At the start of the just concluded UEFA Europa League campaign, very few persons would've predicted that a certain Atalanta team from Italy will win the competition. At the beginning, we had the most successful club in the UEFA Europa League competition Sevilla and English club Liverpool who as we all know are very experienced in the European competitions. Then I nthe knockout stages of the competition, we learnt about Bayer Leverkusen who were tearing any team thy face apart, a team that were cruising through the season without conceding amy defeat. Roma also significantly improved after Daniele De Rossi took over the club's managerial position.
But in all of the This Gasperini's Atalanta were very focused and never allowed the intimidating stats of their opponents to stop them from playing at their best. Atalanta went on to defile all odds by eliminating Liverpool in the quarter finals and defeating bookmakers favorite team Bayer Leverkusen in the final.
Atalanta does not have as big a chance as Liverpool or Leverkusen, that is the narrative we are building throughout the Europa League, including before the final match takes place. However, beyond everyone's predictions, it turned out that they were able to prove that they could become champions and beat Leverkusen. and even the results of the match have an influence on some people's predictions for Champions League matches. Because some people believe that this season is a season where the club that is not the favorite can win, and they attribute this to one of the European League final matches.
Atalanta succeeded in making Leverkusen's strategy not work well, they were successful when defending and they were effective when attacking, that was the key to their success in this match. and on the other hand, Leverkusen conceded so easily and even when the match had not been long, Atalanta was able to score a goal.