UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Season

[ingiltere]

Ademola Lookman must have doubled his value by tonight. What a final game performance. For the first time in years, a player scored a hat-trick in a final.
Besides the 3 goals scored, Atalanta dominated Bayer Leverkusen with the way they played from the beginning to the end of the match. For the first time this season, Leverkusen played so badly that they couldn't enjoy the trophy they were swimming for all season long. Atalanta achieved a historic success. A week ago they lost in the final of the Coppa Italia, this time they won in a more important final. They deservedly take a big trophy to their museum.

[Frankolala]

~Snip

Atalanta deserve the win because they came into this game as the underdog, against a team that has not lost in 51 games and they totally dominated the game against them. Ademola Lookman makes history by helping Atalanta win their first major trophy and also by scoring a sensational hattrick in this European final. Bayer Leverkusen could not just find a way through the Atalanta defense, they defended well, and even Xhaka could not find the opportunity to control the midfield. Maybe Bayer Leverkusen were too confident entering the game, but their performance was not the usual as we have seen them play this season.

With Ademola Lookman helping Atalanta to their first major trophy and scoring three major goals in the finals, it is possible that he wins the award for the best African player award after Victor Osimhen.

Leverkusen's defeat in the final once again emphasized that the favorite team is not always able to win even though they have the greatest unbeaten record. Atalanta managed to prove that everything many people had previously said was wrong, of course regarding the opportunities and insults directed at them.

There is no guarantee for any team to win the title in the final even if they previously had a good performance. Atalanta were just a good team on their way to the final this season, but they did not come into the final as favourites. But in the end, Atalanta succeeded in winning the Europa League title this season.

Atalanta was able to create a record for themselves today, as they are the first Italian club to win Europa League, amd they were also the only club that was able to defeat Leverkusen this season and destroyed their unbeaten record in all competitions.

Atalanta really showed a good defense and was able to use their game pattern to outsmart Leverkusen and win the finals on a clean sheet. I lost my bet and I am not worried over that because I appreciate Atalanta's performance so it was a big surprise to see the unbeaten Leverkusen who most people think that they are the favorite to win the league. Atalanta was able to eliminate the two clubs which people thought will be the winner of this season Europa league.

[ginsan]

WOW!!

Atalanta have blown Leverkusen away with aplomb. Alonso had no answer for the tacttics that Gasperini came in with and the players followed it to the latter.

Lookman with the first ever hat-trick in the Europa league final just summed up how good Atalanta were today. They dominated every part of the pitch for the entirety of the match.

Congratulations to Atalanta

- Jay -

Leverkusen failed in the final, of course it was very painful because they were very favorites but it was very difficult for them to provide fierce resistance to Atalanta. On one hand, this was the first defeat experienced by Leverkusen but it was a great shame that they lost in the final. Apart from that, Alatanta managed to set a record after they managed to beat Leverkusen in the final match, they succeeded in achieving their long wait to become European League champions this season. Alatanta fans are of course very happy, especially since their idol team is one of the teams that managed to break Leverkusen's winning trend.

Lookman performed quite well as he managed to score two goals in the early minutes which put pressure on his opponent's mentality after Atalanta took a two goal lead. This season European League trophy was successfully brought home by the Serie A team, which in the previous season saw Sevilla become champions after defeating Roma. Of course, Atalanta success makes fans of various in Serie A teams proud because last season Roma failed to do so, but this season Atalanta succeeded in winning the European League trophy. Alatanta has shown its best strength after they beat Liverpool and that has given a sign that Atalanta will succeed in becoming champions and that has become a reality.

[SOKO-DEKE]

What a match!! Wow! Atalanta become the first Italian team to win the Europa league competition and the first to dent the record of Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen in their 52 game unbeaten run and to say the fans are excited is an understatement. This Atalanta side have never won any title since they were promoted into the Serie A and what a way to establish themselves.
 At this rate, even of they finish fifth in their league, they have the assurance that they have a slot in the champions league next season.
It's not a fun thing to lose in the final after going strong throughout the season but Bayer Leverkusen will console themselves that they were beaten by an equally formidable side like Atalanta.

Many people will surprised that Atalanta won this match because almost everyone had expected Bayern Leverkusen to be the team that would lift the Europa trophy, given how strong the team is, Leverkusen had been in such impressive form, remaining unbeaten both in their domestic league and throughout this Europa competition, leading everyone to believe that they would surely win today's match.

In a surprising turn of events, Atalanta emerged victorious, not only winning the game but doing so in a dominant by not allowing Bayern Leverkusen to score even a single goal, which is truly astonishing and something nobody had anticipated, especially considering the final score was a decisive 3-0 in favor of Atalanta. I am very happy for Atalanta for winning this Europa trophy, they really put in a tremendous effort and they genuinely deserve this victory.  many people who bet on the match will likely lose today because their predictions probably may went wrong.

[Falconer]

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Atalanta was able to create a record for themselves today, as they are the first Italian club to win Europa League, amd they were also the only club that was able to defeat Leverkusen this season and destroyed their unbeaten record in all competitions.

Atalanta really showed a good defense and was able to use their game pattern to outsmart Leverkusen and win the finals on a clean sheet. I lost my bet and I am not worried over that because I appreciate Atalanta's performance so it was a big surprise to see the unbeaten Leverkusen who most people think that they are the favorite to win the league. Atalanta was able to eliminate the two clubs which people thought will be the winner of this season Europa league.

So that's the reason why it's never worth underestimating any of the teams in the final even if the other one has an impressive performance. Atalanta broke all predictions and they proved themselves not to be underestimated. I was surprised by what Atalanta had in this match, so I think Atalanta really deserved to win the title.

I saw great disappointment on Xabi Alonso's face throughout the match and it looked even worse when Ademola Lookman scored his third goal. Leverkusen and all its players have done their best, but the best team is certainly about who is able to take advantage of their opportunities well. Ademola Lookman deserved everything today, he is a hero.

[Ryu_Ar1]

In a surprising turn of events, Atalanta emerged victorious, not only winning the game but doing so in a dominant by not allowing Bayern Leverkusen to score even a single goal, which is truly astonishing and something nobody had anticipated, especially considering the final score was a decisive 3-0 in favor of Atalanta. I am very happy for Atalanta for winning this Europa trophy, they really put in a tremendous effort and they genuinely deserve this victory.  many people who bet on the match will likely lose today because their predictions probably may went wrong.

The defeat was quite dramatic in this match because after all, apart from this being the first defeat after Leverkusen's streak of positive results without losing, they also lost in the final which made this a little depressing even though this was one way to complete their positive achievements by wanting to get the treble but with this defeat Leverkusen had to indirectly bury the dream of a treble winner and maintain their unbeaten record.

This result is not what I expected because in this match I am quite sure the match will be very fierce in the hunt for goals especially there is a desire from both teams to win but indeed with 3 goals scored by Lookman it really makes Leverkusen frustrated.

Congratulations to Atalanta who were not the favorites but managed to win this season but indeed this has always happened in recent years so I was not too surprised because I was even more surprised that Leverkusen lost with a striking score than Atalanta won the Europa League.

[Weawant]

Leverkusen got to know what it feels like loosing a game tonight, I'm sure they didn't see this coming as it was actually obvious on their faces after the final whistle of the game, Atalanta happens to set a record as the first Italian team to ever win the Europa this season a d it's actually their first time ever getting to the finals and they were able to win the finals as well, only a few teams get to achieve such.

One mistake Xabi Alonso did in this game was with his substitutions, in the first half Leverkusen were lacking the capacity for creativity and they didn't have that very conscious defensive mindset and it got them conceding goals in the first half of the game, another substitution highlight is with Boniface, he's such a player that would have been given better play time in a games as this as he's become a vital player which is needed in such a critical time, he came in the second half and the left flank became very useful, a threat they would have given Atlanta since the first half of the game .

I blame this loss on Leverkusen and Xabi because they would have been able to avert it if they had pay attention to details, they should know that Atlanta is such a team that if they get to score first they do the rest of the game defending just dey like they did with Liverpool, Leverkusen should have learnt from that a d not allow them take the lead like a regular league game. It was a  deserving victory for Atlanta as they did and all inclusive defense and attack style of play.

[Smartvirus]

Lookman is on fire and he has scored the second goal to make it 2-0 for Atalanta. It is quite surprising to see how Atalanta was able to score two goals within 15 minutes, and Leverkusen cannot clap back. I don't see this as the Leverkusen that has being unbeaten in Germany. Is it that Leverkusen will do a come back in the second half and win the game or what. I want to see the magic that Leverkusen will do from now till 90 minutes. Otherwise, Atalanta have messed up their unbeaten record and also win the competition.

It’s by far an important game for him and his career, clearly a place to star and he sure did, he showed that he fits the bill. His first goal wasn’t very impressive given that, it was all about a matter of position and the defense didn’t check his shoulders properly, giving Lookman an opportunity to run in and take that shot.
His second goal however was absolutely amazing. It all started from a misplaced pass and he got lined to go solo, tried a couple of impressive moves to get himself a good sight at goal, went for the far corner and scored. He was just impressive.

It’s an awful way for Bayer Leverkusen to end their unbeaten runs. I had at least a consolation goal expectation of them but no, they couldn’t manage a single goal, even after conceiving 3 goals. They did good in the season but, Atalanta are Europa League champions now.

[dzungmobile]

Atalanta's third goal was scored by the same player, as well as being the decisive goal for Atalanta's victory in the final match of the Europa League this season. Ademola Lookman's hat trick has undermined the morale of the Leverkusen players who are usually very good even though they are several goals behind, but Atalanta's strong defense and Leverkusen's poor performance have made Atalanta successful in making history in the Europa League.

Congratulations to Atalanta.

Three goals from Lookman and I would say his goals are fantastic, he deserves to get this hat trick in a big match, Europa League final match. This is a big title for Atalanta after 61 years, so surely I have to congratulate Atalanta.

In the end, Leverkusen's unbeaten record was stopped in the Europa League final. Atalanta, which was previously considered trivial, turned out to do something really great and surprised everyone. Leverkusen couldn't do much despite trying, so they had to be satisfied with the result.

Before this match, people mostly underestimated Atatanta and they forgot that Atalanta beat Liverpool 0 - 3 even at Anfield stadium. They forgot that how many matches in this season, Leverkusen managed to come back at very late minutes and only magic can help them to maintain their unbeaten streak for too long with 51 matches.

I would actually say Leverkusen have weakness and can be beaten but it seems this season has support of destiny for them to be unbeaten. At the very end, it won't happen but I am not surprised with this result. 3 - 0 is not what I thought but I actually believed Atalanta can beat Leverkusen.

[Cityhunter34]

What a nice performance by Atalanta players they have break Bayern Leverkusen unbeaten record since the beginning of the season, have come to an end tonight by Ademola Lookman, although with a 3 goals down the Nigeria player Lookman was man of the match and I really enjoyed the game because looking at Bayern Leverkusen performance since the beginning of the season one can not believe that Atalanta is going to won them in UEFA Europa league final.

[pawel7777]

(...)
Leverkusen will have to lose eventually, so why not tomorrow?
(...)
I'd say that both teams (if performing at their 100%) are on a similar level, with Bayer being only slightly better. So I made a small double-chance bet on Atalanta at x1.94.

Many people here disagreed with me when I posted the above, but I'm not going to rub it in your faces. I'm also surprised with the result and thought Leverkusen would do much better than that.
I expected that, in the best-case scenario for Atalanta, they could steal a win by one goal or win the penalty shootout. Instead, they've proven to the world that they are no pushovers and are force to be reckoned with.
I suspect the fact that Atalanta is still fighting in the Serie A (with 2 more games to go), while Bundesliga has already concluded, has a pretty big effect on the result. It could be that Bayer subconsciously went into the relaxed, post-season mode, while Atalanta didn't lose their rhythm.
It could also be that the German team convinced themselves a little too much that they were invincible, which was reinforced by all the experts, fans and odds makers, and lost that underdog energy they started the season with. There's nothing worse you can do in any competition than to start celebrating before the game begins.

[snipie]

I would actually say Leverkusen have weakness and can be beaten but it seems this season has support of destiny for them to be unbeaten. At the very end, it won't happen but I am not surprised with this result. 3 - 0 is not what I thought but I actually believed Atalanta can beat Leverkusen.

Bayer Leverkusen defeat wasn't predictable for most people I assume then worse, they lost by three goals and unexpectedly it is a hattrick by Lookman..
The season of Bayer Leverkusen finished in a good manner in 1.Bundesliga and badly, very badly in fact in UEFA Europa League which is as important as the Bundesliga title. I don't know if they could maintain their excellent form in Bundesliga and how far they could get next season in UEFA Champions League!
Congratulations to Atalanta their well deserved title.

[Nheer]

I have known this for a while now that Leverkusen have a weak defense but their style of play have made it look as if they have no problem in their defense because the attackers are attacking well and scoring goals. The rate at which they concede goals proves how weak their defense is and when they face a stronger team they they will find it difficult to win especially when the teams attack and defense is balanced. Going 2 goals down in this match is the biggest mistake they would make this season because i don’t think Atlanta will allow them to pull their usual stunt of equalizing at stoppage time.

Yes their defense is usually left flat and the reason been that their wing backs both Girmaldo and Firmpong are mostly pushed up a lot and their by leaving enough of space on the wing, one thing that has actually been saving them is the fact that this wingers have pace that they recover quickly. In todays game you will see that Atlanta head coach as actually exploited those space and Ademola Lookman has been a torn in their flesh, sadly I don’t see Xabi Alonso and his boys coming back from this. It was a good run but definitely a disappointment. This is part of the reason why football is the most watched sport on the planet.

You have actually analyzed their game well, Girmaldo and Firmpong  are one of their most important players and having such defenders who are very good offensively is a plus for the team but utilizing such players have it’s own disadvantages as well one being easily exposing their defense creating enough space for opposition to exploit because they are attacking most of the time and that’s why Alonso like to maintain a 3 men formation just to cover up for the wing backs. In games like this i wouldn’t advise Alonso to approach the game with this tactics because this is a final and the opponents will definitely come prepared for your style. The tactics failed and Atlanta was clearly the better side today and they deserved to win this game with the way they played. Leverkusen have had a fine season despite losing today and nothing have changed, i am disappointed because i wanted them to complete the season unbeaten. They still have one last final to play and i trust they wouldn’t mess with it.

[Furious 7]

I would actually say Leverkusen have weakness and can be beaten but it seems this season has support of destiny for them to be unbeaten. At the very end, it won't happen but I am not surprised with this result. 3 - 0 is not what I thought but I actually believed Atalanta can beat Leverkusen.

Bayer Leverkusen defeat wasn't predictable for most people I assume then worse, they lost by three goals and unexpectedly it is a hattrick by Lookman..
The season of Bayer Leverkusen finished in a good manner in 1.Bundesliga and badly, very badly in fact in UEFA Europa League which is as important as the Bundesliga title. I don't know if they could maintain their excellent form in Bundesliga and how far they could get next season in UEFA Champions League!
Congratulations to Atalanta their well deserved title.

You are right because I also felt that this match would be drawn for 90 minutes of normal time and would continue with extra time and even penalties but this scenario had to be dashed when Ademola Lookman managed to ruffle the Leverkusen defense which is famous for their strength and indirectly in this match also Xabi had to taste their first defeat after several times being spared because he always managed to score at the end of the match.

This is clearly a result that will definitely make Xabi inflamed because after all they are the favorites in this match, besides that they are also the strongest candidate after Liverpool but instead a surprise occurred for the Europa League where previously there were names Villarreal, Franfurt, Sevilla and now Atalanta who managed to get the trophy and qualify directly convincingly to be in the Champions League next season.

[Josefjix]

Bayer Leverkusen defeat wasn't predictable for most people I assume then worse, they lost by three goals and unexpectedly it is a hattrick by Lookman..
The season of Bayer Leverkusen finished in a good manner in 1.Bundesliga and badly, very badly in fact in UEFA Europa League which is as important as the Bundesliga title. I don't know if they could maintain their excellent form in Bundesliga and how far they could get next season in UEFA Champions League!
Congratulations to Atalanta their well deserved title.

Bayer Leverkusen have gone 51 games unbeaten in all competitions but everything crashes down when they lost to Atalanta, congratulations to the winning club. There's always challenging opponents that shouldn't be underrated based on the shocking events that happens in the European world of football. Atalanta, the record breaker thrashed Bayer Leverkusen 3 nil in the Europa League final and we know how humiliating it can be for such a club that have fought hard enough to maintain the unbeaten run till this very crucial moment. Lookman is named MOTM after stepping out to be one of the incredible threats for Leverkusen, they did their best but it wasn't just good enough.

[BitcoinHunt3r]

What a nice performance by Atalanta players they have break Bayern Leverkusen unbeaten record since the beginning of the season, have come to an end tonight by Ademola Lookman, although with a 3 goals down the Nigeria player Lookman was man of the match and I really enjoyed the game because looking at Bayern Leverkusen performance since the beginning of the season one can not believe that Atalanta is going to won them in UEFA Europa league final.

Obviously no one expected that Leverkusen was beaten by 3 goals if it was just one goal maybe we could consider it luck but if 3 goals then it is a crushing defeat, Ademola Lookman really impressed somehow they couldn't stop this player. Now I understand why Liverpool struggled when playing against Atalanta in the last match it turns out that teams like Leverkusen also have difficulty scoring goals because Atalanta has a tight defense.

By the way, this is a winning day for bookies I'm sure many gamblers lose when betting it's like they're in a trap actually I also thought the same thing that Leverkusen would win luckily I didn't watch this match because I was in other activities, if not, maybe I'm also in a trap. anyway congratulations to Atalanta, they were really impressive and surprising.

[Obim34]

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Atalanta was able to create a record for themselves today, as they are the first Italian club to win Europa League, amd they were also the only club that was able to defeat Leverkusen this season and destroyed their unbeaten record in all competitions.

Atalanta really showed a good defense and was able to use their game pattern to outsmart Leverkusen and win the finals on a clean sheet. I lost my bet and I am not worried over that because I appreciate Atalanta's performance so it was a big surprise to see the unbeaten Leverkusen who most people think that they are the favorite to win the league. Atalanta was able to eliminate the two clubs which people thought will be the winner of this season Europa league.

So that's the reason why it's never worth underestimating any of the teams in the final even if the other one has an impressive performance. Atalanta broke all predictions and they proved themselves not to be underestimated. I was surprised by what Atalanta had in this match, so I think Atalanta really deserved to win the title.

I saw great disappointment on Xabi Alonso's face throughout the match and it looked even worse when Ademola Lookman scored his third goal. Leverkusen and all its players have done their best, but the best team is certainly about who is able to take advantage of their opportunities well. Ademola Lookman deserved everything today, he is a hero.

This is possibly one of the worst finals, Atalanta was perfect from the start of the game till the final whistle. Leverkusen lost because they felt really confident they are going to win the game even while Atalanta was winning by 2 goals to nail they still felt relaxed instead of attempting to score goals. Leverkusen was busy with unnecessary passes, I am really disappointed from what they did, this is final and one player has a hatrick and having lost the game in zero goals, ruining their long unbeaten streak, this is turns out to be the best they can offer. At this point nothing else can be done, Congratulations to Atalanta for securing the Europa League title as the champions of this season.

[adultcrypto]

At this point, I think there is no more hope for Bayer Leverkusen because Ademola Lukuman has gotten his hat trick for Atalanta, and at this time, it will be very hard for Bayer Leverkusen to get this trophy. I have already put my complete hope on them to win due to their performance, but with the time left, I don’t yet know if they can make it to win Atalanta, so all I will say is that I will still see how the game will end. because anything can happen, but for this war, I don’t think Bayer Leverkusen will still have hope.

A hat-trick in the final is a rare honor for any player. All goals were clean and undisputed thereby rendering the VAR useless. What interest me the most is that Lookman's firepower is in both legs and I never knew he could score so perfectly the way he did. Likely he will be in high demand by many big teams across the world because he has just increased his market value by tonight's performance.

At the end, I might say Atalanta will be able to break the record that Bayer Leverkusen has kept for so long because there is a possibility for them to lose today's game.

Atalanta did not only win Bayern Leverkusen, they humbled them, outplayed them and broke their enviable record. They have proven that Bayern Leverkusen is not invincible after all. What an  interesting match it was and Atalanta really deserved to win. I did not watch most of the matches of Bayern Leverkusen but if their performance tonight is the best they could offer, I will say they performed below expectations.

[Jegileman]

Many people will surprised that Atalanta won this match because almost everyone had expected Bayern Leverkusen to be the team that would lift the Europa trophy, given how strong the team is, Leverkusen had been in such impressive form, remaining unbeaten both in their domestic league and throughout this Europa competition, leading everyone to believe that they would surely win today's match.

I didn’t get to watch this match fully but I’m still in shock on how things turned around against Bayern Leverkusen that they loss the match to Atalanta. The match that is the most important to them this season ended up in a defeat that is so disappointing. Atalanta really tried to have won and denied Bayern Leverkusen of the trophy after all their unbeaten run this season. Atalanta have now extended their win against them to three matches and three wins. Atalanta will be happy to be the ones that broke the record of this great team, it’s a big privilege to them.

In a surprising turn of events, Atalanta emerged victorious, not only winning the game but doing so in a dominant by not allowing Bayern Leverkusen to score even a single goal, which is truly astonishing and something nobody had anticipated, especially considering the final score was a decisive 3-0 in favor of Atalanta. I am very happy for Atalanta for winning this Europa trophy, they really put in a tremendous effort and they genuinely deserve this victory.  many people who bet on the match will likely lose today because their predictions probably may went wrong.

Some had bet in this manner and risk their money for Atalanta to win, I know those people will be happy they chose Atalanta to win even when they knew they were in for a big gamble in this matchup. Lookman’s Atalanta have just won a treble and that in a very important competition final in Europe. His performance today from stats really deserved him an award at the end of the season. Truly tremendous and I loved it.

[coinlocket$]

Congratulations to Atalante for the deserved victory in the Europa League final.

unexpected defeat for Bayer who, after 51 consecutive useful results, fails to win the only game more important than the others.
First victory of a European cup for them, they made history.