Unbeaten Bayer Leverkusen travels to Roma on Thursday in the hope of landing one foot in the Europa League final.
Daniele de Rossi and AS Roma will look to pull off the unthinkable by becoming the first team to beat Bayer Leverkusen in all competitions this season, with a place in the Europa League final at stake. The two continental contenders collide on Thursday as the semi-final first-leg fixtures get underway, with Xabi Alonso & Co desperate to add to a trophy haul that already includes a historic Bundesliga title win. Meanwhile, De Rossi has reinvented the club where he played for close to two decades and could still conclude this season by restoring Roma as a club capable of clinching silverware once again.
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After a period of relative mediocrity among the Italian ranks, Roma looks a threat once again under De Rossi, who could still guide his old club into next season’s Champions League with a Europa crown.
However, he’ll have to upset one of Europe’s most in-form powers in order to do so, with Alonso recently extending his own German record to 46 games unbeaten as Leverkusen boss.
The Factory Squad was forced to come back from two goals down against Stuttgart on Saturday but somehow equalized through Robert Andrich in the 96th minute to keep its streak alive:
The Giallorossi pulled off a late revival of their own thanks to England’s Tammy Abraham, who netted in the 88th minute to salvage a 2-2 draw on the road to Napoli.
That put even more distance between Roma—sat fifth in Serie A—and Bologna four points ahead, which left Champions League qualification looking unlikely through the league route.
Instead, De Rossi and his men may now need a Europa League title if they’re to return to the continental promised land, and victory in Thursday’s home leg will be critical to keeping that dream in play.
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