Romelu Lukaku for his 300th, Bayer Leverkusen for the history books: this is at stake in the Europa League semi-final

Club Brugge will be looking for a place in the final of the Conference League in Florence on Thursday evening. Nearly three hundred kilometers away, Romelu Lukaku (30) also faces a milestone.

87 for Everton, 78 for Inter, 41 for Anderlecht, 42 for Manchester United, 15 for Chelsea, 17 for West Bromwich Albion and already 19 for AS Roma: Romelu Lukaku can not only score his 20th goal of the season on Thursday evening, but also the 300th club goal in his career. That states Big Rom in the top thirty strikers in the 21st century. He leaves behind Carlos Tevez (291) and Neymar (296), among others. He has Radamel Falcao (307) and Wayne Rooney (313) in his sights.

Lukaku had to miss the past three league matches with Roma after he had to leave after half an hour with a thigh injury in the quarter-finals of the Europa League, against AC Milan. Earlier this week, the Red Devil again joined the group training. According to Italian media, Lukaku would be ready just in time for the semi-finals.

Roma will Big Rom can use, because the opponent on Thursday evening is called Bayer Leverkusen. Xabi Alonso’s team has already been crowned champions of the Bundesliga and thus won the third prize in club history. Since Leverkusen is still in the running for the Europa League and will soon play the German Cup final, it can potentially more than double its number of prizes in one season. Leverkusen is still undefeated this season. In its last three matches, it drew three times and only avoided defeat in the very last minutes.