UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Season

[lizarder]

I think it is now easy to decide who the trophy fits on this season from what Leverkusen displayed yesterday, not many teams can do that and now I feel really bad for myself not watching the game live. My bet will be on Leverkusen winning the finals, Atalanta is a strong match against Leverkusen not winning the finals but I believe Leverkusen are much entitled to beat Atalanta and secure the trophy. If comparing Atalanta - Liverpool, I also believe putting Leverkusen up against Liverpool will surely be an easy win for Leverkusen.

If you look at the two teams that entered the final it will be a little easier to make a prediction about who will win the Europa League. Leverkusen has quite high spirits now, apart from being undefeated they have also secured the Bundesliga trophy so their motivation to win the European league title will be even higher. I also predict that Leverkusen will come out as champions even though the next match will not be easy.

Atalanta cannot be underestimated because they managed to beat the favorite candidate to win as predicted by people. However, if I look at the consistency of both of them, I am more inclined to see a chance of winning for Leverkusen. However Leverkusen have a much bigger chance because they are really in the right moment now.

[hahay]

In the final, Atalanta seems will be little difficult opponent team after the more confidence performance by defeating Marseille in semifinal, won 3-0 on second leg make Atalanta become ideal opponent for Bayern Leverkusen in the Europe League final match and its become challenge for Atalanta will be the first team defeat Bayern Leverkusen?

This time we can't tell whether Atalanta will be the first team to break Bayern Leverkusen's winning record of the season. What I do know is going to be a tough final match between both teams since it's been a long while since both teams lifted a trophy for themselves. Although Leverkusen is on the verge of winning the German Bundesliga of the season. Atalanta on the other hand, has no trophy aiming for the season apart from this(Europa League). This is their first time reaching the finals of the Europa League, while Leverkusen lifted it once.

In my personal view, Marseille is not a tough opponent for Atalanta and thus, it seems to be a natural result that Atalanta managed to beat Marseille with such a big score. But, when comparing the quality of Atalanta with Bayer Leverkusen at this moment, I think Bayer Leverkusen remains a team that has a great chance to win in the final match of the European League. Because I think it's clear, this season Bayer Leverkusen really have a very good quality and also, if for example, in this moment Bayer Leverkusen play in the Champions League final against Real Madrid I personally believe Bayer Leverkusen will still have a good chance too. Thus, because at this moment Bayer Leverkusen will play in the Europa League final against Atalanta then of course, I personally will not doubt the quality of Bayer Leverkusen at this moment to get the trophy.

[Volgastallion]

What a game we just had yesterday between Leverkusen and Rome.... i was seeing the game and Leverkusen was super dominant in the first 30 minutes of the game and seems like they were in the obligation to score, while Rome was doing nothing and in the last stage of first half Rome found wayer in the desert with that silly penalty made by Tah.

In the end it was a fair qualy for Leverkusen they deserve to go into the final instead of Rome who do nothing.

[dezoel]

I definitely don't favor Leverkusen for many reasons if Leverkusen meets Liverpool in the final match. The Leverkusen vs Liverpool match is actually a very interesting match but what can we do if we fail to win it.

Atalanta may be different from Liverpool even though Atalanta was able to beat us. Looking ahead to the final match, Atalanta does not deserve to be considered a weak team, but because Leverkusen's game this season is quite brilliant and they qualified for the final round by beating AS Roma who are in a better position than Atalanta in Serie A, it is natural that many people make Leverkusen the favorite to win. European League this season.

After having hard and challenging season a team is having spot into final of the UEFA event with after beating few top teams in this event and in many other leagues are not deserved to be called weak side because it's never been easy to have spot here with many strong and quality teams were in competition for the title but just two are having spots as this is available for them only after their amazing performance and consistency.

We have many ups and downs for them as well with Atlanta beats Liverpool and Marseille and Bayer Leverkusen beats Roma and West Ham which are having strong squads and impressive record into their leagues now it's all on them who is going to play with better strategy and quality for the win of the title in this season.

[KTChampions]

Of course such a possibility exists, the question is what it is  
We will never know the exact numbers (since we have one unique event and there is no way to check it many times), so we can only make assumptions. Maybe I’m biased towards Roma, but I see them as a team that is a whole level lower than Bayer, that is, a score of 2-0 or 3-1 is what should be a natural outcome when playing in equal conditions (motivated team against motivated or unmotivated against unmotivated, etc.). In this case, I have no doubt about Bayer’s motivation - for them, the Europa League semi-final is not a routine (as for Real Champions League) but a great achievement and adrenaline, but I doubt Roma’s motivation - they understand their chances very well. Bayer won the game with Eintracht with a semi-reserve squad, which means that today they will play seriously and not wait until the 90 minutes are over.
In general, these are my thoughts and I, of course, could be wrong, but since Real won yesterday, I have free money and, as planned, I bet on Bayer to win with a handicap of -1.5 with odds of 2.35.

btw, how do you feel right now  ? I think you will be annoyed to see Leverkusen uncharacteristic performance with several big opportunities which they couldn't take advantage of properly and if we count the number of opportunities Leverkusen got around 4 times they failed to score.
this is why I always doubt strong teams that already have a higher aggregate score than their opponents and usually always embarrass their opponents by ending the match with a draw but still qualifying for the final round.
Leverkusen mistakes in this match were too emotional and often committed violations which resulted in Roma getting 2 penalty kicks.

result of 2-2 was the result that I previously predicted and even though I won my bet, I regretted it a little when I didn't enter the score prediction into the bet builder that I made and if I entered the prediction of 2-2 I would definitely get odds of around @10+

I'm totally ok  
I never place bets with odds less than 10 (even if I win a single bet with a lower odds, I subsequently bet all the money I won on the next outcome I like) so it’s normal for me to receive losing bets, it doesn’t surprise me at all. The whole question is about the value of the bet and the bet on Bayer was exactly that. After yesterday’s game, I was just convinced that I made the right choice, if there was an opportunity, I would have made this bet again, if we take away Roma’s incredible luck, then the game should have ended with the result I needed.

[SOKO-DEKE]

I think it is now easy to decide who the trophy fits on this season from what Leverkusen displayed yesterday, not many teams can do that and now I feel really bad for myself not watching the game live. My bet will be on Leverkusen winning the finals, Atalanta is a strong match against Leverkusen not winning the finals but I believe Leverkusen are much entitled to beat Atalanta and secure the trophy. If comparing Atalanta - Liverpool, I also believe putting Leverkusen up against Liverpool will surely be an easy win for Leverkusen.

Yes, it may seem easy to predict the final winner of the trophy based on these two teams performances if we compare them, but I don't think it will be that easy. Even Bayer Leverkusen will win the Europa trophy at last there will surely be a challenges. Atalanta is not as strong as Leverkusen, but it is final, and each team will be well prepared with the aim of winning the trophy. But let us know that Atlanta is not that bad, and we are aware that Atalanta was a team that disqualified Liverpool in the competition, which means Atlanta is not that weak to win the trophy too. From my observations, Leverkusen is the favourite team to win the trophy, but the final is not something we can easily decide because the final is all about experience and tactics of playing. When teams have experienced players, I think the team can find its way out in the final.

[Asiska02]

well, that's what I mean as I said above, if Xabi strategy pattern is to choose to provide a safe performance to maintain the points that Leverkusen has so that every Leverkusen match will definitely always get satisfactory results, even though sometimes it only ends in a draw, but at least Leverkusen really cares about it maintain consistency.
It's not just Leverkusen way of attacking that looks great, but the cooperation between the defenders makes me amazed that Leverkusen is like Real Madrid, with a playing style that is almost the same as you said.

In the second match, Alonso focused on maintaining the result that was achieved in the first match, such a strategy is also acceptable, the most important thing is that it brought results. As for Roma, they should have played better at home, by the way, I expected a much better game from them in Rome, but after the defeat, I said that de Rossi would not be able to come back from two goals, in away match. And although Roma was very close to this, they could not do it. For me, Real and Bayer have different playing styles, but I would like to watch the match between these teams to understand how strong Bayer is now.

After Roma was leading with two goals, at some point I gave up that the unbeaten run of Bayern Leverkusen will come to an end but they can still qualify for the final. Even after they equalized one goal, I was still doubtful of them scoring the second goal because they can’t always be scoring in the final minutes of the game. I was in shock when they equalized the goal to level the score, this doesn’t happen often but they keep making it happen and making us believe that everything is possible. For their match against Real Madrid, it will only be if they win the Europa League title and Real Madrid wins the Champions League title too, they will meet in club World Cup to know the club that is better in quality and style of play.

[Obim34]

In the final, Atalanta seems will be little difficult opponent team after the more confidence performance by defeating Marseille in semifinal, won 3-0 on second leg make Atalanta become ideal opponent for Bayern Leverkusen in the Europe League final match and its become challenge for Atalanta will be the first team defeat Bayern Leverkusen?

This time we can't tell whether Atalanta will be the first team to break Bayern Leverkusen's winning record of the season. What I do know is going to be a tough final match between both teams since it's been a long while since both teams lifted a trophy for themselves. Although Leverkusen is on the verge of winning the German Bundesliga of the season. Atalanta on the other hand, has no trophy aiming for the season apart from this(Europa League). This is their first time reaching the finals of the Europa League, while Leverkusen lifted it once.

I don't think so,  Leverkusen are up to their game, having come this far despite the hard phases of the league and into the finals which they would have to sum up all their hard work by winning the trophy, I bet they would not dare to lose that match. I'm not saying it will be a very easy win, finals of every league is always tough so we expect an intense match but undoubtedly Leverkusen are to be the champions of the UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Season.

[Dzigie]

What a game we just had yesterday between Leverkusen and Rome.... i was seeing the game and Leverkusen was super dominant in the first 30 minutes of the game and seems like they were in the obligation to score, while Rome was doing nothing and in the last stage of first half Rome found wayer in the desert with that silly penalty made by Tah.

In the end it was a fair qualy for Leverkusen they deserve to go into the final instead of Rome who do nothing.

Bayer Leverkusen set a European record with a 49-match unbeaten streak. Xabi Alonso and his team really deserve appreciation. He doesn't have a team full of stars, but he manages to get the most out of the squad he has. They have been unbeaten for almost a year. In yesterday's match, they got a draw with a last minute goal and broke the record. Stanišić's goal was also great. In the last minute of the game, he made a great dribble inside the penalty area and coolly scored the finish. I hope they win the cup and crown this series with a happy ending.

[execijutiere]

Atalanta didn't win the first match away from home, but they had a great chance to pass the round with a draw there.Yesterday, they beat their opponent 3-0 at home and managed to pass the round and write their name in the final.They didn't dominate the match compared to their opponent, but they showed their experience in the goal positions they found.In this way, they defeated their opponent and matched with Leverkusen in the final.I don't think they will win the cup because there are few teams that can stop Leverkusen at the moment.

[tusandii]

Leverkusen vs Roma
2-2
4-2 on aggregate

Expected something like this. And I don’t think it was only me. The cousin has performed in this season, this was expected that they are going to go forward to the final of the Europa League competition. That’s why I said that Roma should actually concentrate on the Italian league a lot more after they lost the first leg against Leverkusen. now Leverkusen is going to play in the final of the Europa League competition against Atalanta. And I actually see Leverkusen winning the final as well the way they have performed in this season, there is no reason to doubt them at all. The thing is, they will play the Europa League final on the 23rd May and they will play the DFB pokal final on the 26th May. So that might be a little bit of a problem for Leverkusen. But I still think that they will be able to win both the finals.

It seems very easy for Leverkusen to get 2 titles in this competition because that is Leverkusen's goal this season.
Competing against Atalanta in the final round will be a big match that is very exciting for us to watch and I will bet on Leverkusen winning without any doubt because in this final round it will be very clear which team has a big chance of getting the title.
Even though Leverkusen will get the title, Atalanta will definitely not let Leverkusen easily get the UEL title because Atalanta also definitely wants the UEL title to get a ticket to the UCL next season and will accept that Roma will shift their position.

Latest update, Atalanta managed to beat Roma in yesterday's match and do you know what this means?
Yes, that's right, Atalanta is really scary and can provide a big surprise in the final round.
It's true that we can't match the performances in the Series A and UEL matches, but yesterday's match can be proof that Atalanta has a really stable performance even though they are under pressure from the UEL match schedule, but Atalanta managed to secure its position.
Atalanta's strategy this season is really very good, being able to maintain consistency, be very strong and have enthusiasm with very definite goals.

[ShowOff]

In the final, Atalanta seems will be little difficult opponent team after the more confidence performance by defeating Marseille in semifinal, won 3-0 on second leg make Atalanta become ideal opponent for Bayern Leverkusen in the Europe League final match and its become challenge for Atalanta will be the first team defeat Bayern Leverkusen?

This time we can't tell whether Atalanta will be the first team to break Bayern Leverkusen's winning record of the season. What I do know is going to be a tough final match between both teams since it's been a long while since both teams lifted a trophy for themselves. Although Leverkusen is on the verge of winning the German Bundesliga of the season. Atalanta on the other hand, has no trophy aiming for the season apart from this(Europa League). This is their first time reaching the finals of the Europa League, while Leverkusen lifted it once.

Leverkusen have won the Europa League title once, but that was quite a long time ago and it's clear that generation is no longer playing. Leverkusen won the title in the 1987-1988 season, this was their second final since then.

Reviewing the team's performance, everyone probably knows who will be the favorite. Of course, Leverkusen are favorites to win the Europa League title this season after they previously secured the Bundesliga title before the season ended. The performance of Leverkusen's players has been outstanding so far, but Atalanta certainly has a chance to win the same title. Both teams have equal chances, but I agree that Leverkusen has a high probability of taking it. Victor Boniface and Florian Wirtz are two very dangerous players in the Leverkusen squad, they will clearly be relied on by Xabi Alonso to win the title this season.

[execijutiere]

Roma's draw in the last minutes of the match, in which they entered the last minutes 2-0 ahead, caused the round to narrowly miss.Leverkusen has also become a lucky team lately.We can say that they have left the match undefeated with goals scored in the last minutes in some of the matches they have played.Roma managed to take the lead after Paredes' goals from penalties in the 43rd and 66th minutes, but with a goal in the last 10 minutes, the match ended in a 2-2 draw.It was important for them to even try their chances of passing the round.

[rahmad2nd]

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Leverkusen is like Real Madrid, with a playing style that is almost the same as you said.

In the second match, Alonso focused on maintaining the result that was achieved in the first match, such a strategy is also acceptable, the most important thing is that it brought results. As for Roma, they should have played better at home, by the way, I expected a much better game from them in Rome, but after the defeat, I said that de Rossi would not be able to come back from two goals, in away match. And although Roma was very close to this, they could not do it. For me, Real and Bayer have different playing styles, but I would like to watch the match between these teams to understand how strong Bayer is now.

Leverkusen still consistently maintains their unbeaten record so far in the matches they have played in various competitions, even though in the match against Roma, Alonso did not field several core players from the starting eleven of his team's squad. playing at the BayArena, seems to have made the coach confident and confident in hosting AS Roma. especially in the first leg, Leverkusen took the lead first. Maybe that's why he has measured the strength of De Rossi's squad. What's unique is that even though they conceded first, in the end Leverkusen was able to equalize the score at 2-2. well, this match should be memorable for De Rossi who is playing against an unbeaten team. Even though Roma fell, De Rossi has sufficiently proven his worthiness to handle his current team. It could be that this Italian coach can study the patterns and systems that Xavi Alonso applies.

Talking about the pattern and style of play between Leverkusen and Real Madrid, of course these two teams have different styles and characteristics. yeah, I agree with you. What is certain is that Leverkusen will advance to the final round of this competition, and their opponents will be the same team from the Italian League. Let's just wait, when Alonso and his team play the match in the Europa League final.

[xzone]

I think it is now easy to decide who the trophy fits on this season from what Leverkusen displayed yesterday, not many teams can do that and now I feel really bad for myself not watching the game live. My bet will be on Leverkusen winning the finals, Atalanta is a strong match against Leverkusen not winning the finals but I believe Leverkusen are much entitled to beat Atalanta and secure the trophy. If comparing Atalanta - Liverpool, I also believe putting Leverkusen up against Liverpool will surely be an easy win for Leverkusen.

If you look at the two teams that entered the final it will be a little easier to make a prediction about who will win the Europa League. Leverkusen has quite high spirits now, apart from being undefeated they have also secured the Bundesliga trophy so their motivation to win the European league title will be even higher. I also predict that Leverkusen will come out as champions even though the next match will not be easy.

Atalanta cannot be underestimated because they managed to beat the favorite candidate to win as predicted by people. However, if I look at the consistency of both of them, I am more inclined to see a chance of winning for Leverkusen. However Leverkusen have a much bigger chance because they are really in the right moment now.

Atalanta is the team that surprised the most this season, and it is a great advantage for them to have beaten the favorite team. But their opponents in the final are a record-breaking team, Leverkusen continues to progress undefeated and this is a great success.
That's why I don't think we will see a very surprising result in the final match, my favorite team will be Leverkusen

[Falconer]

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If you look at the two teams that entered the final it will be a little easier to make a prediction about who will win the Europa League. Leverkusen has quite high spirits now, apart from being undefeated they have also secured the Bundesliga trophy so their motivation to win the European league title will be even higher. I also predict that Leverkusen will come out as champions even though the next match will not be easy.

Atalanta cannot be underestimated because they managed to beat the favorite candidate to win as predicted by people. However, if I look at the consistency of both of them, I am more inclined to see a chance of winning for Leverkusen. However Leverkusen have a much bigger chance because they are really in the right moment now.

Everyone seems confident that Leverkusen will win the title over Atalanta, but the final match is basically very difficult to predict. Even if one of the two teams is considered the favorite based on their performance, Atalanta is not just any team that will qualify for the final. If Atalanta is not good, then I don't think they can make it to the final regardless of how good Leverkusen is with their performance.

The following is a picture of the odds for now, it is clear from the looks that Leverkusen is the favorite over Atalanta.

[Richbased]

well, that's what I mean as I said above, if Xabi strategy pattern is to choose to provide a safe performance to maintain the points that Leverkusen has so that every Leverkusen match will definitely always get satisfactory results, even though sometimes it only ends in a draw, but at least Leverkusen really cares about it maintain consistency.
It's not just Leverkusen way of attacking that looks great, but the cooperation between the defenders makes me amazed that Leverkusen is like Real Madrid, with a playing style that is almost the same as you said.

In the second match, Alonso focused on maintaining the result that was achieved in the first match, such a strategy is also acceptable, the most important thing is that it brought results. As for Roma, they should have played better at home, by the way, I expected a much better game from them in Rome, but after the defeat, I said that de Rossi would not be able to come back from two goals, in away match. And although Roma was very close to this, they could not do it. For me, Real and Bayer have different playing styles, but I would like to watch the match between these teams to understand how strong Bayer is now.

Bayern Leverkusen really took everyone by surprise yesterday because it is still incredible how they were able to draw a match that Roma thought they have won just getting to the die minutes Leverkusen equalized the goals and automatically qualifies for the the finals, the game was just almost same with Real Madrid game against Bayern Munich were Bayern Munich thought they have won Real Madrid only for the results to overturn in the die minutes as well. Football is one important sports that until the final whistle you can't declare winning for a team.

What I just observed in the match between Bayern Leverkusen and Roma is just that Roma overlap too much because since they were already leading by 2 goals isn't it for them to just fall back and defend the goals till extra time but had it been they entered into extra time Bayern Leverkusen would have still won because those players are so focused and determined to win Roma. Bayern Leverkusen has succeeded in increasing their unbeaten run and it is very obvious that they will end the season unbeaten because they will surely beat Atalanta in the finals and still win their remaining matches in the Bundesliga.

[Furious 7]

When playing against Qarabag in the Round of 16, it seems that Leverkusen looked too weak at Qarabag because the quality was below them, besides that the confidence shown by Leverkusen was so great that they forgot about Qarabag, which actually backfired on them.

But for now they must have learned that underestimating a club is a mistake and they certainly should not do that for now so as I said before, now it depends on how the decision Xabi will take later whether they will try to maintain the condition where their natural scheme is with a fast offensive or play more safe because all scenarios have consequences and they must be aware that Roma will also play hard in this second leg even though Roma are playing away because after all this is the last chance for Roma to get the trophy and as much as possible they will try harder to turn things around in the second leg this time.

There best choice can only be to go all out and play their very high speed type of football. It's not their style to now slow down and hope that it is enough to have scored 2 goals against Roma. I think they would be best advised to attack in this game. They have so much quality that Roma is the team having issues in that game, not Leverkusen. Roma needs a lucky game against Leverkusen.

Against Qarabag it was a shocker though and I am pretty sure that Xabi Alonso thought that this was it. When they conceded the second goal I thought it was over and then they came back with a goal in 93' and 97'. Lol, it doesn't go like that all the time so they better make sure to not allow Roma do too many things against them.

Atalanta vs. Marseille could turn into a thriller. Better chances for Atalanta, but not by much.

With the advantages already owned then it is not wrong to also try some new schemes for Xabi including delaying the match but indeed until now because it may have been accustomed to a fast scheme when Xabi made the tempo slowed down a little precisely it became a problem and in yesterday's match against Roma also felt the decline where they actually lost momentum and even had to be willing to fall behind 2 goals first although it can be said that the scheme afterwards by playing as usual they played very well which made them still not lose a record without losing and the final did not want them to just let go because the treble was in sight.

The current situation for Leverkusen makes them even more excited especially for the final against Atalanta they still have a lot to think about because apart from the Europa League final, Atalanta also have to think about their journey in Serie A and the final in the Italian Cup against Juventus which will definitely make it more difficult for them to rotate and of course it will benefit Leverkusen.

[indah rezqi]

Bayern Leverkusen really took everyone by surprise yesterday because it is still incredible how they were able to draw a match that Roma thought they have won just getting to the die minutes Leverkusen equalized the goals and automatically qualifies for the the finals, the game was just almost same with Real Madrid game against Bayern Munich were Bayern Munich thought they have won Real Madrid only for the results to overturn in the die minutes as well. Football is one important sports that until the final whistle you can't declare winning for a team.

What I just observed in the match between Bayern Leverkusen and Roma is just that Roma overlap too much because since they were already leading by 2 goals isn't it for them to just fall back and defend the goals till extra time but had it been they entered into extra time Bayern Leverkusen would have still won because those players are so focused and determined to win Roma. Bayern Leverkusen has succeeded in increasing their unbeaten run and it is very obvious that they will end the season unbeaten because they will surely beat Atalanta in the finals and still win their remaining matches in the Bundesliga.

Roma, who managed to chase down a two goal deficit, failed to maintain it, they followed Leverkusen rhythm too much, so in the end Xabi Alonso squad was still too tough to beat. Leverkusen luck continues, the pressure and challenges have been overcome one by one, leading them to become the team with the longest unbeaten record in Europe. Leverkusen journey was truly impressive, reaching the final without a single defeat, it is natural that they are also favorites to beat Atalanta. It's true that Atalanta managed to beat Liverpool, which is commendable, but beating Leverkusen doesn't seem to be possible.

Between Leverkusen and Atalanta, we can see that the statistics of the two teams this season are very different, and the Europa League final match is quite easy to predict. However, Leverkusen will most likely come out on top in the competition, they absolutely refuse to accept defeat, it is very difficult to find a team that has the mentality and luck like them. In fact, the final was expected to bring together Leverkusen versus Liverpool, but Atalanta acted unexpectedly and managed to create a surprise. If Xabi Alonso succeeds in bringing his team to beat Atalanta, the treble winner is truly worthy for them.

[Joca97]

I think it is now easy to decide who the trophy fits on this season from what Leverkusen displayed yesterday, not many teams can do that and now I feel really bad for myself not watching the game live. My bet will be on Leverkusen winning the finals, Atalanta is a strong match against Leverkusen not winning the finals but I believe Leverkusen are much entitled to beat Atalanta and secure the trophy. If comparing Atalanta - Liverpool, I also believe putting Leverkusen up against Liverpool will surely be an easy win for Leverkusen.

If you look at the two teams that entered the final it will be a little easier to make a prediction about who will win the Europa League. Leverkusen has quite high spirits now, apart from being undefeated they have also secured the Bundesliga trophy so their motivation to win the European league title will be even higher. I also predict that Leverkusen will come out as champions even though the next match will not be easy.

Atalanta cannot be underestimated because they managed to beat the favorite candidate to win as predicted by people. However, if I look at the consistency of both of them, I am more inclined to see a chance of winning for Leverkusen. However Leverkusen have a much bigger chance because they are really in the right moment now.

Atalanta is the team that surprised the most this season, and it is a great advantage for them to have beaten the favorite team. But their opponents in the final are a record-breaking team, Leverkusen continues to progress undefeated and this is a great success.
That's why I don't think we will see a very surprising result in the final match, my favorite team will be Leverkusen

I didnt expect Atalanta to go so far. They made it to the final when no one expected them and the begining of the tournament and they have a real chance of winning the title. But i think that to beat Leverkusen you need to be on an extreme level and i think they need a lot of luck to win. I still think that Leverkusen will win it easily.