The Finnish goalkeeper was not needed when Bayer Leverkusen beat AS Roma 2–0 in the 1st leg of the Europa League semifinals.
The German football club Bayer Leverkusen, which is playing an amazing season, continued its top performances by winning in the 1st leg of the Europa League semifinals away from AS Roma.
The Finnish goalkeeper who won the club’s first Bundesliga championship in its history a couple of weeks ago Lukas Hradecky did not save in the match. There was a Czech between the goalposts Matěj Kovář.
Leverkusen won the match 2–0. At the same time, the German club continued its dazzling undefeated season. It has now gone an incredible 47 games without a single loss.
Leverkusen was clearly the better team in terms of play. About half an hour Alex Gimaldo the paint sprayer of the place let you down For Florian Wirtzwho scored the opening goal of the match.
After the opening goal, Leverkusen pressed with full steam towards Roma’s goal. A few minutes after his goal, Wirtz was blessed with another delicious spot. This time he didn’t get the keeper Mile Svilaria passed.
In extra time, Leverkusen would have had a very good place to increase their lead. The game went through several Leverkusen players towards the goal, but Svilar held on.
Before the break AS Roman Lorenzo Pellegrini shot towards the goal guarded by Kovář so that the three drinking bottles placed next to the goal fell like bowling pins.
Leverkusen scored their second goal after 72 minutes of the game. Robert Andrich surprised Svilar with a hard move.
Immediately after the goal, Roma’s players’ emotions boiled over and the opponents beat each other up for a long time. Leverkusen Granite Xhaka and Roman Leonardo Spinazona received a warning about the situation.
In the last moments of the second half, AS Roma got another real top spot, but Leverkusen had luck on their side.
The second match of the semifinal series will be played next week.