Bayer Leverkusen Looking For Roma Revenge In Europa League Last Four

Bayer Leverkusen are gunning for revenge on Thursday when they travel to a second Europa League semi-final against Roma in as many years after yet another late escape kept their remarkable unbeaten run intact.

Bayer Leverkusen are gunning for revenge on Thursday when they travel to a second Europa League semi-final against Roma in as many years after yet another late escape kept their remarkable unbeaten run intact. Xabi Alonso's Leverkusen staff were filmed celebrating Roma's passage past AC Milan in the last eight, and Thursday's first leg at the Stadio Olimpico is a chance to purge the memory of being 'Mourinhoed' in last season's last four. Already a formidable proposition last term, Leverkusen's astonishing run of 46 matches without defeat and a first-ever Bundesliga title has them favourites to reach the final in Dublin.

And the team which broke Bayern Munich's dominance of German football wants payback for the 1-0 aggregate loss which led to Roma's agonising penalty shoot-out defeat to Sevilla in last season's final.

"We have a desire for revenge, and a great hunger to win and get ourselves into the final," said Leverkusen CEO Fernando Corro to Radio Marca.

"We want to get to the final at all costs."

Leverkusen have scored 16 goals in stoppage time this season in all competitions, the latest coming in the 96th minute of Saturday's 2-2 draw with Stuttgart.