Atalanta Bergamo win the Europa League! The Italian club logically defeated Bayer Leverkusen in the final on Wednesday (3-0). Dominated and disappointing, the German club lost for the first time this season after a crazy 51-game unbeaten run. Atalanta win the 2023-2024 Europa League! Bayer Leverkusen will not end the season unbeaten in all competitions. The German club may have achieved this formidable feat in the Bundesliga, but on Wednesday they fell to Atalanta Bergamo 3-0 in the Europa League final, their 52nd match in the competition. La Dea thus became the first team to defeat the German outfit this season. An immense achievement, which enabled them to win only the second trophy of their existence, their first European Cup. It’s enough to make us forget the Italian Cup final lost five days ago to Juventus Turin (0-1). Atalanta thwart Leverkusen A lead at the break that bears the hallmark of Lookman. The Dea striker made the most of his team’s good work with an impressive display of directness. First of all, he beat Palacios to a Zappacosta cross to score with his left foot at the far post (1-0, 12th). The Nigerian then took advantage of Adli’s clearance to beat the Czech keeper a second time with a powerful right-foot shot (2-0, 26th). This second Italian goal perfectly summed up Bayer Leverkusen’s start to the game. The Germans, beaten in all their duels and technically shaky, simply had to put up with the Italian pressure. As a result, Xabi Alonso’s team lost many dangerous balls in their own half, and very rarely troubled the opposing goalkeeper. With the exception of a Stanisic shot and two good saves from Grimaldo and Wirtz, Musso had virtually nothing to do in the first half. Lookman stuns Bayer with a hat-trick Totally suffocated by the Italians’ pressing, Bayer were never able to play to their full potential in this final. There was a slight awakening in the second half, but it wasn’t enough to shake off a confident opponent. The Dea were even more confident when Lookman extinguished the Germans’ last (meagre) hopes with a powerful shot under the crossbar after playing with Tapsoba (3-0, 75th). This time, there was no miracle for Xabi Alonso and his men. Match rating: 7\/10 A fine Europa League final. As you’d expect from a game played by two strong teams, there was plenty of pace on the pitch and very little downtime. Atalanta came out on top against Bayer Leverkusen, who were expected to do better after the German champions’ fine season. The goals: – Found by Koopmeiners, Zappacosta broke into the box on the right before crossing to the far post, where Lookman beat Palacios to score with his left foot (1-0, 12th). – After Adli had lost the ball following a clearance by the goalkeeper, Lookman picked up the ball 30 yards from goal, moved forward, beat Xhaka with an outside right hook and followed up with a curling right-foot shot (2-0, 26th). – Scamacca brings the ball up the middle and then shifts the ball to Lookman on his left. The Nigerian stared at Tapsoba, twisted his legs to get on his left foot and unleashed a powerful shot under the crossbar (3-0, 75th). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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