Roma v AC Milan - Live Europa League updates as Mancini and Dybala strike before Celik sees red for hosts
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LEVERKUSEN DOWN WEST HAM
Here's how Roma's next opponents made it through...
ROMA ON A ROLL
WATCH - DYBALA STUNNER DOUBLES ROMA LEAD
ROMA SET UP LEVERKUSEN REMATCH
Roma roared into the Europa League semi-finals with a 2-1 win against Serie A rivals AC Milan in the Eternal City after an eventful clash where the hosts scored twice and had a man sent off before half-time.
A week on from his match-winning goal in the first leg, centre-back Gianluca Mancini was again the unlikely goalscoring hero as he tapped in the opener inside 12 minutes, before Paulo Dybala doubled the hosts’ lead with a sumptuous curling finish.
Daniele De Rossi, who signed a contract extension to remain Roma coach next season earlier on Thursday, looked on course for a dream day, only for a rash Zeki Celik challenge on Rafael Leao to leave his side down to 10 men with an hour still to play.
However, for all their possession and attacking territory, Milan struggled to break down a resilient Roma defence, coming closest when Ruben Loftus-Cheek rattled the bar while the numbers were still even until a late Matteo Gabbia header proved to be a consolation.
Next up for the Giallorossi is a semi-final clash with newly-crowned Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen in a repeat of last season’s competition – when the Italians won 1-0 on aggregate.
FULL TIME: ROMA 2-1 MILAN (3-1 AGG.)
Roma are through to the Europa League semi-finals for the second year running!
There they will meet a familiar foe, the very same side they knocked out at that stage last season - newly-crowned Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen...
RED CARD REDUCED TO YELLOW
Hernandez is shown a straight red for kicking out at El Shaarawy in quite a similar challenge to the one that saw Celik walk. But VAR intervenes and it's reduced to a yellow.
Yellow card
T. Hernandez
FIVE ADDED MINUTES
To the despair of the home crowd!
CHUKWUEZE GOES CLOSE!
Milan believe! Chukwueze hits a curler from the edge of the area and Svilar flies to his right to palm it away.
GOAL! ROMA 2-1 MILA N (GABBIA)
Well now, they've got one back at the death! Leao's curling delivery from the left wing is nodded home by Gabbia and Milan have five minutes plus added time to get another two...
Goal
M. Gabbia
REIJNDERS TAKES AIM
But his shot flies narrowly over.
SANCHES ON FOR PELLEGRINI
On
R. Sanches
Off
L. Pellegrini
ANGELINO REPLACES BOVE
On
Angeliño
Off
E. Bove
JOVIC BOOKED
Yellow card
L. Jovic
PELLEGRINI SAVES ROMA
Another promising opening comes and goes as a cut-back looks set to find Chukwueze, only for Pellegrini to get back superbly and make the interception.
MILAN RUNNING OUT OF TIME
They aren't any closer to breaching the red wall.
BACKS TO THE WALL
Roma are dropping deeper and deeper, but the red wall is coping admirably in defence, blocking everything a white-shirted opponent can throw at them. It's like the old days with Mourinho!
FLORENZI ON FOR PULISIC
On
A. Florenzi
Off
Y. Musah
PUNCHY CHANGES FROM PIOLI
Leao is off, Okafor replacing him.
On
N. Okafor
Off
C. Pulisic
BAD MISS FROM ABRAHAM
Oh Tammy...that's a bad miss from the Englishman, who is six yards out but can only scoop a finish over the bar. Roma should have this tie dead and buried by now.