Europa League semi-final 2nd leg Liveblog: Atalanta-Marseille, Bayer Leverkusen-Roma

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22:05 That’s all for the Liveblog

Check the main site for more coverage. Atalanta and Fiorentina are in the Final!

22:02 Finals confirmed

Atalanta vs. Bayer Leverkusen for the Europa League, Fiorentina vs. Olympiacos for the Conference League.

21:59 FT: Bayer Leverkusen 2-2 Roma

It ends 4-2 on aggregate, but Roma nearly performed the miracle there.

21:56 Bayer Leverkusen 2-2 Roma

They just refuse to lose. Stanisic at the 97th minute on one of those counter-attacks. Stanisic cuts inside from the right and bends the angled drive into the far bottom corner. Leverkusen players were mocking Roma players and frankly that’s not right, there’s no need for it.

21:55 Roma trying everything

They have everyone forward, risking big on the counter, but the lob from Schick is off target.

21:53 Roma win a corner

It’s 7 minutes of stoppages here.

21:51 FT: Atalanta 3-0 Marseille

Atalanta are in the Europa League Final!

21:50 Atalanta 3-0 Marseille: El Bilal Toure!

The fireworks had already gone off over the stadium when Atalanta got their third goal, El Bilal Toure on the counter down the left, bends it off the inside of the right boot into the far bottom corner!

21:48 Nearly 3-0 for Atalanta

Koopmeiners down the left, flashes the ball across the face of goal, just beyond Toure!

21:46 Stoppages in Bergamo

4 minutes to go.

21:41 Bayer Leverkusen 1-2 Roma: Gianluca Mancini og

That was chaotic. Leverkusen corner, Svilar completely misses the flight of the ball, really crashing into Smalling more than Schick, it hits Mancini at the back post and bounces in. Leverkusen 3-2 agg.

21:40 Leverkusen sub

Wirtz is on, the most talented player in the squad, really, replacing Hofmann.

21:39 Frimpong wide

Leverkusen cross, Frimpong header goes wide.

Roma subs, Smalling and Abraham on, Angelino and Pellegrini off.

21:38 Veretout attempt

Again the free kick, this time straight into the arms of Musso. That might be the first Marseille shot on target…

21:35 Scalvini crucial

Moumbagna on the counter-attack, but Scalvini makes a decisive block. Then Pau Lopez gloves stung by a Koopmeiners scorcher.

21:34 Leverkusen sub

Schick on against his old club, Hlozek off. Still no Boniface.

21:33 Leverkusen close!

Shot turns into an accidental assist for Adli, who spins round and drills inches wide!

21:32 Atalanta subs

Toure and Hateboer on, Lookman and Zappacosta off.

21:31 Roma sub

Azmoun has cramp, replaced by Bove.

21:31 Paredes goal

 

21:29 Leverkusen dive

Hofmann into the box, hesitates, stumbles, tries to crash into Svilar, who is not falling for that.

21:28 Marseille subs

Moumbagna and Luis Henrique on, Clauss and Merlin off

21:25 Roma penalty is SCORED!

Leandro Paredes again, 2-0 for Roma, 2-2 on aggregate! He sent the goalkeeper the wrong way this time into the near bottom corner!

21:23 Another penalty for Roma!

VAR review, the corner glanced Cristante’s head and Hlozek had his hand up by his face!

21:22 Roma appeals

Hlozek handball in the box on the corner….

21:21 Roma threaten

Gah! Pellegrini shot charged down in a crowd of players, probably by Cristante!

21:19 Marseille off the crossbar!

Veretout free kick, Musso not quite sure where that was going and it bounces off the top of the crossbar!

21:17 Save on El Shaarawy!

That was very risky indeed! El Shaarawy surged down the left, cut inside, right-foot curler and one-handed save! On the resulting corner, Bayer Leverkusen counter, but Svilar makes a sensational save on Hofmann!

21:17 Atalanta sub

Pasalic on, De Ketelaere off.

21:16 Roma chance

Kovar rather fumbled that Azmoun snapshot from distance, nobody ready for the rebound.

21:15 Marseille subs

Sarr and Ounahi on, Ndiaye and Mbemba off.

21:13 Leverkusen close

Adli drills under Ndicka’s legs and inches past the post.

21:13 Ruggeri goal

 

21:11 Atalanta subs

Miranchuk and Scalvini on, Scamacca and Ederson off. De Roon moves into midfield.

21:11 Roma trying

During that goal, Cristante from a corner prodded straight at the goalkeeper.

21:08 Atalanta 2-0 Marseille: Matteo Ruggeri!

It’s an Atalanta youth academy product! It was initially a Scamacca and Lookman chance, but then the move continued, Ruggeri give and go with Lookman down the left and his right-foot finish smashed into the far top corner!

21:05 Marseille chance!

Erk! Musso comes forward, then gets a bit stuck in no man’s land, as Ndiaye gets away from Djimsiti, but the lob is wide of an open goal!

21:05 2nd half kicks off: Bayer Leverkusen 0-1 Roma

2-1 agg

21:02 Ederson booked

Shirt tug, well more of an arm tug, on Veretout.

21:01 2nd half kicks off: Atalanta 1-0 Marseille

2-1 agg

20:54 Sensational Svilar

 

20:49 Half-Time: Bayer Leverkusen 0-1 Roma

Another Roma chance on the stroke of half-time, a well-worked passing move with Pellegrini, Lukaku and Azmoun, but a ricochet is kind for the goalkeeper. Bayer 2-1 Roma on aggregate.

20:48 Paredes goal

 

20:47 Roma threaten again

El Shaarawy snapshot charged down. Bayer Leverkusen look slightly anxious…

20:46 Half-Time: Atalanta 1-0 Marseille

Lookman with the goal, Atalanta lead 2-1 on aggregate.

20:44 Roma chance!!!

OOOOOH! Zalewski cross whipped in from the right, INCHES beyond the foot of Azmoun and Tapsoba risks an own goal to clear!

20:42 Roma penalty is SCORED!

Leandro Paredes converts! Fired quite centrally, but into the roof of the net! Now it’s Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 Roma on aggregate…

20:40 Penalty for Roma!

Tah with a big old shirt tug on Azmoun, properly swung him round…

20:39 Angelino block

Roma are all at sea at the moment. Angelino makes a big block on Hofmann.

20:38 SVILAR!!

Roma goalkeeper makes a double save! First flying to parry the Adli effort, then he’s lucky the Hlozek rebound is straight at him!

20:37 Lookman goal

 

20:36 Atalanta again

De Ketelaere springs the offside trap, Pau Lopez rushes out and manages to parry with his body.

20:35 Roma struggling

Zalewski is really, really not dealing with Frimpong at all. It’s a totally new role for him, he’s just lost.

20:34 Atalanta pushing

Lookman is going clear, stumbles at the last moment and sort of falls into Pau Lopez, then it is pulled back and the goalkeeper’s gloves are stung by Koopmeiners!

20:33 Svilar save

Svilar keeps Roma in this with a splendid fingertip save to push the Frimpong curler around the far post.

20:31 Atalanta 1-0 Marseille: Ademola Lookman!

De Ketelaere runs forward, lays it off to Lookman, who cuts inside and his shot from the edge of the area takes a double deflection to wrong-foot Pau Lopez!

20:29 Leverkusen off the post!!!

Palacios strike goes through a sea of legs, bounces off the far post, is about to get tapped in until Ndicka clears!

20:28 Another yellow for Roma

Zalewski booked for pulling Frimpong back.

20:27 Paredes booked

Paredes clipped the heel of Palacios, no need for it.

20:26 Leverkusen chance

Hlozek free kick fingertipped over by Svilar.

20:25 Scamacca off the bar!

Incredible! Atalanta corner, Scamacca blasts it onto the crossbar from seven yards, then De Ketelaere follow-up header palmed away by the goalkeeper!

20:24 Atalanta close

Koopmeiners strike deflected wide for a corner. De Ketelaere with the slightly clumsy lay-off.

20:23 Mancini rescues Roma!

Hlozek was sent clear there, he just stretched a little too much to get the prod in and Mancini made a decisive block!

20:22 Atalanta chance

De Ketelaere gets down the right, pulls back from the by-line, it is intercepted before reaching Scamacca.

20:20 Roma change

Spinazzola off, Zalewski on. Interesting. Again really not a defender. Meanwhile, Tapsoba and Mancini booked for the scuffle.

20:20 Zappacosta effort

Atalanta well-worked move, but Zappacosta rather scuffs the finish straight at the goalkeeper.

20:18 Problem for Roma

Leonardo Spinazzola is visibly hurt and down in midfield, Frimpong keeps playing and crosses, this irritates a lot of Roma players, scuffles break out.

20:17 Roma chance

Pellegrini doesn’t get enough power on the header, it’s smothered by the goalkeeper!

20:16 Scamacca close

Scamacca springs the offside trap on the CDK through ball, flashes an angled drive across the face of goal and just wide!

20:15 Svilar save!

Leverkusen chance, Palacios snapshot parried by Svila after a give and go on the edge of the area!

20:14 Atalanta switch

Djimsiti and De Roon have changed places. Ndiaye fires quite a lot over the bar from outside the area.

20:11 Olympiacos 1-0 Aston Villa

Looks like we’ve got Fiorentina’s opponent, then… El Kaabi AGAIN. He scored a hat-trick in the first leg.

20:10 Leverkusen attempt

Hlozek cuts inside from the left and the shot is charged down.

20:07 Atalanta hit the upright!

Good Koopmeiners solo run, he slips under pressure, then De Ketelaere from the tightest of angles sees his finish fingertipped onto the upright! No corner given.

20:06 Bayer attack

Long ball here too, Hlozek shakes off Ndicka, but not Mancini.

20:03 Save on Lukaku!

Pellegrini with a long ball, Lukaku controls it fairly well and is not offside, goalkeeper rushes out and uses his chest to parry.

20:02 Musso alert

Musso alert rushing off his line to smother at the feet of Aubameyang.

20:01 Already tension

Hincapie and Cristante are already tussling… Roma might be 3-5-2, but it’s a very attacking one.

20:00 We have kick-off!

19:58 Fireworks in Bergamo

Lovely atmosphere!

19:56 Out come the teams!

Here we go!

19:50 Guests in Bergamo

Samuel Eto’o and ex-Atalanta striker German Denis are in the stands.

19:47 Xabi Alonso

 

19:47 De Rossi

 

19:36 Atalanta warm-up

 

19:35 Luca Percassi

 

19:31 Already one finalist

Fiorentina are in the Conference League Final and we’ll keep you up to date on the semi-final between Olympiacos and Aston Villa too.

19:26 Roma warming up

 

19:26 Romelu Lukaku

 

19:20 Marten De Roon (Atalanta)

“I think it might be the biggest game of my career, but also the most exciting. We need to enjoy this evening in Bergamo with all of our fans.

“I slept well, I had an afternoon nap too, naturally I am a little tense now, but that’s normal. The fans are pushing is on, we need to push even harder on the pitch.”

19:14 Roma system change

Might be a 3-5-2, which hasn’t exactly gone well so far for De Rossi.

19:08 POLL

 

19:08 POLL

 

19:06 Wirtz out

Florian Wirtz, arguably the best player in the Leverkusen squad, is not fully fit and does not start.

19:05 DDR time

 

19:01 So…

Atalanta really throwing everything at Marseille. Lookman, Scamacca, De Ketelaere AND Koopmeiners, plus De Roon in defence.

18:55 Team News

 

18:52 Atalanta vs. Marseille line-ups

Atalanta: Musso; De Roon, Hien, Djimsiti; Zappacosta, Koopmeiners, Ederson, Ruggeri; De Ketelaere, Scamacca, Lookman

Olympique Marseille: Pau Lopez; Mbemba, Gigot, Balerdi; Clauss, Harit, Kondogbia, Veretout, Merlin; Ndiaye, Aubameyang

Ref: Manzano (ESP)

18:51 Team News

 

18:49 Bayer Leverkusen vs. Roma line-ups

Bayer Leverkusen: Kovar; Hincapie, Tah, Tapsoba; Frimpong, Palacios, Xhaka, Grimaldo; Adli, Hlozek, Hofmann

Roma: Svilar; Angelino, Mancini, Ndicka, Spinazzola; Cristante, Paredes, Pellegrini; Azmoun, Lukaku, El Shaarawy

Ref: Makkelie (NED)

18:46 Roma XI

Azmoun and Lukaku start!

18:41 Atalanta arrive

 

18:39 Marseille in white

 

18:37 Atalanta in place

 

18:34 Roma arrive

 

Join us for all the build-up and action as it happens from the Europa League semi-finals, as Roma need a miracle with Bayer Leverkusen and Atalanta host Olympique Marseille.

They both kick off at 20.00 UK time (19.00 GMT).

We already have an Italian in the Conference League Final, as Fiorentina eliminated Club Brugge 4-3 on aggregate and will face either Olympiacos or Aston Villa.

Europa League semi-finals

Roma lost 2-0 at home and Bayer Leverkusen have equalled the all-time record by going unbeaten for 48 games, having already won the Bundesliga and are in the German Cup Final.

Atalanta drew 1-1 at the Stade Velodrome and so it’s winner takes all in Bergamo this evening.

The Final is in Dublin on May 22.

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