With a goal in the 97th minute by Croatian Josip Stanisic, Bayer Leverkusen reached the Europa League final this Thursday after drawing 2-2 at home against Roma, and made good the 0-2 victory they had obtained in the Going.
Two penalties, one in the 43rd minute and another in the 66th minute and both converted by the Argentine Leandro Paredes, complicated the tie for Leverkusen, who, despite having been the dominant team, saw the advantage of the first leg disappear.
However, in the 83rd minute Leverkusen achieved the discount that already gave them the classification thanks to an own goal by Mancini after a corner kick taken from the right by Jeremie Frimpong.
In stoppage time, in the 97th minute, Josip Stasinic scored the tying goal with which Leverkusen not only made it to the final, but extended its unbeaten streak in all competitions to 49 games.
Gian Piero Gasperini’s Atalanta made history this Thursday by beating Olympique de Marseille in the second leg of the Europa League semi-finals (3-0) and certifying their place in the grand final in Dublin, where they will play a match in which a European title is at stake.
The city of Bergamo, in northern Italy, woke up dreaming of reaching a European final for the first time in its history and fell asleep dreaming of winning a European title, a Europa League that would also allow it to play in the Champions League again.
And he achieved it in a deserved, incontestable way, against a run-down Marseille that, away from the Velodrome, was a shadow of what it presented in the first leg. Also, of course, because of a ‘Dea’ who jumped to the Gewiss Stadium convinced that he was going to achieve his goal, wanting to show that beating Liverpool in the quarterfinals was not a coincidence and that they are clear candidates to lift the qualification.
