Leverkusen led 2-0 until the 82nd minute when Roma defender Gianluca Mancini scored an own goal before substitute Joseph Stanisic equalized after Leandro Paredes scored twice from the penalty spot. for guests.
Bundesliga champions Leverkusen, who also reached this month’s German Cup final in their bid for a treble, went 49 games unbeaten to surpass the record set by Benfica in 1963-65.
Xabi Alonso’s Leverkusen, who are on a 40-match unbeaten run, face Atalanta in the final on May 22 in Dublin after the Italians comfortably got past Olympique Marseille.
It will be a third European final for Leverkusen, who won their only continental title when they lifted the UEFA Cup in 1988 and lost in the Champions League final in 2002.
“For the mentality we showed again today against a big team, to come back like that and go to the final, we are more than happy today,” Leverkusen captain Granit Xhaka said.
“You can see the desire from the team, we didn’t want to slow down. We wanted to score the next goal to continue our unbeaten run, 49 times now. We are proud of this.
“Roma is a team that has a lot of experience and that does things very well, but I think that in two matches the better team reached the final,” he told TNT Sports.
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