I was always one of the guys here who dont fully back Bayern Leverkusen in this tournament, in the last time i start to back them a litle bit more because they were showing a unique habilty to scape from every dificult situation, but also yesterday in this thread i said, for me it was super high odds 4.33 for Atalanta to win, and you see Atalanta oblited LEverkusen with a Lookman out of this world yesterday.
Before the match I also considered Bayer Leverkusen as the favorites, but Atalanta came here by eliminating Lisbon, Marseille and Liverpool. Leverkusen won many rounds and games with last minute goals. Actually, I think they lost this cup because they wanted to go undefeated in the league. If they had started the league matches with a reserve squad when they secured the league title, they would have been stronger in this tournament. Their desire to win the league title undefeated caused them to have a bad ending in the UEFA Europa League.
Leverkusen seemed that they have forced their limit to the achieve the unbeaten record. That ambition got them backfired by exhaustion. Leverkusen kept winning or drawing games in the last minutes has really made them drained to their limit. They entered the game with so lack of focus that made Atalanta scored two goals in the first half.
Atalanta seemed to have learned a lesson after a loss in Copa Italia to Juventus. They started the game really well, exploited any space in the Leverkusen's defense, this tactics succeeded to put them on a two-goals lead. This situation made all Leverkusen's plans on the game became meaningless, Everything became out of control for them. This will be a good lesson for Alonso in his managerial career.