Europa League, the semi-finals on TV: Roma against the perfect Leverkusen, the Dea in Marseille

Milan, 1 May 2024 - In addition to Fiorentina in the Conference League, there are also theAtalanta , Rome that tomorrow (Thursday 2 May, ed.) they will play theandata with semifinals di Europe League. The Giallorossi and the Goddess keep alive their hopes of seeing an all-Italian final at the Dublin Arena in the Republic of Ireland on May 22nd. The opponents, however, are the most fearsome: for De Rossi's team there is Bayer Leverkusen who, after having dominated the Bundesliga without losing a single match, now want to do an encore in the cup; while for Gian Piero Gasperini's troop the obstacle is called Olympic Marseille. After the splendid quarter-final against Liverpool (in decline in recent weeks), the Bergamo players will find an opponent more within their reach, but not one to be underestimated because it will be very tough at the Velodrome. Let's see in detail the two semi-finals and the probable line-ups of the matches.

From Liverpool to Marseille, dreaming of Dublin: Atalanta ready against OM

There is always a first time for everything, as in the case of Atalanta e Olympic Marseille, a challenge that represents a unprecedented absolute in official races. The French arrive at the match having eliminated, in order, Shakhtar in the play-offs, Villarreal and Benfica in the last round. On the other hand, Atalanta, eliminating the play-offs which the Orobic team did not play as they were first in their group, got rid of Sporting Lisbon and then there was the feat against the super favorites Liverpool. In particular, after the great success at Anfield, Atalanta deservedly took the stage in this competition, becoming one of the most fearsome teams. The velodrome he is very ready and, as usual, very hot, so much so that the central defender Sead Kolasinac, ex of the challenge, is keen to warn everyone: "We will be dealing with a very hot audience, you are able to feel the passion of every single fan that infects the team. I experienced it firsthand, something exhilarating." Lato formations, starting from the hosts, Gasset puts in his best 11 with Aubameyang to lead the attack together with Sarr. In midfield two well-known faces: the former Inter player Kondogbia and the former Fiorentina and Roma Jordan Veretout, another former Serie A player also in goal since he will be there to defend the posts Pau Lopez. On the other side Gasperini finds Chess, the former Sassuolo player will be the offensive beacon together with De Ketelaere, favored over Lookman and Pasalic. On the outside lanes it should touch a Zappa costa e Ruggeri, while behind Scalvini He now seems perfectly recovered. In goal, as always in the cup, he will be there Juan Musso. Kick-off at 21pm.

Olympique Marseille (3-5-2): López; Murillo, Mbemba, Balerdi; Clauss, Harit, Kondogbia, Veretout, Luis Henrique; Sarr, Aubameyang. Atalanta (3-4-1-2): Musso; Scalvini, Djimsiti, Kolasinac; Zappacosta, De Roon, Ederson, Ruggeri; Koopmeiners; De Ketelaere, Scamacca.

Leverkusen are still unbeaten, Roma do you remember how to do it?

More than forty consecutive useful results, no defeats between championships and cups, the Bayer Leverkusen di Xabi Alonso It's a perfect car. The Aspirins, who a few days ago won the Bundesliga for the first time in their history, seem unable to lose as demonstrated by their last two league outings: two draws, one grabbed in the 96th minute and the other in the 97th minute, recovering from 2-0. The Germans come to the match after beating Qarabag and West Ham and the Spanish coach's objective is to put at least a second trophy on the board in this season which, so far, has been perfect. On the other side the Rome, after the draw in Naples, returns to focus on the Europa League. Having archived the Feyenoord, Brighton and Milan practices, a crescendo of difficulties which however the Giallorossi were able to manage excellently, now the opponent is one of the most grim. Roma - Bayern Leverkusen postpones, irremediably, the semifinal with the scorso year, when the Capitolines led by José Mourinho they won 1-0 at the Olimpico and, in a match of pure sacrifice, they closed 0-0 at Leverkusen, thus flying to the final. Side formations, starting from the hosts, should see each other again at the Olimpico Romelu Closeaku from the first minute together with El Shaarawy e Dybala. In midfield the muscles of Stopopportunities, e Crystalline, together with captain Pellegrini. More behind Llorente by Smalling, to pair with Mancini. On the other side, Bayern Leverkusen will present themselves with their classic 4-2-3-1 boniface in front, supported by frimpong, landlord e Grimaldo. In midfield the driving force is Xhaka, together with Palacios, behind a four-man line with Stanisic, Kossounou, Tah and Hincapié in front of Hradecky. Kick-off at 21pm.

Rome (4-3-3): Svilar; Karsdorp, Mancini, Llorente, Spinazzola; Cristante, Paredes, Pellegrini; Dybala, Lukaku, El Shaarawy. Bayer Leverkusen (4-2-3-1): Hradecky; Stanisic, Kossounou, Tah, Hincapié; Xhaka, Palacios; Frimpong, Wirtz, Grimaldo; Boniface

The matches on Thursday 2 May

Both semi-finals will be played simultaneously at 21pm

Olympique Marseille - Atalanta

Rome - Bayer Leverkusen

Where to watch the semi-finals on television

The semi-finals of Europe League both will be visible on Dazn e Sky Sport. In particular, for Dazn it will be enough to download and connect to the app on smart TV, or on Xbox and PlayStation, or alternatively on TIMVISION Box. While on Sky, however Marseille - Atalanta the reference channel will be Sky Sport Football e Sky Sports (253), regarding Rome - Leverkusen the channels will be Sky Sport Uno, Sky Sport 4K (213) and Sky Sport (253). Furthermore, the match at the Olimpico will be available for everyone, free-to-air on Rai Uno.