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Europa League Liveblog: Milan-Roma, Liverpool-Atalanta, Plzen-Fiorentina

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Apr 11, 2024 20:57

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22:03 That’s all for the Liveblog

Check the main site for more post-match coverage. What a night!

22:00 Milan 0-1 Roma

 

21:57 FT: Milan 0-1 Roma

Foul on Smalling, that’s it! Huge first leg lead.

21:56 Corner for Milan

Probably last kick of the game.

21:55 Liverpool 0-3 Atalanta

 

21:52 Roma sub

Llorente on for Lukaku.

21:52 Roma scare

Abraham goes to head a corner, doesn’t quite get it right, nods it onto his arm. VAR has a look, then waves play on.

21:50 Roma subs

Paredes and Pellegrini off, Bove and Aouar on

21:49 FT: Liverpool 0-3 Atalanta

Historic!

21:48 GIROUD OFF THE BAR!

Incredible chance at the 87th minute! Chukwueze dribbles down the right, slaloms through defenders, lays it off for Giroud, who somehow hits the crossbar from close range!

21:45 Atalanta sub

First of the match, because Atalanta are short-staffed here. Miranchuk replaces CDK.

21:44 Milan chance!

Chukwueze blasts just over the bar from the edge of the area!

21:43 Roma sub

Abraham replaces Dybala.

21:42 End to end at Anfield

Liverpool attempt cleared off the line, then Atalanta chance too!

21:40 Milan subs

Leao (jeered) and Pulisic off, Okafor and Chukwueze on.

21:39 Liverpoool 0-3 Atalanta: Mario Pasalic!

Kelleher made the save on Ederson, who again was clear on goal, but could do nothing on the Pasalic follow-up!

21:38 Scamacca again

Scamacca threatening a hat-trick, header over from the Joopmeiners free kick.

21:36 Milan chance!

Adli gets away down the right, his cross shot is fingertipped onto the crossbar by Svilar!

21:35 Liverpool goal disallowed!

Mohamed Salah has the ball in the net, but he was offside when it was rolled across from the left.

21:33 Reijnders again

Reijnders had practically all the Milan chances, all with shots from distance, all parried by Svilar. Loftus-Cheek booked for a foul on Dybala, although to be honest he got the ball first…

21:33 Ruggeri booked

Immediately Joto tripped just outside the area by Ruggeri.

21:32 Liverpool sub

Last one, Endo replaced by Diogo Jota.

21:29 Better from Milan

They finally seem to be waking up, win a corner on the Pulisic cross, from which Theo Hernandez nods wide.

21:27 Liverpool wide

Gomez fires wide of the near post.

21:26 Dybala needs treatment

Thiaw shoved him over, but he’s rubbing the side of his right thigh. Probably just a knock.

21:24 Adli booked

Just came on, Adli booked for the old step on foot for Pellegrini.

21:23 Roma again

Roma move it left to right, Cristante angled drive is again not far wide. Maignan is FURIOUS with Leao and Theo Hernandez for not getting into the game. They are not helping defensively or when attacking.

21:22 Roma wide

Pellegrini from a very tricky angle, pulls the shot across the face of goal and wide of the far post.

21:21 Atalanta miss!

Should be 3-0, but Koopmeiners drags his shot across the face of goal!

21:20 Milan sub

Adli off, Bennacer on.

21:20 Scamacca goal

 

21:18 Giroud slip

Giroud under pressure from Smalling, but no foul, he just slips. Dybala weak finish also straight at Maignan.

21:16 Liverpool 0-2 Atalanta: Gianluca Scamacca!

The Liverpool defence is INSANE. How is Scamacca allowed that much room in the middle? Konate was keeping him onside from the De Ketelaere cross from the right!

21:16 Liverpool sub

Luis Diaz replaces Darwin Nunez.

21:13 Mancini sore

Mancini nudged mid-air by Giroud, lands heavily.

21:12 Liverpool miss

Similar, Gakpo down the left, pulls it back and Nunez scoops it over!

21:11 Double Salah!

Nunez manages to keep it in and pull back, first Salah attempt charged down, second well saved by Musso! Musso also captures a header on the corner.

21:10 Koopmeiners on target

Koopmeiners free kick is smothered by Kelleher.

21:10 Liverpool risky

Endo handball juuuuuuuust outside the box.

21:08 Van Dijk off target

Robertson corner nodded wide by Van Dijk.

21:07 Reijnders attempt

That’s the third time he tested Svilar, but the weakest of the lot, easily smothered.

21:06 2nd half kicks off: Milan 0-1 Roma

No changes.

21:01 2nd half kicks off: Liverpool 0-1 Atalanta

With a TRIPLE change. Salah, Szoboszlai and Robertson on, Jones, Elliott and Tsimikas off.

20:56 When we say clear on goal

There has never been more of a clear on goal than Koopmeiners right before half-time. Nobody anywhere near him. Extraordinary.

20:49 Half-Time: Milan 0-1 Roma

Gianluca Mancini header the difference so far at San Siro.

20:48 Roma chances

Spinazzola gets down the left, cross-shot deflected onto the side-netting. Dybala then has a strike charged down by Gabbia, before El Shaarawy volleys wide on a Paredes pass.

20:47 Half-Time: Liverpool 0-1 Atalanta

Can’t complain!

20:46 Big save on Koopmeiners!

Koopmeiners was clear on goal there, one-on-one, but the heavy touch allowed Kelleher to come flying out to use his chest to parry!

20:45 Atalanta pushing

Liverpool give the ball away twice in 30 seconds, but first Kelleher rushes out to clear from Koopmeiners, then De Ketelaere doesn’t make the most of it.

20:43 Save on Reijnders

Another Reijnders snapshot from distance, another low Svilar save.

20:42 Scamacca goal

 

 

20:39 Cristante booked

Very similar to the Pulisic card, clipped Theo Hernandez’s heels and will be suspended for the 2nd leg.

20:38 Liverpool 0-1 Atalanta: Gianluca Scamacca

Zappacosta down the right, instead of rolling across, he pulls it back towards Scamacca, who has peeled away from his marker to sweep in from 12 yards!

20:37 Bad Milan idea

Free kick taken short for Theo Hernandez, who just hits it into the wall. Poor.

20:35 Acrobatic Leao

Cross from the right, Leao acrobatic overhead kick is more of a cross than a shot really, but Paredes nods it away.

20:33 Card out

Milan corner doesn’t come to much, Pulisic booked for catching El Shaarawy’s heels on the counter.

20:31 Pellegrini down

Pellegrini tripped, falls into Giroud’s arm and hurts his eye. Accidental.

20:30 Unlucky Elliott

 

20:28 Milan risky

Ball rolled across from the right by El Shaarawy, Lukaku sliding in with Gabbia gets a touch, but not enough to beat Maignan.

20:27 Liverpool hit the woodwork!

Harvey Elliott so close to an opener, but Atalanta rescued by the frame of the goal! Incredible shot, curler from a tight angle hits the crossbar first, THEN the inside of the far post and then goes out!

20:26 Gianluca Mancini goal

 

 

20:21 Lukaku clears off the line!

Unlike the Champions League Final, it’s his own line! Milan corner, Giroud with a pair of headers, twice Lukaku clears off the line until Celik finally boots it clear!

20:21 That save on Pasalic

 

20:18 Milan 0-1 Roma: Gianluca Mancini!

On that Dybala corner, which Milan wanted cancelled out for Lukaku’s possible offside, Mancini allowed a relatively free header to nod in from six yards!

20:17 Maignan save!

A tricky one for Maignan, as El Shaarawy’s finish from 14 yards took a big deflection off Gabbia, he had to fly to fingertip it over! Suspicions of Lukaku offside, which is why Pioli is booked for dissent.

20:15 Reijnders hurt

Nunez offside anyway and he dinked it wide past the on-rushing Musso.

Reijnders needs treatment after a knock to the ankle.

20:13 Pellegrini threatens

Pellegrini runs onto a Dybala ball through the middle, but Calabria does well to block him off.

20:12 Atalanta move

A good passing move down the right, Koopmeiners shot charged down after a cheeky back-heel flick in the box.

20:11 Oof

 

20:09 Milan chance!

Reijnders angled drive, Svilar gets down and fingertips it away.

20:08 Roma being very odd

Pellegrini is very wide on the left. Is this a 4-2-3-1 mirroring Milan’s?

20:07 Roma threaten

Lorenzo Pellegrini turns off target.

20:05 Liverpool again

MacAllister fires over the bar.

20:04 Save on Nunez

Liverpool counter-attack, Nunez from a very difficult angle, probably going wide, but Musso took the sting out anyway.

20:03 OH ATALANTA

Oh what a chance! Pasalic totally clear on goal, fires the finish straight at Kelleher’s face! And that has already left a bit of a shiner on his eye. Ouch.

20:01 Curious

OK, that is immediately odd. El Shaarawy is on the RIGHT. He’s usually on the left.

20:01 We have kick-off in Milan vs. Roma!

20:00 We have kick-off in Liverpool vs. Atalanta!

19:57 Out come the teams!

19:55 Milan vs. Roma line-ups

Milan: Maignan; Calabria, Thiaw, Gabbia, Theo Hernandez; Bennacer, Reijnders; Pulisic, Loftus-Cheek, Leao; Giroud

Milan bench: Sportiello, Nava, Adli, Jovic, Okafor, Chukwueze, Kjaer, Terracciano, Florenzi, Musah, Zeroli, Bartesaghi

Roma: Svilar; Celik, Mancini, Smalling, Spinazzola; Cristante, Paredes, Pellegrini; Dybala, Lukaku, El Shaarawy

Roma bench: Rui Patricio, Boer, Karsdorp, Abraham, Llorente, Renato Sanches, Aouar, Baldanzi, Bove, Zalewski, Joao Costa, Angelino

Ref: Turpin (FRA)

19:55 Liverpool vs. Atalanta line-ups

Liverpool: Kelleher; Gomez, Konate, Van Dijk, Tsimikas; Endo, Jones, Mac Allister, Elliott; Nunez, Gakpo

Liverpool bench: Adrian, Diaz, Szoboszlai, Salah, Jota, Robertson, Gravenberch, Clark, Bajcetic, Alexander-Arnold, Quansah, Bradley

Atalanta: Musso; De Roon, Hien, Djimsiti; Zappacosta, Pasalic, Ederson, Ruggeri; Koopmeiners, De Ketelaere; Scamacca

Atalanta bench: Carnesecchi, Rossi, Toloi, Holm, Toure, Lookman, Bakker, Adopo, Hateboer, Bonfanti, Miranchuk

Ref: Umut Meler (TUR)

19:52 De Rossi explains

 

19:51 Klopp comments

 

19:44 Stefano Pioli speaks

 

19:40 Viktoria Plzen 0-0 Fiorentina

 

19:39 FT: Viktoria Plzen 0-0 Fiorentina

All goes down to the 2nd leg.

19:37 Sub

Reznik off, Paluska on. Martinez-Quarta turned wide from a corner.

19:35 Chory

Beanpole striker first booked for dissent, then replaced by Kliment.

19:31 Stoppages

6 more minutes of this.

19:30 Ikone booked

Viktoria Plzen time-wasting, Ikone asks for the ball back, the ball-boy just looks at him holding it, so Ikone shoves him. Then throws the ball down, which is all kinds of pointless and he is booked for his trouble.

19:30 Warming up

 

19:28 Maignan’s moment

 

19:25 Fiorentina sub

Ikone replaces Nico Gonzalez.

19:24 Atalanta warming up

 

19:23 Nico off target

Biraghi corner whipped in, Nico Gonzalez header steered wide of the far post.

19:20 Fiorentina subs

Kouame and Maxime Lopez on, Sottil and Arthur off.

19:19 Plzen wide

It wouldn’t have counted anyway, as Traore kicked Nico Gonzalez mid-air when attempting a ridiculous overhead kick, but eventually it was drilled wide.

19:17 Liverpool arrive

 

19:16 Idiots being idiotic

 

19:14 Oof

Cerv stumbles under pressure, not really a foul from Barak, and goes head-first into Nico Gonzalez’s knee.

19:13 Reznik booked

Rather blatant raised elbow on Sottil at the touchline, inevitable yellow.

19:11 Fiorentina subs

Nzola and Barak on, Belotti and Beltran off.

19:08 POLL

 

19:06 Nico takes control

Another flare thrown on, looks like from the Fiorentina fans. Nico Gonzalez kicks it away, then goes to throw another away. What idiots are doing that? Nico and Dodo telling them to stop it.

19:05 Flares on the pitch

Someone has thrown some flares onto the pitch in Plzen.

19:04 POLL

 

19:03 Viktoria Plzen sub

Traore on, Vydra off. So Plzen get even more defensive…

19:03 POLL

 

19:01 Team news

 

18:58 Liverpool vs. Atalanta line-ups

Liverpool: Kelleher; Gomez, Konate, Van Dijk, Tsimikas; Endo, Jones, Mac Allister, Elliott; Nunez, Gakpo

Liverpool bench: Adrian, Diaz, Szoboszlai, Salah, Jota, Robertson, Gravenberch, Clark, Bajcetic, Alexander-Arnold, Quansah, Bradley

Atalanta: Musso; Djimsiti, Hien, De Roon; Zappacosta, Pasalic, Ederson, Ruggeri; Koopmeiners, De Ketelaere; Scamacca

Atalanta bench: Carnesecchi, Rossi, Toloi, Holm, Toure, Lookman, Bakker, Adopo, Hateboer, Bonfanti, Miranchuk

Ref: Umut Meler (TUR)

18:57 Atalanta arrive

 

18:56 Beltran chance

Beltran onto the Nico Gonzalez pass, angled drive, goalkeeper needs two attempts to get it under control at the near post.

18:56 Liverpool-Atalanta

Bit of confusion here… UEFA have an error on their site, show Alisson starting.

18:50 Team news

 

18:49 Arthur well wide

Arthur Melo intercepts a wayward ball, but then fires it well wide of the target.

18:47 Milan vs. Roma line-ups

Milan: Maignan; Calabria, Thiaw, Gabbia, Theo Hernandez; Bennacer, Reijnders; Pulisic, Loftus-Cheek, Leao; Giroud

Roma: Svilar; Celik, Mancini, Smalling, Spinazzola; Cristante, Paredes, Pellegrini; Dybala, Lukaku, El Shaarawy

Ref: Turpin (FRA)

18:47 Liverpool XI

 

18:46 2nd half kicks off: Viktoria Plzen 0-0 Fiorentina

No changes.

18:44 Circa 2,000 Atalanta fans

 

18:44 Roma arrive too

 

18:41 Milan debus

 

18:31 Half-Time: Viktoria Plzen 0-0 Fiorentina

Vydra and Belotti chances, but that’s largely it…

18:30 Milan arrive

 

18:29 Kolasinac out

 

18:27 Fiorentina chance

Another corner, Nico Gonzalez header flicked on at the near post, but goes beyond everyone.

18:23 BREAKING: KOLASINAC OUT

Another problem for Atalanta, Sead Kolasinac is OUT of tonight’s game with an adductor issue.

18:22 Dodo tense

Fiorentina receive a corner that wasn’t a corner – came off Nico Gonzalez’s shoulder – then Dodo and Vydra square up and start shouting things at each other. Not nice.

18:20 Save on Belotti!

Now that was a chance! Took a while to get the cross in, Mandragora eventually did and Belotti’s diving header from six yards is smothered on the line.

18:18 San Siro awaits

 

18:17 Fiorentina chance

Lucas Martinez-Quarta hits a scorcher from a long way out, it goes over the bar, but not by that much.

18:16 Fiorentina lack quality

When the crosses are put into the box, they tend to be either over or under-hit. They are a very frustrating team to watch.

18:13 Sottil knock

Slight knock to the back of the head from Sottil. That’s the second time he has gone down very easily and ref evidently telling him he needs more than that for a free kick.

18:10 Roma ready

 

18:08 Vydra close!

A player was offside, but then ignored the ball, so Sulc laid it off for Vydra and the angled drive is across the face of goal, just wide!

18:06 Over-hit

Mandragora free kick floated over the top, but beyond everyone.

18:05 Belotti down hurt

Ref gives the advantage, then warns Hejda, but doesn’t book him. Probably should’ve booked him.

18:04 Anfield

 

18:03 Two hours

 

18:00 That was rude

Cadu goes through the back of Nico Gonzalez, he was never getting that ball. Inevitable yellow card.

18:00 Ref in the way

Mandragora accidentally fired a pass against the referee, so play has to be stopped.

17:57 Ouch

Vydra crashes into the back of Martinez-Quarta during a leap.

17:55 Easy for Terracciano

Hejda gets the header, but it’s very weak and straight at the goalkeeper.

17:55 Plzen win a corner

Always dangerous, especially when Chory is around…

17:53 Dodo comes across

Ball floated over the top, Belotti chests it down, but the clearance sparks a counter and Dodo has to run across to block the danger.

17:49 As expected

Fiorentina keeping the ball for long periods, Plzen trying to counter.

17:45 We have kick-off in Viktoria Plzen vs. Fiorentina!

Centre-forward Tomas Chory is hard to miss, standing at 1.99 metres tall (over 6ft 6in), but the real danger is Pavel Sulc with 18 goals and five assists in 38 competitive games this season.

Plzen beat Servette on penalties in the Round of 16 after a pair of 0-0 draws and kept six consecutive clean sheets in Europe.

17:41 Out come the teams

Viktoria Plzen: Jedlicka; Hranac, Hejda, Jemelka; Reznik, Cerv, Kalvach, Cadu; Sulc; Chory, Vydra

Viktoria Plzen bench: Tvrdon, Paluska, Kliment, Traore, Demi, Doubek, Lorincz

Fiorentina: Terracciano; Dodo, Milenkovic, Martinez-Quarta, Biraghi; Arthur, Mandragora; Nico Gonzalez, Beltran, Sottil; Belotti

Fiorentina bench: Christensen, Maxime Lopez, Ikone, Ranieri, Nzola, Infantino, Faraoni, Duncan, Kayode, Parisi, Barak, Kouame

Ref: Grinfeeld (ISR)

17:33 Fiorentina practice

Fiorentina are practicing long-range shots from outside the box. Considering Viktoria Plzen have an iron-clad defence, that might be an idea.

17:26 Fiorentina warming up

 

17:25 Coming up

 

17:21 Fabiano Parisi (Fiorentina)

“We know they are strong defensively and had very little time to prepare, but we watched videos more than actual training on the pitch. Nonetheless, we feel that we are prepared and want to focus more on our strengths. European fixtures are difficult, we need determination and a high press, relying on our own characteristics.”

17:13 Atalanta team news

Sky Sport Italia report Pasalic will start with Koopmeiners and Scamacca, therefore benching De Ketelaere, Miranchuk and Lookman.

17:00 Bonaventura news

Jack Bonaventura is not even on the bench due to a knock sustained in the defeat to Juventus.

16:58 Viola arrive

 

16:57 Bonaventura out

Still waiting for information, but seems to be sick. Not even on the bench.

16:49 Plzen calling

 

16:39 Coming up later

 

16:37 Full team news

 

16:35 Viktoria Plzen vs. Fiorentina line-ups

Viktoria Plzen: Jedlicka; Hranac, Hejda, Jemelka; Reznik, Cerv, Kalvach, Cadu; Sulc; Chory, Vydra

Viktoria Plzen bench: Tvrdon, Paluska, Kliment, Traore, Demi, Doubek, Lorincz

Fiorentina: Terracciano; Dodo, Milenkovic, Martinez-Quarta, Biraghi; Arthur, Mandragora; Nico Gonzalez, Beltran, Sottil; Belotti

Fiorentina bench: Christensen, Maxime Lopez, Ikone, Ranieri, Nzola, Infantino, Faraoni, Duncan, Kayode, Parisi, Barak, Kouame

Ref: Grinfeeld (ISR)

Join us for all the build-up and action from the quarter-finals, as Atalanta visit Liverpool and there’s the Milan-Roma derby in the Europa League, but first Viktoria Plzen-Fiorentina for the Conference League.

We begin at 17.45 UK time (16.45 GMT) in the Czech Republic with Fiorentina trying to reach the Conference League Final for the second year running, but Viktoria Plzen are unbeaten in the competition this season.

At 20.00 UK time (19.00 GMT) it’s the Europa League, as San Siro lights up for the Milan-Roma showdown and Atalanta face Liverpool at Anfield.

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