“Kid has a bright future”- Fans hail 20-year-old Edoardo Bove after his brilliant strike gives Roma an advantage in Europa semifinals
Roma secures a 1-0 victory in the nail biting fixture against Bayern Leverkusen.
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Eduardo Bove and Tammy Abraham celebrates after Roma leads 1-0 in the 62nd minute
The Europa League match between Roma and Bayern Leverkusen was a nail-biting fixture in the first leg. The end-to-end game with multiple chances from both sides ended with a 1-0 first-leg victory for the Jose Mourinho side. The Jose Mourinho side secured their home-leg fixture lead while looking forward to a victory in the second leg. The Italian side are just another 90 minute away from reaching their second final in two consecutive seasons.
AS Roma sees a comfortable lead against Bayern Leverkusen. After a long deadlock in the game, Stadio Olimpico hears the roar as Edoardo Bove scores the first. The Italian midfielder made a fine pair with Tammy Abraham. The midfielder drives the ball from the midfield to the English forward whose shot sees an initial save from Lucas Hradecky. The rebound from the keeper was shot with power by the Italian midfielder giving no opportunity to save for the Bayern keeper.
The first leg of the Europa League played in the Stadio Olimpico was end to end filled with actions. While the Bundesliga side kept more than 62% possession against their Italian opponent, but could only take only 11 shots, with two major chances missing of them. The game witnessed a couple of yellow cards, which boiled the situation among the players.
The Giallorossi will proceed with an advantageous lead in the game. The Jose Mourinho side will face Bologna before flying to BayArena along the banks of the Rhine in Germany. Roma will be marching to secure the win in the second leg against their German opponent.
Fans react to Roma’s win in the first leg of the Semifinal in their home ground
Roma’s win in the first leg of the Semi Final separates them only by ninety minutes before they play their second European final, the second time. The lead taken by Edoardo Bove in the second half was enough to secure the first-leg win. The win in the first leg makes the team and the fans confident. The fans didn’t make a delay to take on Twitter to praise the young player to secure the one-goal lead.
Some fans praised the player praising his abilities. Some even compared Roma with Juventus who may gain a chance in the final, saying “As long as Roma gets their players back like smalling, Dyballa and Wijnaldum, I don’t fear Juventus“. While the goal was considered no less than a fire, a fan went on commenting, Local boy Edoardo Bove fires Roma in front against Leverkusen!“
Jose Mourinho has a one hundred percent winning record in the finals of the European Championship. The Roma boss will eye to secure his sixth with Roma this time round. Roma will fly to Germany to face Bayern Leverkusen in the second leg of the Europa League on May 19th.
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Soujanyo Pattanayak
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