The Daily Acca: A 5/2 treble from the European semi-finals | OneFootball

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·9 May 2024

The Daily Acca: A 5/2 treble from the European semi-finals

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Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen already have one foot in the Europa League Final, but with an unbeaten season still to go for, they won't just sit back and protect their lead against Roma.

The Italians lost the first leg in Rome by a 0-2 scoreline, and for all their improvement under Daniele De Rossi, it's now just one win in five in all competitions - losing twice.


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Only Dortmund, M'Gladbach and Stuttgart have managed to avoid defeat at the BayArena this term, and I very much doubt that Roma will be able to join that club.

The other Europa League semi-final is delicately poised, with Atalanta and Marseille sharing a 1-1 draw in France last week.

The French side needed to win that game to qualify really, as their away record this year is well below average.

In Ligue One they have won just two of 15 on the road - losing eight times - and even in this competition, it's been one win in six - with three of their last four ending in defeat.

The hosts are coming into form just at the right time of the season, as not only are they challenging for this trophy, they have put themselves in a great position for Champions League qualification via their league position.

Aston Villa face an uphill battle if they want to book a date with Fiorentina in the final of the Europa Conference League, but with a 4-2 deficit to overturn, goals should be a given in Greece tonight.

Olympiakos sprung quite a big surprise at Villa Park, especially as they had only scraped through the previous rounds against Fenerbahce and Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Unai Emery is a bit of a master in European competitions, and I expect him to have a well thought out gameplan ahead of this fixture, but it will surely involve some very attacking football.

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