Big time for the rematches of his semi-final phase Europa League arrived! It’s time to see the two teams that will compete in the grand final of the tournament on May 31 in Budapest.
Leverkusen-Roma and Sevilla-Juventus Well!
THE Roma in the first match she won 1-0 Bayer thanks to his goal Bove in the 63rd minute of the match, in a game where phases and chances were lacking, but Jose Mourinho’s team were the lucky ones to score the only goal of the match.
In the last eleven times that Bayer was defeated in the first game of the knockout series of the doubleheader, only managed to advance in one. However, it was the most recent such case, in the playoffs of the current season against Monaco. In its history in European competitions, it counts 4/9 qualifiers when losing away from home in the first game of a double-header series. Just 1-2-8 is Leverkusen’s recent record against Italian teams in European Cups. In her last 16 games with them, she was able to keep a clean sheet in only one.
THE Roma on the other hand, it has qualified 23 of the 25 previous times in the knockout phase of a European competition after winning the first leg. It has only 2 wins in its last 15 away games against German teams in the knockout phase of European competition (12 losses, 1 draw).
“A semi-final is never easy, but the team was really well balanced. We controlled our counter-attacks very well, which is one of our strengths.” said the Portuguese coach initially and continued:
“We are aware of our potential and our problems, with all these injured or… semi-injured, like Paulo (Dybala) or Gini (Wijnaldum). I thought the atmosphere last year against Leicester (in the respective semi-final) was something unique, but today, it was even more so. Players must know how to control their emotions. We won that… first half against a very strong team, playing a good game. Beauve is a young player with talent” were the words of Jose Mourinho after the victory of the “Giallorossi”.
As if it never happened! Sevilla-Juventus 1-1 in the first match and tonight one of the two teams will have to show more reaction to get the golden ticket! Sevilla took the lead in the 26th minute with En Nesiri, they were better in general and apart from normal pressure, they were not particularly threatened. But he was equalized in a stoppage time in the last minute of stoppage time by Gatti.
Sevilla and Juventus have faced each other five other times. One victory counts for the Spanish, two for the Italians. THE Seville he has never been eliminated in the Europa League (on 9 occasions), when he gives the second game of the series to “Sanchez Pitjuan”.
THE Juventus has only 2 wins in its last 17 away games against Spanish teams in the knockout phase of European competition (12 losses, 3 draws). In only 1 of those 17 matches did he keep a clean sheet.
“The dream is to win the Europa League title. When I arrived in Seville, I understood that the organization is very important for the club and for the players. It is an injection of morale for the players and gives them a special feeling, energy and passion. We managed to win Europa in my first year and that was really cool.
Juventus is a big club, they have great players and for that reason we have to respect this team, as they respect us. But we are also a big team. We have the quality and belief to qualify, but we will have to approach Thursday’s second leg with the right mindset.”were Bono’s words ahead of his rematch with the Old Lady.
Source: Sport Fm
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