Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen loses to Atalanta in the Europa League final (3-0)
Euskaraz irakurri: Xabi Alonsoren Bayer Leverkusenek galdu egin du Europa Ligako finala, Atalantaren aurka (3-0)
He Bayer Leverkusen of Xabi Alonso ha lost, 3-0before the Atalanta in the final of the Europa League of the 2023-24 season, which was played this Wednesday at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin (Ireland). Thus, Atalanta has been proclaimed champion of the competition, and has obtained his first European titleupon becoming the first team to beat Bayer Leverkusen in an official match this entire campaign, in the German team’s 52nd match. Ademola Lookman, author of the three goals of the Bergamo team, has been the star of the final.
With great pressure on his rival, and with a striker, LookmanVery dangerous and full of success, Atalanta surprised Bayer Leverkusen in the first half. The Italian team has scored two goals before the first half hour of play, in the twelfth and 26th minutes, and the German team could not find an answer. In the last minutes of the first half, Xabi Alonso’s team was able to take more control of the center of the field, but half-time was reached without any further changes on the scoreboard.
The Atalanta players, after the 1-0. Photo: EFE.
In the second half, Bayer Leverkusen took the field looking for the goal that would give them chances of a comeback, and put pressure on Gian Piero Gasperini’s squad, but the truth is that Atalanta has not gone through excessive difficulties to maintain its advantage . Already in the final part of the match, In the 75th minute, Lookman once again beat Kovar, the Bayer Leverkusen goalkeeper, with a spectacular left-footed shot.
Xabi Alonso, at one point in the final. Photo: EFE.
Xabi Alonso’s team, which is already German league champion, The final of the German Cup will be played this Saturday, the 25th, against Kaiserslautern, thus opting to achieve a historic double. Atalanta, for its part, had not won a major title for 61 years, specifically since the 1962-63 season, in which it won the Italian Cup.
Source: Eitb
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