End of the triplet. Xabi Alonso will not be able to win three titles this year with the Bayer Leverkusen. The Atalanta has crushed the Germans by a resounding 3-0, with a hat-trick from the Nigerian striker Ademola Lookman, to win the Europa League, their first continental title in history. An Atalanta that truncates the German team’s historic unbeaten streak, while at the same time taking away its dream of the treble.
At the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, those from Bergamo started the final with more panache. Gianluca Scamacca sent a powerful header wide in the first minutes, while Alonso’s pupils tried to put their scheme on the grass of the Irish capital, with the versatility of Alejandro Grimaldo being the wild card. However, the Italian team gave no respite and soon scored 1-0. Teun Koopmeiners prevented a loose ball from going out on the right wing, turned and passed to Davide Zappacosta, who took Grimaldo’s back and entered the opposite area; He looked up and centered low to the far post, where Lookman He appeared behind Exequiel Palacios to finish with his left foot into the back of the net.
Leverkusen responded through Josip Stanisic, with a shot from the edge of the area that goalkeeper Juan Musso caught without problems. The Aspirin team did not have any fuel, as they conceded another goal before half an hour, as a result of a ball coming from behind and where their goalkeeper could not find someone to pass nearby. Matej Kovar then chose a long pass, which ended in a loss and the ball fell at the feet of Lookman. The Nigerian dribbled past Granit
The German team then had a chance thanks to a run by Grimaldo on the left side, although he missed his shot at Musso, but Gasperini’s pupils continued with their dominance and looked for the third, as demonstrated by a left-footed shot by Charles De Ketelaere from the crown. from the area and that Kovar grabbed from below, well positioned.
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After the break, Xabi Alonso introduced Victor Boniface, attacker, onto the field and removed Stanisic, defender. But the first scare was again from Atalanta, with a ‘death’ pass that sought De Ketelaere and that Piero Hincapié providentially cleared in the small area. Gasperini’s plan, slowing down the pace considerably, took effect as long as his opponent did not threaten Musso’s zone. Alonso made more changes, but until the 64th minute there was no real disturbance on the ‘Dea’ goal, in a cross from Florian Wirtz on foot changed from the right side and whose objective was Grimaldo’s head, but he did not finish.
It was avoided by the Argentine goalkeeper, who received a blow and was treated by his team’s medical services for a few minutes on the pitch. That short break came in handy for Gasperini’s team, who took shelter behind and managed their advantage on the Aviva Stadium’s scoreboard, even increasing it following a counterattack in the 76th minute. Scamacca created it, drove the ball to the Bayer three-quarter line and opened the game to the left side, where Lookman Edmond Tapsoba made half a bicycle to lean over and execute a left-footed shot to the far corner. It meant the sentence, although there were almost 20 minutes left, but Alonso’s men wanted the goal of honor.
Patrik Schick, who had just entered the Dublin field, came close with a backheel in the 83rd minute and went for a corner after touching an Atalanta defender. Despite that, and despite the fact that Bayer monopolized the ball in the final stretch of the match, the scoreboard no longer moved and the Leverkusen team’s unbeaten streak this season ended.
2024-05-22 20:55:06
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