- Similarly against Chief Association heavyweights Liverpool and three-time finalists Olympique de Marseille in the past two rounds.
- Atalanta didn’t give their rivals a sniff to stamp their most memorable European last with a renowned triumph.
- The success is Atalanta’s second significant prize in their 117-year history.
An Ademola Lookman full go-around secured Atalanta the Europa Association with a 3-0 triumph over Bayer Leverkusen, finishing the German heroes’ noteworthy unbeaten streak.
Lookman, who attempted to set up a good foundation for himself in the English Head Association with Everton, Fulham, and Leicester City before restoring his profession in Italy under Atalanta mentor Gian Piero Gasperini, struck two times inside the initial 26 minutes before fixing the success a little ways from full time.
Atlanta Won the Europa League Finals
The triumph finished Gasperini’s two-very long-term quest for significant flatware as his side completely outclassed Xabi Alonso’s impressive Leverkusen side – or ‘Neverlusen’ as they had been named in the wake of going an unimaginable 51 games unbeaten.
That discussion about Alonso was right on the money: winning the Bundesliga with any side other than Bayern Munich is a surprising accomplishment, and even more so to do it how he has, however here his side was shaken out of their walk by Atalanta’s association and the dynamism of Éderson and Teun Koopmeiners specifically.
There was a sense the Europa Association was made for this: two groups who have had magnificent seasons, both playing brilliant, energetic football, given a phase on which to partake in a fantastic European evening.
For the enthusiasts of the two clubs, there was a discernible energy just to be here; for them, the experience of finals has not turned into a cloyingly natural daily practice as it can appear to have become for devotees of the monsters.
