yusuf en Nesiri was the only one to score, and Brian Hill, Oliver Torres, and Lucas Ocampos stood in the second line of attack. Ivan Rakitic-Fernando protected the back four and Marcos Acuña, Nemanja Guday, Loic Bade and Jesus Navas formed the back four. Goalkeeper was Yasin Bunu.
The visiting team, Juventus, came out with a 3-5-1-1 formation. Moise Kean was up front and Angel Di Maria was behind him. Samuel Ialing Jr., Adrien Rabiot, Manuel Locatelli, Nicolo Pajioli, Juan Cuadrado formed the midfield, Danilo, Glaisson Bremer and Federico Gatti stood in defense. Goalkeeper gloves were worn by Wojciech Szczesny.
Sevilla and Juventus faced off fiercely. Gatti threatened Sevilla’s goal first with a header in the 14th minute of the first half, and Ocampos also faced Juventus with a header in the 24th minute.
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After exchanging fierce battles until the second half, it was Juventus who scored first. Dusan Blahovic and Federico Chiesa put in Juventus’ goal, and in the 20th minute of the second half, Blahovic’s shot took a 1-0 lead.
However, Sevilla turned the game around in the 6th minute. In the 26th minute of the second half, Suso, who caught the ball in front of the box, aimed for the top corner of the goal with a powerful left-footed mid-range shot. The ball was sucked into the goal as it was, and the score was 1-1.
The two teams went into overtime with the score tied for 90 minutes.
In extra time, Sevilla took the lead. In the 5th minute of the first half of extra time, Hill’s cross from the left flank was headed by Eric Lamela, who scored the goal.
Acuña was sent off at the end of the game for delay, but Sevilla, who kept the lead, advanced to the final with an aggregate score of 3-2, 2-1.
Roma and Sevilla, who advanced to the final, will play the 2022-2023 season UEFA Europa League final at the Pushkas Arena in Budapest, Hungary on June 1.