Josip Stanisic preserved Bayer Leverkusen’s outstanding unbeaten run with a last-gasp equaliser towards Roma because the Germans reached the Europa League last.
Not for the primary time in latest weeks, Xabi Alonso’s Bundesliga champions seemed set to style their maiden defeat of the season solely to in some way battle again.
They took a 2-0 lead into the second leg on house soil however Leandro Paredes scored twice from the penalty spot to attract the Italian facet degree on combination.
Leverkusen acquired themselves again in entrance within the tie within the 82nd minute through an personal objective from Gianluca Mancini but it surely was not till the seventh minute of damage time that Stanisic discovered the underside nook to make it 4-2 on combination.
By extending their run to 49 video games unbeaten, Leverkusen broke Benfica’s file for the longest sequence with out defeat by a top-flight European group in all competitions.
Within the last in Dublin on 22 Could they may tackle Atalanta, who eased to a 3-0 victory over Marseille for a 4-1 combination win to achieve their first European showpiece.
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