Leverkusen defeats West Ham in the first leg of the Europa League quarterfinals undefeated in 42 games

Leverkusen's Jonas Hoffman scores the first goal 

Liverpool lost 0-3 to Atalanta at home Stopped after 33 home unbeaten games

Leverkusen, which is leading the German professional soccer Bundesliga by being undefeated, defeated West Ham United (England) in the first match of the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals, raising the possibility of advancing to the semi-finals. I raised it.

Leverkusen defeated West Ham 2-0 in the first leg of the 2023-2024 UEFA Europa League quarterfinals home game held at BayArena in Leverkusen, Germany on the 12th (Korean time).

Leverkusen, which reached the top of the UEFA Cup, the predecessor to the Europa League, in the 1987-1988 season, expressed its hopes of advancing to the semifinals of the Europa League for the second year in a row, following last season's stoppage in the semifinals. 메이저사이트

In particular, Leverkusen extended its undefeated record in official games this season to a whopping 42 games with the win on this day.

Leverkusen is leading the Bundesliga undefeated with 24 wins, 4 draws (76 points) and is on the verge of winning its first ever title, and has also reached the finals of the German Football Association (DFB) Pokal with an unstoppable 5 consecutive wins and is set to face the finals on May 26.

In the Europa League, they only drew 2-2 in the first leg of the round of 16 against Karabakh (Azerbaijan), but won all other 8 games, showing an incredible record of 37 wins and 5 draws in all official matches this season.

On the other hand, West Ham, who last season reached the top of the Europa Conference League, which is a European third-tier club competition lower than the UEFA Champions League and Europa League, was burdened with having to score a big win in the second home game on the 19th.

On this day, Leverkusen led the game but was unable to open the scoring due to goalkeeper Ukasz Fabianski's series of saves, and scored two goals starting in the 38th minute of the second half.

In the 38th minute of the second half, Jonas Hoffman scored the winning goal by hitting the ball that had flown in during a corner kick with his left foot from the center of the penalty area, and in extra time, Victor Boniface scored an additional goal following Hoffman's cross from the left side.

Liverpool, who is competing with Arsenal for the lead in the English Premier League (EPL) with no points difference, suffered a 0-3 defeat in the first leg at home against Atalanta (Italy) and was on the verge of elimination.

In particular, Liverpool has shown a strong side by not losing once in 33 home games since losing 2-5 in the first leg of the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League against Real Madrid (Spain) in February last year, but suffered a painful defeat on this day.

Atalanta came close to advancing to the semifinals by beating Liverpool, a 'big catch', with Gianluca Scamaka's multiple goals and Mario Pashalic adding one goal.

In addition, in the match between Italian teams, AS Roma won 1-0 in the first leg away against AC Milan, and Benfica (Portugal) defeated Marseille (France) 2-1 at home to take the lead.

Marseille striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored a goal in the 22nd minute of the second half after falling behind 0-2, increasing his record for most goals in Europa League history to 34. He is the leading scorer in the Europa League this season alone, scoring 10 goals. 안전 슬롯사이트