Xabi Alonso’s men drew at home in the second leg of the UEFA Europa League 2:2 (0:1) with AS “Roma” and advanced to the final, as they won the first match a week ago 2:0.
The guests from Rome took the lead after two penalty kicks by Leandro Paredes (43 and 66 minutes), but Bayer repeated what they have done many times this year – saved themselves at the end of the game.
Initially, when the home team took a corner kick, disaster struck the defender Gianluca Mancini, 82 min. accidentally sent the ball into his own goal. And 90+7 min. the result was equalized by Josip Stanisičius, who played coolly in the penalty area.
In this way, Bayer not only grabbed a ticket to the finals of the tournament, but also extended its simply incredible streak of unbeaten matches this season to 49 years.
“Atalanta” from Bergamo also made it to the final, which is in its own stadium 3:0 (1:0) coped with Olympique de Marseille. The first match ended in a 1-1 draw.
Ademola Lookman (30 minutes), Matteo Ruggeri (52 minutes) and El Bilal Toure (90+5 minutes) scored once each.
We remind you that this season’s UEFA Europa League final will be held on May 22 in Dublin, the capital of Ireland.
The final pair of the UEFA Conference League was also revealed. Fiorentina of Florence was joined by Olympiakos of Piraeus.
The Greek giant in his home field 2:0 (1:0) beat Birmingham “Aston Villa” and confidently triumphed in the series. OLY footballers were more capable 4:2 away from home as well.
The double was completed by Ayoub El Kaabi (10 and 78 minutes).
The final is scheduled for May 29. in Athens.
