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Fiorentina lost 2-1 at home to FC Basel in the first leg of their Europa Conference League tie on Thursday evening in Florence. Fiorentina’s only European trophy win came in 1961 as winners of the Cup Winners’ Cup.
Sevilla looked set to take a huge step towards winning their fifth Europa League, Youssef En-Nesyri’s first-half goal giving them the lead against a disappointing Juventus. But then in added time of added time, Federico Gatti headed home Paul Pogba’s brilliant knock-back, and the sides go to Spain with the tie beautifully poised. Both sides began the match with bad intentions, giving it thrust and tempo.
AS Roma’s young midfielder Edoardo Bove was the matchwinner for his boyhood club as Jose Mourinho’s side defeated Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 at the Stadio Olimpico to take a slender advantage into the second leg of their Europa League semi-final. There was added spice going into the game, as Leverkusen head coach Xabi Alonso took his place in the dugout alongside his former manager Mourinho, who he played under for three seasons at Real Madrid between 2010 and 2013.
Mark Cavendish endured another tough day at the Giro d’Italia, as he came home over 18 minutes behind stage winner Mads Pedersen after suffering another crash. The Briton was involved in a high-speed tumble at the end of Stage 5, but picked himself up to take the start line on Stage 6.
Joe Cole and Owen Hargreaves believe that Declan Rice would start for every club in Europe, with the possible exception of Manchester City. The 24-year-old England international has taken over the captaincy duties at West Ham from Mark Noble after the veteran midfielder retired in the summer, and continues to attract attention from some of the continent’s biggest teams. Ad Chelsea continue to lead the rumours, but City, Liverpool, Manchester United and Arsenal have all been linked with a move for the player.
Italian Open second seed Aryna Sabalenka was eliminated by 134th-ranked Sofia Kenin in her opening match in Rome. Kenin beat the Madrid Open champion 7-6 6-2 less than a week after Sabalenka overcame Iga Swiatek in the Spanish capital. Ad Sabalenka was the second top-six-seeded player to fall at the first hurdle on Thursday after Jessica Pegula lost to 168th-ranked Taylor Townsend.
Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) was in bullish mood following Stage 6 of the Giro d’Italia, telling Eurosport France that he felt main general classification rival Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) looked “nervous”. After Stage 6 was won by Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo), the 23-year-old Soudal-Quickstep rider sits second on the general classification, some 28 seconds off Norway’s Andreas Leknessund (Team DSM). However, he holds a 44-second lead over Roglic.
It's a tough day of climbing as the Giro d’Italia Stage 7 on Friday, May 12 sees the riders start in Capua and finish at Gran Sasso. Climbing is back on the agenda with plenty of tough ascents, and the peloton will be taken above 2,000 metres for the first time on the Giro.