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Lookman played a very spectacular game yesterday which he was able to break many records. Amongst them was that, he is the first player to score an hatrick in an European final and also the first African player to have done that. With his impressive performance yesterday, he is now heavily rooted for the award of best African player of the year after also reaching the finals of the African Cup of Nations early this year. Atalanta have won their only trophy for this season and with this award, they now have an automatic ticket into the champions league next season. They will meet with their likes and more competitive teams there, hopefully they can be able to farewell and come out victorious from the first stage of the competition before reaching the knockout stages. Nothing lasts forever and Atalanta and put an end to the unbeaten run of Bayern Leverkusen in a skilful way and also a big defeat to them in a final which they were never expecting or saw it coming.
Ademola Lookman set his individual record in the Europa League with a hat-trick, while Atalanta became the first Serie A team to win the Europa League after changing its name from the UEFA Cup. This achievement is very encouraging, of course also for Atalanta, who have won the European title for the first time.
Leverkusen, who were expected to appear impressive with favorite status, ultimately had to give up with a landslide score of 3-0. Things didn't go according to plan and Leverkusen bowed in shame and admitted their mistake. Leverkusen certainly dominated possession of the ball, but until the final minute they were unable to score because Atalanta's defense was very good. Atalanta's struggle was extraordinary, even Leverkusen's unbeaten record was stopped because of them.