For the return of the
Europa League,
Roma had a difficult challenge against Milan. The first leg at
San Siro
had ended 1-0 in favor of Daniele De Rossi's team with a goal from Gianluca Mancini. The return at the Olympic stadium in the Italian capital had to wait only 12 minutes for a goal, again from
Mancini
.
However, ten minutes later the home team's second goal would arrive thanks to the left foot of the team's star and world champion,
Paulo Dybala
, to begin defining this Europa League quarterfinal series.
The play began with a pass behind the
Rossoneri
defense by
Lorenzo Pellegrini
, the ball reached
Romelu Lukaku
, who with great difficulty reached the baseline, threw the center back to
Stephan El Shaarawy
, the ball
Matteo Gabbia
cleared it
, but then it was left to the only player who could not leave space for a mid-range shot.
The
former Instituto
, with a slight control, positioned himself for his left foot and with a shot to place he sent it to the back of the net despite the efforts of goalkeeper
Mike Maignan
, who flew from stick to stick to get that ball. However, complications would begin for
De Rossi
's team , after 27 minutes Lukaku would leave injured and
Tammy Abraham
would enter .
TOTAL GREAT GOAL BY DYBALA FOR ROME'S SECOND IN THE OLYMPIC!!
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— SportsCenter (@SC_ESPN) April 18, 2024
Three minutes later, despite being 3-0 on aggregate, the capitalians would be left with one less after a foul from behind by Turkish
Mehmet Zeki Çelik
on
Rafa Leao
. Before Milan could take advantage of the empty space left by Çelik, the former Boca would take off Dybala to bring in Spanish defender
Diego Llorente
.
The match went to halftime with the partial victory of
Roma
who with this result will face the winner of
Bayern Leverkusen
against
West Ham
. In that match the first leg had been 2-0 for the Bavarians, but in England they are falling 1-0.
ROME IS LEFT WITH ONE LESS! Celik kicked Rafa Leao from behind and the referee sent him off directly in the #UELxESPN.
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— SportsCenter (@SC_ESPN) April 18, 2024
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