Analysis of the Euro League championship game - "Leverkusen suffers humiliation at the hands of Atalanta"
Sometimes, even the supposedly unbeatable can be defeated...
Bayer 04 suffered a 3-0 loss to Atalanta Bergamo in the Europa League finals on Wednesday night, with ex-Leipzig star Ademola Lookman (aged 26, signed with RB until 2022) scoring all three goals for the Italians - in the 12th, 26th, and 75th minutes.
Italy
"Gazzetta dello Sport": "Lookman and Gasperini write Atalanta's history. (...) Gian Piero Gasperini's team achieved the feat of defeating Bayer Leverkusen, who hadn't lost in 51 matches, with Lookman's hat-trick."
"Tuttosport": "Sensational Atalanta wins the Europa League! Lookman devastates the invincible Bayer Leverkusen."
"Corriere dello Sport": "A historic achievement for Gasperini's team - they humiliated the German champions, unbeaten this year, with a stunning 0:3 by Lookman."
Great Britain
"Daily Mail": "The invincibles' myth gets shattered by Lookman. The side unbeaten for 51 matches falling to ex-Charlton player."
"The Sun": "Lookman scores a hat-trick in Dublin to dash Alonso's dream of an unbeaten treble."
"The Guardian": "In the end, it was an experienced coach who took the glory over the young gun. At 66, Gian Piero Gasperini gained his first major accomplishment, succeeding in an impressive job away from limelight."
Spain
"Marca": "The goddess Atalanta puts an end to Leverkusen's invincibility. Lookman's hat-trick destroys the German team, and they lose the Europa League, the treble, and their unbeaten record."
"As": "Having reached the peak of glory, after 51 unbeaten games, Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen fell when they least anticipated it: at the gates of a European title."
France
"Le Parisien": "Bergamo manage to bring down the invincibles in the Europa League final, with Lookman's brilliance."
Austria
"Kurier": "The soccer experts talked highly of Leverkusen before this Europa League final. They said the work team was unbeatable. (...) And then, Atalanta Bergamo appeared in the final, cutting them back to reality in the simplest way."
Switzerland
"Blick": "Le rapide national Garnit Xhaka and son équipe de Leverkusen souffrent leur première défaite de la saison. Dans les finale de la Ligue Europa de toute chose."
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Source: symclub.org