Leverkusen wins in Rome, executioners from Benfica and Sporting cancel each other out in France – Europa League

Having had a dream season, and with their victory in the Bundesliga already confirmed, Xabi Alonso’s team remains undefeated this season and against Roma gained an advantage around half an hour into the game, with Alejandro Grimaldo taking advantage of an opponent’s error to enter the opposite area and watch Florian Wirtz beat another ex-Benfica player, Svilar, and score the first goal of the night.

Roma, who before that move had even sent a ball to the post, through Lukaku, saw their opponent continue to create danger on the counterattack and the second goal ended up coming in the second half, at the 73rd minute, in an excellent shot by Robert Andrich.

Roma tried to react again and threatened to score, but they will travel to the BayArena, in a week’s time, with two goals behind.

The clash between Marseille and Atalanta, in France, in the tie that pits the tormentors of Benfica and Sporting face to face in the competition, respectively, ended in a draw. The Italians scored first at the Velodrome Stadium, in the 10th minute, when Scamacca took advantage and opened the scoring.

However, Marsleha didn’t take long to respond, with a great goal from an old acquaintance of Portuguese football. In the 20th minute, following a corner, Chancel Mbemba, a former FC Porto player, shot from outside the area, placed, with the ball hitting the post before entering.

The two teams then had good opportunities to break the tie, but the result remained unchanged and everything remains open for the second leg, in a week’s time, in Bergamo.

This season, the Europa League final will be played on May 22 in Dublin, Ireland.