Atalanta at the moment are the Europa League champions for the primary time in historical past and have damaged Bayer Leverkusen’s unbeaten streak at a really essential juncture.
Leverkusen had been on the hunt for an invincible treble in what might have been one of many best achievements within the sport’s historical past. However Atalanta put in a dominating efficiency, profitable silverware below Gian Piero Gasperini for the primary time in historical past.
Not simply that, Atalanta had been enjoying of their first ever European last and that is their first European title win. Extra so, that is their first silverware win since 2011, once they received the Serie B. They haven’t received a single piece of top-flight silverware since then and that makes the win much more particular. The final time they received a top-flight piece of silverware was 62 years in the past and it is going to be their second main trophy in historical past.
Extra so, Ademola Lookman scored a sensational hat-trick and nobody has ever scored a hat-trick in a Europa League last earlier than. It’s one other piece of historical past for the membership, which additionally broke Leverkusen’s historic streak of unbeaten video games.
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