UEFA Europa League Semifinals 1st Leg Results: Late Equalizer Gives Juventus a Chance to Upend Sevilla as Roma Overpower Leverkusen

In a fantastic twist of fate, a last-minute corner in stoppage time was ushered to the back of the net by two Juventus players, with Federico Gatti heading it in.

UEFA Europa League Semifinals 1st Leg Results: Late Equalizer Gives Juventus a Chance to Upend Sevilla as Roma Overpower Leverkusen

The 1st leg of the UEFA Europa League Semifinals was just played yesterday, treating fans to some powerful action. A late equalizer gave Juventus a chance to upend Sevilla as AS Roma overpowered Leverkusen. Here's all the action.

UEFA Europa League Results: Late Equalizer Gives Juventus a Chance to Upend Sevilla

The UEFA Europa League semifinals got underway yesterday, with Sevilla almost beating Juventus to secure a comfortable position ahead of the return leg. Youssef En-Nesyri put Sevilla ahead in the 26th minute and they were well on their way to a victory. Things didn't go as planned, however, as Juventus scored a late equalizer, giving them a chance to upend Sevilla's lead.

Juve's Twist of Fate: Last-Minute Equalizer Saves the Day

In a fantastic twist of fate, a last-minute corner in stoppage time was ushered to the back of the net by two Juventus players, with Federico Gatti heading it in. As a result, the stadium burst into cheer and Juve now retain a good chance to secure a spot in the Europa League Final, in the return leg of their matchup with Sevilla.

The moment Federico Gatti scores for Juve and equalizes in the the Europa League Semifinal
Juve's last-minute corner was ushered to the back of the net by two Juve's players, with Federico Gatti scoring the all-important equalizer. Source: Juventus.

Sevilla vs Juventus UEFA Europa League Semifinals 2nd Leg Prediction

As per the way both teams are playing, we predict that Sevilla vs Juventus will end 2-1 in favor of Sevilla. As a result, Sevilla will go on to the Europa League Final with a 3-2 aggregate. Sevilla have had such a phenomenal run this season and look very intent to go on to the final and secure themselves a spot in the Champions League.

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UEFA Europa League Semifinals 1st Leg Results: Roma Overpower Leverkusen

In the other semifinal played yesterday, AS Roma overpowered Leverkusen, beating them 1-0. The all-important goal for Roma came from Edoardo Bove, who went on to score in the 62nd minute. Leverkusen played a decent game but were overpowered by a relentless Roma who are keen to go on to the Europa League final.

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Roma's Edoardo Bove put them ahead, helping them overpower Bayern Leverkusen. Source: Roma.

Roma vs Leverkusen Second Leg Prediction

We predict that Leverkusen will upend Roma's lead and win the second-leg match 2-1. This will consequently plunge the game into extra time and if neither team scores, the game will be decided by penalties. Here the game will tilt back to Roma's favor, and they will likely win on penalties, breaking the 2-2 aggregate deadlock. Stay tuned to find out if our prediction is accurate.

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