on the night but level on aggregate and after extra time, so the shoot out settled it. no problems for roma, who comfortably beat ac milan, and they ll play the newly crowned german champions bayer leverkusen, who beat west ham 3 1 on aggregate. alastair bruce ball was watching for us. at half time, it really looked like west ham might be able to turn this tie around. they dominated against a recently crowned german champion, chased and harried and hassled and forced them into uncharacteristic mistakes. they also got the crucial early goal, michail antonio heading in from jarrod bowen s cross and in truth, they could have had more, matej kovar saving sharply from a bowen volley at close range, antonio accidentally blocking a shot that seemed destined for the corner. xabi alonso was forced to change his personnel and formation but it worked, as leverkusen were able to contain their opponents far more easily after the break and west ham s energy levels and belief levels inevitably dipped
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