JWSport Jacek Waszak – Sport journalist
Manchester United were a step away from reaching the Europa League final before this meeting and felt comfortable . The Red Devils in the first clash crushed Roma as much as 6:2 and did not have to win this meeting could afford to practice and training on what they need to work on when they play in the finals .
The Red Devils only have a chance to win the Europa League Cup. At the moment they are already 2nd in the Premier League, and the champion is Manchester City. Their main goal is certainly the European Championship was a good bite and it is a realistic goal for ‘ them because they are in the finals. At this stage they must now prove that the 2020/21 season was not lost without cups and success for the club.
The hosts, of course, made an attempt and set themselves the goal to win and they succeeded enough to beat at home 4:0 a higher ranked rival.
In the 4th minute, the ball fell to the feet of Gianluca Mancini, but after his strike from a few meters, David de Gea behaved capitally. The hosts had the upper hand, outnumbered their rival and hoped to open the bag of goals quickly. Roma on this day had to win 4:0 to advance to the final. Unfortunately, it was not written for them.
In the 20th minute, Edinson Cavani wasted a golden opportunity, as he tried to outpace the goalkeeper and hit the crossbar. Moments later, the Uruguayan again could have decided the fate of the two-match series. This time Antonio Mirante intervened brilliantly after his powerful strike.
In the 26th minute, Edinson Cavani had another great opportunity, but in a one-on-one situation with the goalkeeper he hit Mirante.
In the 28th minute, the first change was forced to be made by the hosts. Chris Smalling left the pitch with an injury and was replaced by Darboe.
But in the 30th minute a great pass from Pedro, the ball is hit with the head by Mkhitaryan, but it passes the goal. A few moments later Pellegrini took a dangerous shot, but again De Gea was on hand.
However, their ardour was cooled in the 39th minute when Edinson Cavani scored for the visitors.
After the Uruguayan’s goal, the pressure was off Roma’s players and they did not attack with such vigour and vigour before the break.
At the end of the first half Roma started to attack more courageously, but the Red Devils looked good in defense and it was difficult to score for the Romans until the end of the half.
In the 70th minute, Peres has to leave the pitch due to an injury. In his place on the playing field is Santon.
In the 71st minute, Cavani, who scored two goals, was shown a yellow card. In the same situation, Roma’s Karsdorp was penalised.
The 73rd minute is a dangerous action of the hosts, the ball after the shot of Mkhitaryan hit the post.
19-year-old Nicola Zalewski scored a brilliant debut in the colours of AS Roma. In the return semi-final the Romans defeated Manchester United 3:2, and the decisive goal was scored by the Pole. The Italians crashed out of the tournament, but it was Zalewski who scored the winning goal for AS Roma on 3:2
76 . Seven minutes later (83`) he clinched the win for Roma. The offensive
The offensive midfielder hit the ball from six metres and it ricocheted off Alex Telles and into the net.
Zalewski plays for the U-19 team on a daily basis and has appeared in 17 games in the Primavera 1 league this season, scoring 7 goals and 5 assists.
Initially, the goal was credited to Zalewski, but after the match UEFA ruled that it was a suicide goal. A good goal scored by Zalewski was thanks to him in Roma’s win over Manchster United.
In the other semi-final, Arsenal failed to make up for their loss from the first match. In the clash with Villarreal
Villarreal, Aubameyang came close to scoring twice. The Spanish team will play in the final for the
The Spanish team will play in a European cup final for the first time in their history. The decisive clash will take place on 26 May
at the stadium in Gdańsk, Poland .
Arsenal FC – Villarreal CF 0:0
First match: 1:2. Promotion: Villarreal
AS Roma – Manchester United 3:2 (0:1)
Goals: Djko (57), Cristante (60), Telles (83 – own goal .) – Cavani (39, 68)
Yellow cards: Karsdorp, Cristante – Wan-Bissaka, Fred, Cavani, Williams
Two-match score: 5:8 Promotion: Manchester United
AS Roma: Antonio Mirante – Rick Karsdorp, Chris Smalling (30. Ebrima Darboe), Ibanez, Bruno Peres (70. Davide Santon), Bryan Cristante, Gianluca Mancini, Pedro (76. Nicola Zalewski), Lorenzo Pellegrini, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Edin Dzheko (77. Borja Mayoral)
Man. United: David de Gea – Aaron Wan-Bissaka (46. Brandon Williams), Eric Bailly, Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw (46. Alex Telles), Donny van de Beek, Fred, Mason Greenwood, Bruno Fernandes (84. Juan Mata), Paul Pogba (64. Nemanja Matić), Edinson Cavani (73. Marcus Rashford)
