José Mourinho’s AS Roma needed extra time, but eventually dominated Feyenoord (whom they had already beaten in the Conference League final last year) and qualified for the Europa League semi-finals after winning 4-1 .
The Roman team, with Rui Patrício in goal, entered the field trailing after losing to the Netherlands (1-0) in the first leg, but Spinazzola equalized with a goal on… Then Igor Paixão froze Rome’s Olímpico, but Mourinho had unleashed Dybala’s genius into the game and it was only a matter of waiting for him to level again. What happened to a beautiful goal from the Argentinian in the 89th minute?
In the extension it only gave giallorossa. El Shaarawy made it 3-1 in the 101st minute and Pellegrini killed the game and tied the game in the 109th minute.
Bayer Leverkusen switched St. Giloise (on Thursday they won 4-1 after a 1-1 draw in the first leg) is the next opponent on their way to the final against AS Roma. Jose Mourinho is thus two games away from a return to a European final, he being the only coach to have won all European competitions.
And one can even say that the glamour of Italian football is back. There are five transalpine teams in the three European competitions. AC Milan and Inter battle for a place in the Champions League final – Real Madrid and Bernardo Silva’s Mnachester City and Rúben Dias battle for the other spot – while Juventus and AS Roma are in the semi-finals of the Liga Europe and it may even be that both make it to the final, if the vecchia signora pass in Seville (knocked out Bruno Fernandes and Diogo Dalot’s Manchester United) and the Roma past the Germans.
And then there is Fiorentina in the Conference League.
Source: DN
