Argentinian midfielder “Roma” Leandro Paredes after the second leg of the Europa League semi-final against “Bayer” said the game was in his team’s hands.
The match took place in Leverkusen and ended with a score of 2:2. Midfielder Leandro Paredes scored twice for the Romans, both goals coming from the penalty spot. The hosts were able to come back from a goal down thanks to an own goal from defender Gianluca Mancini; In stoppage time, Josip Stanisic equalized the score at 2:2. Bayer won on aggregate (4:2) and reached the Europa League final.
“It hurts because the match was in our hands.” And unfortunately, because of Mancini’s own goal, we were forced to open up. But we can’t do that against strong players. We did everything we could to score two goals and played the match superbly until the 82nd minute. The own goal forced us to open up. It’s a shame, we put a lot of effort into it. We wanted to give the fans a final, but we are going home empty-handed,” Paredes told the UEFA website.
In the final of the Europa League, Bayer will face Atalanta, the meeting will take place on May 22 in Dublin.
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