In the final seconds of the thrilling game, star coach José Mourinho also gave the cheerleader. “An epic comeback”, wrote the “Gazzetta dello Sport” after AS Roma’s 4-1 win over Feyenoord Rotterdam. “Rome come back and overpower Feyenoord in extra time,” said La Stampa. The Italians lost the first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals 0-1 in Rotterdam. At home in the second leg on Thursday, shortly before the end of regular time, they were already on the verge of being eliminated with a score of 1-1.
In the 89th minute, however, Argentinian Paulo Dybala made it 2-1. In extra time, Stephan El Shaarawy (101st) and Luca Pellegrini (108th) made it into the semi-finals. Bayer Leverkusen is waiting there. “We all want to win. Mourinho told us that this would be the game,” said Dybala: “The extra time was ours.” The South American wrote a little later on Twitter: “Keep it up, magical Roma.” The live ticker of the Europa League even gave the game that Rating “Incredible Drama”.
Ticket sales for the home game against Leverkusen on May 11th started on Thursday evening, as Roma announced on their website. The second leg in Leverkusen is on May 18th.
Bayer Leverkusen is the only German club still in the European Cup. in the semifinals of the Europa League. The Bundesliga club defeated Belgian representatives Union Saint-Gilloise 4-1 (2-0) on Thursday evening. The first leg in Leverkusen ended 1-1. Moussa Diaby (2nd minute), Michel Bakker (37th), Jeremie Frimpong (60th) and Adam Hložek (79th) scored for Bayer. Casper Terho (65′) scored the only goal for the Belgians. (dpa)
