AFTER A SCORELESS DRAW AGAINST LEVERKUSEN, ROMA ADVANCES TO THE EUROPA LEAGUE FINAL.

AS Roma played to a 0-0 tie at Bayer Leverkusen on Thursday to advance to the championship game with a 1-0 aggregate victory.

After winning the Europa Conference League last season, the Rome team has now advanced to back-to-back European championships under manager Jose Mourinho.

The Germans, who advanced courtesy to last week’s 1-0 victory in Italy, applied strong pressure to the visitor the entire game and kept them on the back foot. The Germans squandered numerous opportunities and even struck the post.

On May 31 in Budapest, it will now face Sevilla in the championship game.

Leverkusen’s quest to make its first European final in 21 years got off to a good start.

Apart from a chance for Roma’s Lorenzo Pellegrini in the second minute, the home team had the upper hand in the first half with twelve attempts on goal opposed to one for their opponents.

Rui Patricio stopped Kerem Demirbay’s low attempt in the 21st minute after Moussa Diaby had struck the crossbar with a strong shot in the 12th.

To counter Leverkusen’s earlier efforts, the visitor attempted to push up a little higher in the second half, but the home team kept finding ways to generate opportunities.

Sardar Azmoun appeared to have beaten Patricio after Demirbay forced another strong stop from him in the 67th minute, but the Iranian’s attempt narrowly missed the target.

Leverkusen, whose last major championship was in 1993, had 23 shots on target, but Mourinho’s Roma won despite having just one shot on goal the entire game.

All that was lacking, according to Demirbay of Leverkusen, was a goal. “We were not as lucky as they were. Not receiving compensation for such performances was painful. However, I am pleased with how we played.