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.
It's no wonder that most bettors will confidently bet on Leverkusen win and I even bet bigger than usual for Leverkusen win but the result really makes most of the bettors regret it.
conditions like this are actually very normal and this is a surprise that we cannot predict beforehand because as bettors we are always sure of our predictions when Leverkusen has the dream of making new history by completing all competitions without being defeated and has big dreams of getting the treble winner title.
so only bettors felt that Leverkusen would not lose yesterday's match, but after seeing Leverkusen very poor performance, it made us all judge that Xabi had failed to pursue his dream.
a big opportunity that Leverkusen couldn't take advantage of, who should have been able to read the strategy used by Atalanta, but if you look at the depth of the squad, Atalanta looked more convincing since the first half, when Lookman scored, it was very clear that Leverkusen face became more insecure while the Atalanta players In fact, there was more enthusiasm and Atalanta cooperation was very strong and didn't even give Leverkusen a chance to score.
even though my bet lost, I congratulate Atalanta on the title which can make Serie A proud.