WATCH: Xabi Alonso and his coaching staff's reaction after coming to know they will face AS Roma in semi-final

Newly Bundesliga winners Bayer Leverkusen have reached the UEFA Europa League semifinal after defeating West Ham United on a 3-1 aggregate score. In the first leg, Bayer Leverkusen scored 2 goals and in the second leg scores were tied but on aggregate, they went ahead.

During the second leg, West Ham United scored the first goal as Michail Antonio scored the opening goal of the match in just 13 minutes of the play. But in the second half of the game, Jeremie Frimpong scored the goal and levelled the game in the 89 minutes of the game.

After the final whistle of the game Bayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso and his coaching staff were checking phones as they were waiting for their opponent to get confirmed. However, after a few minutes AS Roma came as their opponents in the semi-final.

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The semi-final is again the rematch of last year’s UEFA Europa League semi-final where AS Roma coached by Jose Mourinho defeated them to reach in final.

'I haven’t seen it' - Daniele De Rossi coach of AS Roma

As per ONEFOOTBALL, during an interaction with TNT Sports Xabi Alonso stated that, “In many games we build our control of possession. We know that sometimes it takes longer but if we continue to do things well and are patient, sooner or later our opportunity will come.” “This happens in the Bundesliga but also in the Europa League, and it also happened in today’s match. It will be a difficult challenge against Roma, we know it.”

In a post-match press conference, Daniele De Rossi coach of AS Roma was asked about how Bayer Leverkusen celebrated knowing they would meet Roma in the semi-finals, and he reacted as follows.

According to Sempermilan, he stated that “I haven’t seen it. I wouldn’t like to comment, maybe it’s just a sense of revenge because they went out against us last year. Xabi Alonso has always been a gentleman as a footballer and I think he is even today. I still have great respect for him.”

Meanwhile, Bayer Leverkusen are on a 44-match winning streak across all tournaments this season and are competing for a treble.