AS Roma vs Leverkusen 2022-23 UEFA Europa League, Semifinals

63': Edoardo Bove

FT
1 - 0
1st Leg

Roma take narrow lead over Leverkusen in Europa League semi

AS Roma grabbed a 1-0 home victory over Bayer Leverkusen in their Europa League semifinal first leg thanks to Edoardo Bove's second-half goal.

Match Commentary

36': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Mitchel Bakker replaces Odilon Kossounou because of an injury.
45'+4': First Half ends, Roma 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0.
50': Robert Andrich (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
57': Moussa Diaby (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
57': Jonathan Tah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card.
58': Gianluca Mancini (Roma) is shown the yellow card.
63': Goal! Roma 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0. Edoardo Bove (Roma) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
72': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Sardar Azmoun replaces Adam Hlozek.
72': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Amine Adli replaces Moussa Diaby.
76': Tammy Abraham (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
76': Substitution, Roma. Georginio Wijnaldum replaces Edoardo Bove.
77': Substitution, Roma. Paulo Dybala replaces Andrea Belotti.
89': Ibañez (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+2': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Nadiem Amiri replaces Robert Andrich because of an injury.
90'+3': Leonardo Spinazzola (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+5': Second Half ends, Roma 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0.

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Europa League

Venue: Olimpico
Location: Roma, Italy
Attendance: 63,123

Statistics

B04		ROMA
14	Fouls	16
3	Yellow Cards	4
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	1
3	Corner Kicks	2
4	Saves	1
61.9	Possession	38.1
10	SHOTS	12
2	ON GOAL	5
0.2	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
501	Accurate Passes	287
588	Passes	367
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.8
4	Accurate Crosses	2
18	Crosses	7
0.2	Cross %	0.3
50	Long Balls	61
26	Accurate Long Balls	28
0.5	Long Balls %	0.5
2	Blocked Shots	2
11	Effective Tackles	9
18	Tackles	13
0.6	Tackle %	0.7
7	Interceptions	12
10	Effective Clearances	14
10	Clearances	14

Line-Ups

AS Roma (3-4-1-2)

No.	Name
1	Rui Patrício (GK)
4	Bryan Cristante
3	Ibañez
23	Gianluca Mancini
8	Nemanja Matic
52	Edoardo Bove
7	Lorenzo Pellegrini
37	Leonardo Spinazzola
19	Zeki Celik
9	Tammy Abraham
11	Andrea Belotti

Substitutes:

Rick Karsdorp, Benjamin Tahirovic, Mile Svilar, Paulo Dybala, Georginio Wijnaldum, Stephan El Shaarawy, Filippo Missori, Nicola Zalewski, Chris Smalling, Giacomo Faticanti, Pietro Boer, Mady Camara.

Bayer Leverkusen (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Lukas Hradecky (GK)
4	Jonathan Tah
12	Edmond Tapsoba
6	Odilon Kossounou
8	Robert Andrich
25	Exequiel Palacios
3	Piero Hincapié
30	Jeremie Frimpong
23	Adam Hlozek
27	Florian Wirtz
19	Moussa Diaby

Substitutes:

Kerem Demirbay, Amine Adli, Sardar Azmoun, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Ayman Azhil, Niklas Lomb, Nadiem Amiri, Mitchel Bakker, Maximilian Neutgens, Timothy Fosu-Mensah.