Leverkusen may have had a flaw in their plans or they may not have performed as planned. How do you see Leverkusen losing by a wide margin in the final? Granted that a lesser team can beat a bigger team in the finals, and I also accept that anything untoward can happen in the finals, so how come the favorites lose by such a huge margin against the other teams in the finals. Leverkusen conceded three goals in contrast they failed to score a goal here but they looked like a very weak team. If they also take extra pressure thinking that it's the final match of a big tournament and if they get nervous then I definitely don't consider the players as professional players.
The two teams have shown different performances in their respective leagues, Leverkusen appeared quite consistent and unbeaten, while Atlanta of course came limping after they suffered several defeats including when playing in the Coppa Italia Cup, but in the Europa League final match we actually saw things that were inversely proportional to the condition of the two teams so far, Leverkusen performed quite well in the final but it was quite surprising for us to see that they only played the ball well but were unable to score a single goal and as if they were missing out on luck and also a way to make a comeback from a lose like they always do.
I think there was nothing wrong in Leverkusen plan in the game, because statistically they were able to play quite well and could even dominate in the game, but indeed Atlanta who played loose without burden was more able to optimize the match better, gasperini seemed to focus more on defense as the main strategy to destroy Leverkusen, Gasperini realizes Leverkusen have a dangerous attack and he manages to anticipate this with the solid defense they build, in addition, Atlanta, which does have only a few attacks, but is more effective by relying on long balls that penetrate the Leverkusen defense.