Knocked out Roma – is ready for the Europa League final
Updated 00.17 | Published 2024-05-09 23.00
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Bayer Leverkusen have done it.
49 unbeaten games in a row and the Europa League final.
Josip Stanišić’s 97th-minute equalizer once morest Roma means the club now have the longest unbeaten run in European football ever.
The successful German club has already won the league and led the meeting once morest Roma 2-0 before tonight’s game. While chasing a final place in the Europa League, they had an incredible record to try to set.
Leverkusen who were unbeaten in 48 games in a row before tonight’s game. Which is a tantalizing record for European clubs with Benfica’s 48 matches between 1963–65 according to Uefa. A record that was erased tonight.
Huge turnaround
Everything looked bleak as Roma took a 2-0 lead following double penalty goals from Argentinian Leandro Paredes. The team was regarding to miss out on setting the record while Roma had come back into the game.
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Then the club produced a patent turnaround this season by first reducing through an own goal by Gianluca Mancini in the 82nd minute.
Croatian hero
Then Josip Stanišić became a hero and record holder when he swung in from the right wing and placed the ball in the goal post with his left foot. The jubilation inside the BayArena was of course huge. Leverkusen set a new record and have now saved the series eleven times in stoppage time.
– I can’t imagine that it has happened at any kind of elite level before, says Erik Niva regarding the late goals in Viaplay’s broadcast.
The win puts the team up once morest Atalanta in the final.
The Swedish club Atalanta with Isak Hien and Emil Holm drove over Marseille in the second semi-final with 3–0. In total, they won the meeting 4–1.
The final will be played on May 22 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland.
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