THE GIALLOROSSI QUALIFY FOR THE SEMIFINALS OF EUROPA LEAGUE
Roma flies to the semifinals of the Europa League. The Giallorossi, strengthened by the result of the first leg, drew against Ajax at the Olimpico in the second leg of the quarter-finals and proceeded to the next round; Dzeko responds to Brobbey's goal, Roma-Ajax ends 1-1.
Fonseca relaunches Dzeko from the start, with Pellegrini and Mkhitaryan in support. Roma want to defend the 2-1 first leg and try to control the pace of the match. At 5 'Pellegrini has a good opportunity on the counterattack, but his shot is weak; at 8 'Veretout scores, but his goal is canceled for offside. At 13 'Pau Lopez gets it all wrong, luckily for him Klaassen is blocked by his teammates; the first half ends 0-0.
Brobbey gives Ajax the lead: the attacker, served in depth, mocked Pau Lopez with a nice lob. Roma risks collapse, when Tadic bags 2-0 in the 56th minute; the VAR, however, calls the referee, who cancels the goal for a foul on Mkhitaryan. At 72 'the game of the turning point: great action by Calafiori, deflected cross and Dzeko of robbery bags the equalizer. The guests try until the last second, but the defense of the hosts holds: Roma-Ajax ends 1-1, Giallorossi in the semifinals of the Europa League.