Bayer Leverkusen-Roma, Europa League semi-final: De Rossi chasing the miracle. Where to see it on TV

Leverkusen 8 May 2024 - It's a feat disguised as a football match, but if there's one thing the Rome in the recent past has always been capable of just this type of sensational turnaround, but up against them are the new giants of German football: the new German Champions, still undefeated this season. Tomorrow The Rossi is looking for a real miracle, when at 21pm on Thursday 9 May they will take the field at the Bay Arena in Leverkusen against Bayer led by Xabi Alonso. The second episode of this match starts again from the round 0-2 defeat given by aspirins to the Giallorossi at the Olympic stadium a week ago, thanks to the goals of landlord e Andrich.

The road in front of the Giallorossi is steeper than any mountain stage planned in this Giro d'Italia or the Tour de France. Not only are the Romans starting from a home defeat, therefore having to overturn the result in front of a very hot pitch, which will see around 30 thousand people, expected to be sold out in the Rhineland, shouting at the top of their lungs in favor of their rivals, but they will have to do so against an undefeated team , still chasing sporting revenge for last year. Xabi Alonso he had in fact taken over on 5 October Gerardo Seoane and not only had it allowed the Germans to maintain a place in Europe, lifting the team from the bottom of the rankings to theEuropa League of this season. Furthermore, last year he led the team to the semi-final of the same competition, however falling at the hands of Mourinho , Rome. A revenge awaited for a year, which is half complete, now all that remains is to finish the job. A team, the one led by the former Real Madrid, Liverpool and Bayern Munich midfielder, which wants to end the year unbeaten and certainly does not want to give the Capitoline club the luxury of taking away this possibility.

From them Daniele De Rossi and his boys will fly to Germany with the dream of not only playing spoilsport in the perfect season of Bayer Leverkusen, but also to avenge the defeat suffered at the Olimpico. In Europe no one had managed, before the Germans, to get the better of it Rome at the Olimpico and also in the championship, ever since The Rossi sits on the bench, only Inter and Bologna had succeeded in the coup. The desire for revenge at the Giallorossi is still strong, the defeat in the Budapest final last year hurts, it burns like it was yesterday, but between Lupa and a second chance to lift this trophy there is a Rossoneri giant in the middle. On a technical level The Rossi has proven that it can hold its own against Xabi Alonso: the challenge was decided by two crucial episodes, which is why we cannot afford to leave defeated, indeed we will need desire, determination and determination to succeed in the turnaround. It is not yet the time to think about the direct clash for the Champions League on Sunday againstAtalanta.

The Dutch Danny Mackelie he is the referee designated by UEFA for Bayer Leverkusen-Roma, second leg of the Europa League semi-final scheduled for Thursday 9 May, with kick-off at 21pm. The Netherlands whistle will be assisted by an all-Dutch group of referees, the assistants will be Hessel Steegstra and Jan de Vries. Fourth official Serdar Gözübüyük. Rob Dieperink will sit in the VAR room, assisted by Pol van Boekel. For the whistler born in Willemstad, in the Netherlands Antilles, it will be management number 37 of the season, the second of this season Europe League, after directing 6 of them Champions, 1 of the Nationals, in addition to 23 of Eredivisie, the semi-final of the Dutch Cup and 2 of the Eerste Divisie (Dutch Serie B). For Makkelie it will be the fourth career meeting with the Giallorossi team, in the previous 2 successes and 1 knockout for the Capitoline team; only two challenges of Leverkusen instead directed by the orange whistle, both won by the Germans. It is also worth mentioning how among the various finals directed by the race director born in 1983 there is also the final of Europe League of the 2019-20 season, when Inter surrendered to Sevilla 3-2.

Probable lineups

After seeing a heavily restructured team in the Bundesliga, Xabi Alonso he will take advantage of this turnover to put the best possible version of his own on the field Bayer Leverkusen. Make room then for the 3-4-3 which has done so much harm to the team Rome in the match at the Olimpico. He will be there to defend the Germans' posts Journal, while the defensive trio will be composed of Stanisic, Move e Tapsoba. The fastest players will act on the flanks frimpong e Grimaldo, while Andrich e Jaca will form the median. In attack, Judicial e landlord they will play on either side of the lone striker boniface. The only change compared to the first leg match should therefore be the use of the former Saint-Gilloise striker to the detriment of Hincapié who will start from the bench, where he will probably sit together with the former player of the evening, namely Patrick Schick.

Daniele De Rossi he cannot make calculations, he must defeat the unbeatable and to do so he is ready to field the best team possible. Turned into a hero in the away match against Naples, Silker he will still be the starting goalkeeper of the Capitoline team. It should return to the right Steel, after having overcome the disqualification for the red card received in the quarter-final against Milan. In the center Mancini e Smalling will compose the central area of ​​the defense, while Spinazzola he is ahead of Angeliño in the ballot for the left wing. Make way for the starting midfield with Crystalline, Paredes e Pellegrini, while on attack Dybala he's not at the top, but he'll be part of the match, as well as El Shaarawy e LukakuHowever, also watch out for possible substitutions during the match by Abraham and Azmoun.

Bayer Leverkusen (3-4-3): Kovar; Stanisic, Tah, Tapsoba; Frimpong, Xhaka, Andrich, Grimaldo; Adli, Boniface, Wirtz. Coach Xabi Alonso.

Rome (4-3-3): Svilar; Çelik, Mancini, Smalling, Spinazzola; Cristante, Paredes, Pellegrini; Dybala, Lukaku, El Shaarawy. Coach Daniele De Rossi.

Where to watch the match

The match between Bayer Leverkusen e Rome of the Bay Arena, valid for the return semi-final of Europa League, will begin at 21 pm on Thursday 9 May 2024. There will be various options available to attend the meeting. The match will be visible in free on Rai 1, while on the satellite it will be visible on the platform Sky, to the channels Sky Sports One (channel 201), Sky Sports 4k (channel 213) e Sky Sports channel 252. The match will also be available for free streaming on RaiPlay, its NOW for those who have subscribed to the platform and on Sky Go for those who have a season ticket Sky. However, the match will also be available in streaming on Dazn, with live connection starting from 20.45pm. You can follow the match by downloading the app on your smart TV or by connecting the TV to a PlayStation 4/5 console, Xbox, or to a TIMVISION BOX, to an Amazon Fire TV Stick device or Google Chromecast. Viewing also possible via app or website Dazn on tablets, PCs and smartphones. On Sky the commentary of the match will be entrusted to Fabio Caressa and Beppe Bergomi, above Dazn instead we will have Pierluigi Pardo commenting on the match at the Bay Arena, while the Rai selected Alberto Rimedio and Antonio Di Gennaro to tell the story of the European semi-finals match.