Well seems like if Liverpool fails today and West Ham also fail we are not gonna have any english team in the semifinals of europe tournaments (i dont count conference is low level) i dont know when was the last time this happen.
Liverpool is to be the better team in this matchup and should have proved to everyone that they are the better team from the first leg of the match but they failed to prove it and also made a lot of people to lose trust in them after been beaten by Atalanta with three goals to none. Tonight their fate will be decided, whether they’ll go home like Manchester City and Arsenal did yesterday to focus fully on the Premier League or continue their race in the European competition. 
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The certainty of Liverpool qualifying is at the very minimal and I doubt that they can score an additional two goals to their current lead. As for leverkusen am pretty sure the match is yet over because this team have proven times without number that they are a team that fights always to the finish line.
The one goal they scored is not enough for the Reds and they now say goodbye to the Europa League and Atlanta has successfully qualified to the semifinals.Leverkusen played draw against West Ham United, this qualified them to the semifinals.
The only problem we are having now is Marseille game, the match might reach the extra time because Marseille is winning 1-0 which make the aggregate 2-2.
Well seems like if Liverpool fails today and West Ham also fail we are not gonna have any english team in the semifinals of europe tournaments (i dont count conference is low level) i dont know when was the last time this happen.
Liverpool is to be the better team in this matchup and should have proved to everyone that they are the better team from the first leg of the match but they failed to prove it and also made a lot of people to lose trust in them after been beaten by Atalanta with three goals to none. Tonight their fate will be decided, whether they’ll go home like Manchester City and Arsenal did yesterday to focus fully on the Premier League or continue their race in the European competition. 
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It's not about Liverpool having to make 4-0 to qualify, but atleast Liverpool can still try their best to at least be able to win with a score of 3-0 also in normal 90 minutes. If Liverpool can do this, then ofcourse the match will continue to extra time or maybe it will also continue until the penalty shootout. So yes, basically Liverpool still have a chance even though it will certainly be difficult but yes, Liverpool should be able to do it with the quality that Liverpool have because at least, Liverpool also have a good winning mentality. Therefore, this match between Atalanta v Liverpool in the second leg remains a very interesting match, because of course Liverpool will have great efforts to be able to turn things around.
Meanwhile, Roma are increasingly comfortable with qualifying after they led the second leg with a score of 2-0 which gave them a 3-0 advantage on aggregate. Milan will still fight, but they must be able to take full advantage of opportunities because Roma will now only play with 10 players. So far, Milan have been ahead since the 30th minute of the first half, but they are still having difficulty scoring goals.
Liverpool cannot qualify since it will be very difficult to add two more goals in the Atlanta home, but football is unpredictable. Liverpool can win the match, but in my opinion, it will be very difficult for Liverpool because they messed up the first leg at Anfield. What I really think about the match is that Klopp believes Atlanta will be a reason team to defeat, but they didn't give up and they got opportunities and defeated Liverpool in the game. Let's see if Liverpool can add two goals in the second half and get the chance to advance to the next round. Leverkusen will qualify but lose this match, but you can't guarantee they will end up drawing because they will like to continue doing the clean sheet without losing any match. Xabi Alonso as win the league trophy they will try and win the Europa League competition too.
And I was confused as to why in the second half Liverpool's playing tempo decreased, and Liverpool's game seemed to be carried away by Atalanta's game. And Liverpool should have played harder and continued to attack to score goals, and I didn't see that happening in the second half. And Atalanta successfully advanced to the next round, and two English teams Liverpool and West Ham also failed to advance to the next round, such as in the UCL Manchester City and Arsenal also failed to advance to the next round.
The match between Roma and AC Milan goes well for Roma in the first half. They got too quick goals to lead AC Milan 3 - 0 in aggregated result. Even it is only temporary, it is big advantage for Roma but there is a moment in the first half, Celik made a foul to stop Leao and got a direct red card. It is a deserved red card for Celik because a foul like this can destroy career of an attacking player.
This foul reminds me about a foul of Araujo yesterday, fouls are different but both lead to direct red cards. Roma after that did not collapse easily in the first half but AC Milan actually created some big pressure. De Rossi is realistic by sending Dybala off and replacing him by Llorente, a central defender.
AC Milan needs to find an early goal in second half to trigger panic in Roma. If they can not do it, they will lose this match and Roma will have another season with semi finals in Europa League.
This foul reminds me about a foul of Araujo yesterday, fouls are different but both lead to direct red cards. Roma after that did not collapse easily in the first half but AC Milan actually created some big pressure. De Rossi is realistic by sending Dybala off and replacing him by Llorente, a central defender.
AC Milan needs to find an early goal in second half to trigger panic in Roma. If they can not do it, they will lose this match and Roma will have another season with semi finals in Europa League.
It is rather too late for AC Milan as the game is drawing towards final minutes, the early red card ruined their game this night just exactly like the match between Barcelona and PSG. Roma have ended AC Milan's Europa title hopes and it is a good performance by the team and Roma manager, Danielle De Rossi . They actually played better both in the first meeting and this returning match as well so it was a well deserved victory and they have qualified for the semi finals, and are likely to make it to the finals with this level of performance in the Europa League so far. AC Milan scored in the 86th minutes but the goal is rather a consolation goal and may be referred to as "medicine after death".
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It's not about Liverpool having to make 4-0 to qualify, but atleast Liverpool can still try their best to at least be able to win with a score of 3-0 also in normal 90 minutes. If Liverpool can do this, then ofcourse the match will continue to extra time or maybe it will also continue until the penalty shootout. So yes, basically Liverpool still have a chance even though it will certainly be difficult but yes, Liverpool should be able to do it with the quality that Liverpool have because at least, Liverpool also have a good winning mentality. Therefore, this match between Atalanta v Liverpool in the second leg remains a very interesting match, because of course Liverpool will have great efforts to be able to turn things around.
Meanwhile, Roma are increasingly comfortable with qualifying after they led the second leg with a score of 2-0 which gave them a 3-0 advantage on aggregate. Milan will still fight, but they must be able to take full advantage of opportunities because Roma will now only play with 10 players. So far, Milan have been ahead since the 30th minute of the first half, but they are still having difficulty scoring goals.
Liverpool cannot qualify since it will be very difficult to add two more goals in the Atlanta home, but football is unpredictable. Liverpool can win the match, but in my opinion, it will be very difficult for Liverpool because they messed up the first leg at Anfield. What I really think about the match is that Klopp believes Atlanta will be a reason team to defeat, but they didn't give up and they got opportunities and defeated Liverpool in the game. Let's see if Liverpool can add two goals in the second half and get the chance to advance to the next round. Leverkusen will qualify but lose this match, but you can't guarantee they will end up drawing because they will like to continue doing the clean sheet without losing any match. Xabi Alonso as win the league trophy they will try and win the Europa League competition too.
Xabi Alonso has turned Leverkusen into an extraordinary club. Even before Xavi Alonso came to Leverkusen, we knew that this team was almost relegated. And then Xabi Alonsi came and sent Leverkusen soaring further up the rankings. And then this season Leverkusen managed to win the Bundesliga. So it would be extraordinary if Leverkusen could also win the European League. And actually Leverkusen must score at least 1 more goal if they want to secure this match. Because if West Ham scores another goal in this match then it will make things difficult for Leverkusen.
Europa League title is favorable for Bayer Leverkussen because they're the only team that looks promising to win them. The European League will skyrocketed the consistent teams because they keep putting in their best. Xabi Alonso is the change that impacted positive happenings in the club. Bayer Leverkusen are 43 games unbeaten today because the board didn't make the relenting mistakes Bayern Munich board of directors triggered, alot of things goes wrong, who would be happy about it? 
Liverpool started the game with enthusiasm by scoring an early goal but here we are at the half time and the score didn't change, with Atalanta 0 - 1 Liverpool and Atalanta 3 - 1 Liverpool on aggregate. They need to rush more if they want to qualify while Atalanta needs to ruin the game to win..
Yep. Liverpool could score in minute 7' but no more goal until now. They looked like not playing very aggressively although they are applying attacking tactic. It is surely not enough to have an average attacking style, Liverpool must play with total attacking style. If they failed scoring 2 more goals, they will be eliminated in this round. Honestly, I am a bit doubtful with Liverpool now, it is almost reaching minute 70' but they only succeed scoring 1 goal.In the other matches, Roma are comfy with the three goals advantage on aggregate. West Ham United trying to equalize Bayer Leverkusen. Marseille 0 - 0 Benfica for the moment.
Roma is leading 2 goals although one of their defenders got a red card. With 10 players, it seems Roma using a defensive tactic. Lukaku and Dybala have been changed already. They only need to defend the leading until the end of the match. By the way, Leverkusen needs to score 1 goal if they want to secure the ticket for the next round. It seems Xabi using all the key players now.
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It's not about Liverpool having to make 4-0 to qualify, but atleast Liverpool can still try their best to at least be able to win with a score of 3-0 also in normal 90 minutes. If Liverpool can do this, then ofcourse the match will continue to extra time or maybe it will also continue until the penalty shootout. So yes, basically Liverpool still have a chance even though it will certainly be difficult but yes, Liverpool should be able to do it with the quality that Liverpool have because at least, Liverpool also have a good winning mentality. Therefore, this match between Atalanta v Liverpool in the second leg remains a very interesting match, because of course Liverpool will have great efforts to be able to turn things around.
Meanwhile, Roma are increasingly comfortable with qualifying after they led the second leg with a score of 2-0 which gave them a 3-0 advantage on aggregate. Milan will still fight, but they must be able to take full advantage of opportunities because Roma will now only play with 10 players. So far, Milan have been ahead since the 30th minute of the first half, but they are still having difficulty scoring goals.
Liverpool cannot qualify since it will be very difficult to add two more goals in the Atlanta home, but football is unpredictable. Liverpool can win the match, but in my opinion, it will be very difficult for Liverpool because they messed up the first leg at Anfield. What I really think about the match is that Klopp believes Atlanta will be a reason team to defeat, but they didn't give up and they got opportunities and defeated Liverpool in the game. Let's see if Liverpool can add two goals in the second half and get the chance to advance to the next round. Leverkusen will qualify but lose this match, but you can't guarantee they will end up drawing because they will like to continue doing the clean sheet without losing any match. Xabi Alonso as win the league trophy they will try and win the Europa League competition too.
West Ham - Bayer Leverkusen
West Ham have been excellent, Bayer Leverkusen are lucky not to have lost the advantage that they came into the game with because West Ham could have scored two goals. West Ham coach will not want his team to be wasteful in the second half because one goal will not be enough to win the game, they need to win this game by like three goals to beat Bayer Leverkusen. Bayer Leverkusen the current German champions will not allow their advantage to go like that, the coach will make sure that even though they are on the defensive against West Ham, that they will try to score at least one goal to make things more difficult for West Ham. It will be big to their history if they can win the Europa, just after winning the Bundesliga in one season.
I thought it was possible that this second leg match would go to extra time or even a penalty shootout and I think Liverpool could still do it, even with a small chance. We know that Liverpool's mentality in the European Championship is not to play around and they can always do it well. However, this time the situation was a little complicated and they had to put pressure on Atalanta during the match.
The worrying thing, even if Liverpool were able to carry out ball possession, was that they made a mistake which allowed Atalanta to score one more goal and made Liverpool even more desperate with an aggregate of 4 goals. I think it will destroy Liverpool's mentality instantly, but on the other hand, if Liverpool can take the lead first then Atalanta must be prepared for the worst possibility of being eliminated from the quarter-finals. However, this is an exciting match that we should look forward to and can't wait to see the comeback that Liverpool can make.
As we have seen just yesterday, Real and City game went to penalty shootout and the same could happen with Liverpool game too, Liverpool could score 3 goals and then take it to extra time, whatever happens after that is a shocker and totally unpredictable.The worrying thing, even if Liverpool were able to carry out ball possession, was that they made a mistake which allowed Atalanta to score one more goal and made Liverpool even more desperate with an aggregate of 4 goals. I think it will destroy Liverpool's mentality instantly, but on the other hand, if Liverpool can take the lead first then Atalanta must be prepared for the worst possibility of being eliminated from the quarter-finals. However, this is an exciting match that we should look forward to and can't wait to see the comeback that Liverpool can make.
One thing I know is that if there is any bets out there for the 90 minutes, then betting on Liverpool to win it would make sense, I do not know if they would be able to score 3 goals, or have 3 goal difference in general, but I am sure that they are going to win the game. That means if you could find any place that offers the first 90 minutes as option and Liverpool win as an option, then betting on Liverpool to win that part of the game would be an easy bet for sure.
Liverpool really needs to score at least 2 goals in this first half to still be alive in this game, else they will find it difficult to score in the second half and Atlanta may resort to going on defense come second half game, The very second opportunity that Liverpool got to score was missed by Mohammed Salah, watching the game so far, they aren't giving me the energy I want to see put in this game, despite continuing mounting of pressure on the opponent team 18 yards box.
Liverpool is putting much pressure and they have early goal in the match and they look good like they are going to win the match, but can they cover the goals?Three more goals to go and it already 60 minutes in the game, if Liverpool did not score early this second half, Atalanta might keep defending till the end of the match because even if they lose to Liverpool with such shoreline, they will qualify to the next round.
Roma on the other hand is doing a great job, they are already winning 2-0 to make it an aggregate of 3-0. AC Milan chance of qualifying to the semifinals is almost gone because it will be hard for them to score four goals now.
The match between Roma and AC Milan goes well for Roma in the first half. They got too quick goals to lead AC Milan 3 - 0 in aggregated result. Even it is only temporary, it is big advantage for Roma but there is a moment in the first half, Celik made a foul to stop Leao and got a direct red card. It is a deserved red card for Celik because a foul like this can destroy career of an attacking player.
This foul reminds me about a foul of Araujo yesterday, fouls are different but both lead to direct red cards. Roma after that did not collapse easily in the first half but AC Milan actually created some big pressure. De Rossi is realistic by sending Dybala off and replacing him by Llorente, a central defender.
AC Milan needs to find an early goal in second half to trigger panic in Roma. If they can not do it, they will lose this match and Roma will have another season with semi finals in Europa League.
Roma is filled with experience players and the red card might not affect them that much to the extend that Milan will win the match. De Rossi knows what he is doing, and I believe Roma will play more of a defensive game than attacking.This foul reminds me about a foul of Araujo yesterday, fouls are different but both lead to direct red cards. Roma after that did not collapse easily in the first half but AC Milan actually created some big pressure. De Rossi is realistic by sending Dybala off and replacing him by Llorente, a central defender.
AC Milan needs to find an early goal in second half to trigger panic in Roma. If they can not do it, they will lose this match and Roma will have another season with semi finals in Europa League.
AC Milan are pressuring Roma to see if they can break the deadlock but all effort have not brought out any good result. Roma is playing a good football as they just created a beautiful chance that they were unable to convert it to a goal because Milan goalkeeper denied them that one.
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It's not about Liverpool having to make 4-0 to qualify, but atleast Liverpool can still try their best to at least be able to win with a score of 3-0 also in normal 90 minutes. If Liverpool can do this, then ofcourse the match will continue to extra time or maybe it will also continue until the penalty shootout. So yes, basically Liverpool still have a chance even though it will certainly be difficult but yes, Liverpool should be able to do it with the quality that Liverpool have because at least, Liverpool also have a good winning mentality. Therefore, this match between Atalanta v Liverpool in the second leg remains a very interesting match, because of course Liverpool will have great efforts to be able to turn things around.
Meanwhile, Roma are increasingly comfortable with qualifying after they led the second leg with a score of 2-0 which gave them a 3-0 advantage on aggregate. Milan will still fight, but they must be able to take full advantage of opportunities because Roma will now only play with 10 players. So far, Milan have been ahead since the 30th minute of the first half, but they are still having difficulty scoring goals.
HT:
West Ham 1 - 0 Bayer Leverkusen
XG - Expected Goals: 1.09 - 0.02
Possession: 45% - 55%
Pass Accuracy: 81% - 82%
Accurate Passes: 166 - 211
Total Shots: 10 - 1
Shots On Target: 5 - 1
Shots off Target: 2 - 0
Blocked Shots: 3 - 0
Fouls: 7 - 8
Corner Kicks: 1 - 1
Offsides: 1 - 0
Yellow Cards: 1 - 2
Goalkeeper Saves: 1 - 4
This is just the first half and things are not going straight for Bayer Leverkusen because West Ham are about to end their unbeaten record but this is just the first half, still hope is there for them because second half is on.
HT:
Atalanta 0 - 1 Liverpool
XG - Expected Goals: 0.03 - 1.08
Possession: 31% - 69%
Pass Accuracy: 64% - 81%
Accurate Passes: 89 - 257
Total Shots: 1 - 8
Shots On Target: 0 - 3
Shots off Target: 1 - 3
Blocked Shots: 0 - 2
Fouls: 5 - 8
Offsides: 3 - 0
Yellow Cards: 1 - 1
Goalkeeper Saves: 2 - 0
The expecting champion are really finding it hard to make it through, Liverpool have lose their last two matches and now they are currently leading with one goal.
West Ham 1 - 0 Bayer Leverkusen
XG - Expected Goals: 1.09 - 0.02
Possession: 45% - 55%
Pass Accuracy: 81% - 82%
Accurate Passes: 166 - 211
Total Shots: 10 - 1
Shots On Target: 5 - 1
Shots off Target: 2 - 0
Blocked Shots: 3 - 0
Fouls: 7 - 8
Corner Kicks: 1 - 1
Offsides: 1 - 0
Yellow Cards: 1 - 2
Goalkeeper Saves: 1 - 4
This is just the first half and things are not going straight for Bayer Leverkusen because West Ham are about to end their unbeaten record but this is just the first half, still hope is there for them because second half is on.
HT:
Atalanta 0 - 1 Liverpool
XG - Expected Goals: 0.03 - 1.08
Possession: 31% - 69%
Pass Accuracy: 64% - 81%
Accurate Passes: 89 - 257
Total Shots: 1 - 8
Shots On Target: 0 - 3
Shots off Target: 1 - 3
Blocked Shots: 0 - 2
Fouls: 5 - 8
Offsides: 3 - 0
Yellow Cards: 1 - 1
Goalkeeper Saves: 2 - 0
The expecting champion are really finding it hard to make it through, Liverpool have lose their last two matches and now they are currently leading with one goal.
Liverpool really needs to score at least 2 goals in this first half to still be alive in this game, else they will find it difficult to score in the second half and Atlanta may resort to going on defense come second half game, The very second opportunity that Liverpool got to score was missed by Mohammed Salah, watching the game so far, they aren't giving me the energy I want to see put in this game, despite continuing mounting of pressure on the opponent team 18 yards box.
Liverpool started the game with enthusiasm by scoring an early goal but here we are at the half time and the score didn't change, with Atalanta 0 - 1 Liverpool and Atalanta 3 - 1 Liverpool on aggregate. They need to rush more if they want to qualify while Atalanta needs to ruin the game to win..
In the other matches, Roma are comfy with the three goals advantage on aggregate. West Ham United trying to equalize Bayer Leverkusen. Marseille 0 - 0 Benfica for the moment.
Liverpool really needs to score at least 2 goals in this first half to still be alive in this game, else they will find it difficult to score in the second half and Atlanta may resort to going on defense come second half game, The very second opportunity that Liverpool got to score was missed by Mohammed Salah, watching the game so far, they aren't giving me the energy I want to see put in this game, despite continuing mounting of pressure on the opponent team 18 yards box.
Yeah right as we expected Atalanta playing defensive and so far they managed to apply it in the first half, Liverpool did control the match and scored one goal but it was through a penalty this means that Liverpool's attacks have not been able to disrupt Atlanta's defense. As I said before Liverpool must be able to provoke so that Atalanta plays with 10 players but of course this is not easy. Liverpool will increase attacks in the second half, they have no other choice although there is a risk of counterattack but that is the best way.
By the way, AS Roma scored 2 goals in the first half but unfortunately one of their players had to get out of the game and we don't know whether they can maintain the defense with 10 players, while AC Milan continues to try to equalize the score unfortunately there are no shots on target, of the 8 shots all out of the target, lol is really bad.
West Ham - Bayer Leverkusen
West Ham have been excellent, Bayer Leverkusen are lucky not to have lost the advantage that they came into the game with because West Ham could have scored two goals. West Ham coach will not want his team to be wasteful in the second half because one goal will not be enough to win the game, they need to win this game by like three goals to beat Bayer Leverkusen. Bayer Leverkusen the current German champions will not allow their advantage to go like that, the coach will make sure that even though they are on the defensive against West Ham, that they will try to score at least one goal to make things more difficult for West Ham. It will be big to their history if they can win the Europa, just after winning the Bundesliga in one season. 
The match between Roma and AC Milan goes well for Roma in the first half. They got too quick goals to lead AC Milan 3 - 0 in aggregated result. Even it is only temporary, it is big advantage for Roma but there is a moment in the first half, Celik made a foul to stop Leao and got a direct red card. It is a deserved red card for Celik because a foul like this can destroy career of an attacking player.
This foul reminds me about a foul of Araujo yesterday, fouls are different but both lead to direct red cards. Roma after that did not collapse easily in the first half but AC Milan actually created some big pressure. De Rossi is realistic by sending Dybala off and replacing him by Llorente, a central defender.
AC Milan needs to find an early goal in second half to trigger panic in Roma. If they can not do it, they will lose this match and Roma will have another season with semi finals in Europa League.
This foul reminds me about a foul of Araujo yesterday, fouls are different but both lead to direct red cards. Roma after that did not collapse easily in the first half but AC Milan actually created some big pressure. De Rossi is realistic by sending Dybala off and replacing him by Llorente, a central defender.
AC Milan needs to find an early goal in second half to trigger panic in Roma. If they can not do it, they will lose this match and Roma will have another season with semi finals in Europa League.
Although Liverpool started with the best performance and they scored an early goal they could not score more than 2 goals to be fighting for real for a qualification that they have never achieved since 2007 when they have lost the first leg in an European competition.Atalanta on the other hand was just waiting and it was expected from them to play this kind of game,to wait Liverpool and also had a chance or two in this first half which the Liverpool goalkeeper neutralized and is still keeping Liverpool in hopes for turning things around in the second half,they sure have the firepower to do so against a team which is below their level comparing the quality of the two teams.
But Atalanta made a good defense in the first half. and this is what makes it difficult for Liverpool to score goals again. With the first half ending with a score of 0-1, I think Liverpool will still have difficulty scoring goals again even in the second half which will start soon. But if Liverpool can find gaps in Atalanta's defense then scoring 2 more goals in the second half will be a less difficult task for Liverpool. The problem now is that we know that clubs from Italy always have a defense that can be superior. Liverpool controlled the ball throughout the first half but they still couldn't make a more optimal attack. And J.Klopp might come up with a slightly different strategy to break down Atalanta's defense in the second half. Let's wait and see. Jump to: