Atlanta seems to understand that their chances of winning the trophy in Serie A are very difficult, so when they lose the opportunity to win the Coppa Italia trophy certainly makes Atlanta focus all their attention on the Europa League, the different performance between the league and also the Europa League is certainly not the most surprising thing for us especially at that time Atlanta had already claimed a place in the Champions League through a position in the standings if indeed they Failing to win the Europa League trophy, many of us here are indeed surprised by Atlanta ability to destroy Leverkusen who have been unbeaten and that is the beauty of football in my opinion.
I think that was a good strategy from Gasperini, maybe Leverkusen was fooled when they saw Atalanta being defeated by Juventus who as we know they play inconsistently in the domestic league, since that defeat in the Coppa Italia final made Leverkusen feel confident to beat Atalanta in the UEL final yesterday, but instead they were surprised and Xabi Alonso didn't even expect that his players barely moved so their self-confidence dropped and in the end they conceded three goals without reply, it was quite a humiliating defeat, especially in the final match.
Even though yesterday's UEL final was Leverkusen's first defeat this season, of course it was a defeat that might be difficult for Leverkusen to forget, apart from that, Xabi Alonso might be able to avenge that defeat next season if there is a meeting with Atalanta in the UCL, it would certainly be an interesting meeting. between the two, I am sure that xabi alonso will improve what is lacking in the main squad because this defeat will make him stronger next season, Leverkusen will enter a higher level of course also Atalanta will play in the UCL next season, it is clear that both will be teams that can taken into account.