Roma-Bayer Leverkusen: probable lineups, time and where to watch the match

Rome 1 May 2024 - La Rome survives the trip to Naples without defeat, but has no room to breathe. The first episode of the semi-final will be played tomorrow Europa League at the Olimpico, where the freshmen will be waiting for the Giallorossi German champions of the Bayer Leverkusen, a team looking for sporting revenge after last year, in this same round, they were eliminated from the Capitoline team. 

Daniele De Rossi however, it does not look at what has been achieved Mourinho last year and tries to build his own history on the bench of Rome. Against the Napoli the Giallorossi showed some small physical shortcomings, but they showed how much quality the Roma squad has at its disposal. The Romans suffered a lot from the greater energy of the Neapolitans, but they first managed to break the deadlock, then to find a draw when they had momentarily overturned the result. The goal found by Abraham it is one of the happiest news of the season, after a year in infirmary and rehabilitation, the Englishman has freed himself from the satisfaction of the goal and is now a candidate to be a protagonist in Europe too. For the match against the Germans he should in fact be available again Lukaku, but it is unlikely to think that he already has 90 minutes in his legs, and therefore a possible relay race with the Englishman or Azmoun, this last great ex of the challenge, could be one of the keys to Roma's success.

On the other side of the fence, however, there is a team that under the expert guidance of Xabi Alonso he has unlearned defeat. In fact, this season for the team led by the Spanish coach in 46 games the number of knockouts still reads 0, while there is talk of 38 victories between Bundesliga, German Cup ed Europa League. The aspirins suffered their last defeat back on May 27th, when they fell against the Bochum on the last day of Bundesliga. Since then, an incredible face and an epic, triumphal ride towards the first historic German championship of the team owned by the well-known German pharmaceutical company. Excellent performances that had brought the former Liverpool midfielder, Real Madrid e Bayern Munich, in the notebooks of all the big clubs in Europe, but surprisingly they had to settle for no for an answer, given the coach's choice to lead the Rhineland club again next season. He is undoubtedly among the players to keep an eye on most in Germany Florian wirtz, a very talented German attacking midfielder born in 2003, already a starter with the senior national team and author of a magnificent season, peppered with 17 goals and 19 assists, many of these aimed at Victor Boniface, arrived in the summer from Belgium and the team's top scorer with 18 goals. There is an ex Rome even in the German home, also in this case a striker, it is about Patrick Shick, paid 42 million by the Giallorossi, but never blossomed on the banks of the Tiber, only to be sold to aspirins for 27 million.

To lead the challenge between Rome e Bayer Leverkusen it will be the French whistle François Letexier who will be assisted by assistants, compatriots Cyril Mugnier and Mehdi Rahmouni, while Jerome Brisard and Willy Delajod, also transalpines, will be at Var. Rade Obrenovic, Slovenian, will play the role of fourth official. For the Breton race director it will be the third career meeting with the Romans, both previous in this season Europa League, on the occasion of the knockout against him Slavia Prague (2-0) and the home success in the round of XNUMX against Brighton (4-0); same number of direct challenges with aspirins and same score in the previous matches against the Germans with one success and one defeat for the Rossoneri. In total it will be the twenty-ninth direction of the season for the race director, the fourth in this one Europa League, to which he adds 6 games of Champions League, UEFA Super Cup, 14 challenges of Ligue 1, 2 of French Cup and 2 by Ligue 2. 

Probable lineups

To beat the German team you will need the best Rome possible e Daniele De Rossi to bet on all his most precious pawns. Before Silker they will find a place Mancini e Smalling in the central area of ​​the defense, while on the lanes on the left Spinazzola he is ahead of Angeliño for the starting role. On the right instead Llorente he is ahead of Karsdorp in the role of replacement for Çelik, who was disqualified after the red card he received in the return match against Milan. He returns to midfield Paredes together with Crystalline e Pellegrini. In attack Lukaku he should be able to recover to start at least a portion of the match, supported on the flanks by Dybala ed El Shaarawy.

Xabi Alonso he chooses the 4-man defense in an almost mirror-like manner The Rossi for the match at the Olimpico. In front of the captain Hradecky between the poles, Kossonou e Move they should compose the central duo with Tapsoba instead on the bench. On the flanks Stanisic e Hincapie they will occupy the lanes. Jaca e Palacios they will make up the midfield while the Spanish coach drops all his most talented players into the offensive zone. Writz he will act in the center of the trocar supported by frimpong e Grimaldo on the bands, while boniface will be the offensive reference.

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

Bayer Leverkusen (4-2-3-1): Hradecky; Stanisic, Kossounou, Tah, Hincapié; Xhaka, Palacios; Frimpong, Wirtz, Grimaldo; Boniface. Coach Xabi Alonso.

Where to watch the match

The match between Rome e Bayer Leverkusen of the Olympic stadium, valid for the first leg of the semi-final Europa League, will begin at 21 pm on Thursday 2 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 253. 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 Sky subscription. 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 Riccardo Gentile and Aldo Serena, above Dazn instead we will have Pierluigi Pardo commenting on the match at the Olimpico, while the Rai selected Stefano Bizzotto and Lele Adani to tell the story of the European semi-finals match.