Bayer Leverkusen claimed a 2-0 first-leg victory at Roma to take command of their Europa League semi-final.
Objectives from Florian Wirtz and Robert Andrich gave the Bundesliga champions solely their second win in Italy.
Roma had simply two photographs on course with striker Romelu Lukaku chopping an remoted determine earlier than being changed after 80 minutes.
Substitute Tammy Abraham spurned a golden probability to scale back the arrears in stoppage time.
After a gap half hour quick on high quality, Leverkusen broke the impasse when full-back Alex Grimaldo raced on to a misplaced backpass earlier than establishing midfielder Wirtz for his 18th objective of the season.
Hosts Roma hit again with a flurry of probabilities however had been unable to discover a leveller earlier than the interval.
Midfielder Andrich then doubled Leverkusen’s lead halfway by means of the second half, firing into the top-left nook from lengthy vary.
The victory stretched Xabi Alonso’s aspect’s unbeaten run to 47 matches in all competitions.
Line-ups
Roma
Formation 4-3-3
- 99Svilar
- 2KarsdorpSubstituted forAngelinoat 62′minutes
- 23Mancini
- 6Smalling
- 37SpinazzolaBooked at 74mins
- 4CristanteBooked at 77mins
- 16ParedesSubstituted forBaldanziat 79′minutes
- 7PellegriniBooked at 30mins
- 21DybalaSubstituted forAbrahamat 90+1′minutes
- 90LukakuSubstituted forAzmounat 79′minutes
- 92El Shaarawy
Substitutes
- 1Rui Patrício
- 5Ndicka
- 9Abraham
- 14Llorente
- 17Azmoun
- 20Renato Sanches
- 22Aouar
- 35Baldanzi
- 52Bove
- 59Zalewski
- 63Boer
- 69Angelino
B Leverkusen
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 17Kovár
- 12Tapsoba
- 4TahBooked at 16mins
- 3Hincapié
- 2Stanisic
- 8AndrichBooked at 76mins
- 34XhakaBooked at 74mins
- 20GrimaldoSubstituted forKossounouat 90+3′minutes
- 30FrimpongSubstituted forPalaciosat 88′minutes
- 21AdliSubstituted forTellaat 77′minutes
- 10WirtzSubstituted forHofmannat 77′minutes
Substitutes
- 1Hrádecky
- 6Kossounou
- 7Hofmann
- 9Iglesias
- 13de Matos Soares
- 14Schick
- 19Tella
- 22Boniface
- 23Hlozek
- 25Palacios
- 32Puerta
- 36Lomb
- Referee:
- François Letexier
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Match ends, Roma 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2.
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Second Half ends, Roma 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2.
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Try blocked. Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the field is blocked.
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Try missed. Tammy Abraham (Roma) header from very shut vary is simply too excessive. Assisted by Stephan El Shaarawy.
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Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Odilon Kossounou replaces Álex Grimaldo.
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Substitution, Roma. Tammy Abraham replaces Paulo Dybala.
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Foul by Gianluca Mancini (Roma).
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Álex Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick within the attacking half.
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Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Exequiel Palacios replaces Jeremie Frimpong.
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Offside, Roma. Sardar Azmoun is caught offside.
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Try blocked. Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma) proper footed shot from the centre of the field is blocked. Assisted by Gianluca Mancini with a cross.
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Try saved. Sardar Azmoun (Roma) left footed shot from the centre of the field is saved within the backside proper nook. Assisted by Lorenzo Pellegrini with a by means of ball.
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Substitution, Roma. Tommaso Baldanzi replaces Leandro Paredes.
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Substitution, Roma. Sardar Azmoun replaces Romelu Lukaku.
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Bryan Cristante (Roma) is proven the yellow card for a nasty foul.
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Nathan Tella (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick within the attacking half.
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Foul by Bryan Cristante (Roma).
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Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Nathan Tella replaces Amine Adli.
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Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Jonas Hofmann replaces Florian Wirtz.
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Robert Andrich (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is proven the yellow card for a nasty foul.
