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Atalanta completed a difficult job and they succeeded, Atalanta showed a fantastic performance and they made a big surprise by beating Leverkusen and even breaking Leverkusen's unbeaten record this season.

Ademola Lookman scored a hat trick in this match, it was truly extraordinary, I was really impressed with Atalanta's performance which was well organized in all areas to be able to beat Leverkusen with a fairly landslide score.

Atlanta, which previously continued to be underestimated, was finally able to surprise everyone in this match, Atalanta previously lost the opportunity to win the Coppa Italia trophy because they lost to Juventus who were in poor performance, then we all thought that Atlanta had no hope of being able to beat Leverkusen, who previously had a record which is very impressive with 51 unbeaten matches in all competitions this season, in the final match, Atlanta experienced quite a lot of pressure after continuing to receive attacks from the Leverkusen squad, but the solid defense they built ultimately made Atlanta succeed in winning the European League this season and becoming the first team which destroyed Leverkusen unbeaten record this season.

Currently, Atlanta has secured one Champions League ticket for next season because it is in 5th place in the Serie A standings, but apart from successfully winning the European League, of course Atlanta also has the right to get an automatic ticket to the Champions League next season through the European League champion route, so that with success Atlanta winning the European League of course also provides a big advantage for Serie A which automatically now has 6 tickets to play in the Champions League next season, so I think Roma, who are currently ranked 6th, should be grateful to Atlanta because they also get the opportunity to play in the Champions League next season after Atlanta won the European League this season.

Atalanta last night succeeded to accomplish a result that many people including bookmakers never believed they'll achieve and that was to beat reigning German champions Bayer Leverkusen in Dublin. Before the kick off of the UEFA Europa League final last night, many people were of the opinion that Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen were definitely going to win the game as they've not lost any game in all competitions in their last 51 matches. I was also backing Leverkusen to win because I felt they have a better formidable squad to win that particular match.
A friend of mine before the game reminded me of the performance of Atalanta against Liverpool at Anfield last month in the first leg of their quarter final tie and told me that should Atalanta score first against Bayer Leverkusen, they'll definitely win that game. After the first half, the Italian team were leading by two goals to nil and that my friend also called and told me that Atalanta is going to be champions of the Europa League. Congratulations to Atalanta for winning their first European trophy last night.