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33% Ball Possession ATALANTA and 67% Ball Possession BAYER LEVERKUSEN
Atalanta 3 – 0 Bayer Leverkusen 
13′ Ademola Lookman
26′ Ademola Lookman
76′ Ademola Lookman
Atalanta making history winning the UEFA Europa League Final game against Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday 22 May 2024 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland. Coach Gian Piero Gasperini wins the Europa League, the historic first for Atalanta. After a one-sided first half with Atalanta unstoppable and with a superhero Lookman, in the second half Leverkusen’s timid initial reaction was not enough. The Orobic team waits, defends, gains ground and finally closes it out, in the 75th minute, with the undisputed MVP of the match: Ademola Lookman again.
Bayern Leverkusen have faced Atalanta on two occasions in European competitions, with the Italian team winning both legs of the 2021/22 Europa League round of 16. Only against Inter (three defeats in three matches) have Bayer played more matches among the teams against which they have always lost in major European competitions.
🖤💙 We are all Atalanta fans celebrating this prestigious and their first historical Europa League Trophy. @Atalanta_BC
✅ https://t.co/hxB3HVdVb2@SerieASitdown @TheCalcioGuys @ZaurriniRino @atalanta_arg https://t.co/BSTIjYLBGs
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) May 22, 2024
What a joy! Atalanta won the UEFA Europa League Final.@Atalanta_BC https://t.co/zdusf9zzJe
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) May 22, 2024
🖤💙 Let's give a standing ovation to Ademola Lookman! The hero and leading force for @Atalanta_BC conquering their first historic Europa League Trophy.@thenff @NGSuperEagles @SerieA_EN @SerieASitdown @TheCalcioGuys @ZaurriniRino https://t.co/hxB3HVdVb2 https://t.co/WSPiMtXzPZ
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) May 22, 2024
Atalanta took the lead in the 13th minute. Ademola Lookman defeated Bayer Leverkusen goalkeeper
Matej Kovar with a left footed shot to the top left corner. The assist is by Davide Zappacosta following a corner conceded by Jeremie Frimpong.
🏆👉⚫️🔵 Atalanta 1 – 0 Bayer Leverkusen, 13th minute, ⚽️ goal by Ademola Lookman for @Atalanta_BC with a left footed shot to the top left corner. The assist is by Davide Zappacosta following a corner conceded by Jeremie Frimpong. https://t.co/1PB8wt999J
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) May 22, 2024
IT ONLY TOOK ADEMOLA LOOKMAN 12 MINUTES TO GIVE ATALANTA THE LEAD IN THE #UELFINAL 🔥 pic.twitter.com/8JojIHJogn
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) May 22, 2024
What a first half! Atalanta with another goal in the 26th minute. A brace by Ademola Lookman with a right-footed shot to the bottom right corner.
🏆👉⚫️🔵 Atalanta 2 – 0 Bayer Leverkusen, 26th minute, ⚽️ goal by Ademola Lookman for @Atalanta_BC with a right-footed shot to the bottom right corner. https://t.co/riAidC8gW9
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) May 22, 2024
ADEMOLA LOOKMAN GETS HIS BRACE 💥
Dream start to the #UELFinal for Atalanta 🤩 pic.twitter.com/6xjqsYqt1R
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) May 22, 2024
1 – Ademola #Lookman, who scored Atalanta’s first two goals in a continental final, is the first African player to score a brace in a final of one of the major European competitions. Impact.#UEFAEuropaLeague #UELFinal #AtaLev pic.twitter.com/DbgNSdn1Jn
— OptaPaolo (@OptaPaolo) May 22, 2024
It’s a magic moment for Ademola Lookman scoring a hat-trick in the 76th minute. Lookman scored with a left-footed shot to the top right corner. The assist is by Gianluca Scamacca
🏆👉⚫️🔵 Atalanta 3 – 0 Bayer Leverkusen, 76th minute, ⚽️ goal by Ademola Lookman for @Atalanta_BC with a left-footed shot to the top right corner. The assist is by Gianluca Scamacca#Lookman#UELFinal 📷 https://t.co/OwELKUyqT1
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) May 22, 2024
ADEMOLA LOOKMAN WITH THE FIRST HAT-TRICK IN #UELFINAL HISTORY 🔥 pic.twitter.com/b3pg4M8Pt7
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) May 22, 2024
✅ Stats before the game: This will be the eighth final of a major European competition between a German and an Italian team and the first since the Champions League final in 2010, which Inter won 2-0 against Bayern Munich. In the UEFA Cup/Europa League, it is the first since 1997, when Schalke 04 beat Inter on penalties after a draw in the first and second legs. Bayer Leverkusen reached their third European final in UEFA competitions, after the double UEFA Cup final in 1988 against Espanyol (0-3 defeat in the first leg, 3-0 victory in the second leg, with the final success for the team German team reached the penalty shoot-out) and the 2002 UEFA Champions League final against Real Madrid (lost 2-1). This will be Atalanta’s first European competition final, becoming the 11th different Italian team to reach such a final and the first since Lazio in the 1998 UEFA Cup (lost 3-0 to Inter). On the day of the final, for the Dea it will be 60 years and 261 days since the first European match played in September 1963, the longest wait for a team to play its first European final, a record that will be surpassed the following week by Olympiakos in the Conference League final (64 years, 259 days – 1959-2024
⚫🔵 🏆👉 Lineup ATALANTA (3-4-1-2): Musso, Djimsiti, Hien, Kolašinac, Zappacosta, Éderson, Koopmeiners, Ruggeri, De Ketelaere, Scamacca, Lookman.
🏆👉 Lineup BAYER LEVERKUSEN: Kovar, Stanisic, Tah, Tapsoba, Frimpong, Xhaka, Palacios, Hincapie, Wirtz, Grimaldo, Adli.
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⚫️🔵 📺 Click the video to watch Atalanta 3 – 0 Bayer Leverkusen highlights on Wednesday 22 May 2024
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— Atalanta B.C. (@Atalanta_BC) May 22, 2024
🖤💙 Photo via x.com/Atalanta_BC
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Arrivati 📍 In the place 🏟️#AtalantaBayer04 #UELFinal #GoAtalantaGo ⚫️🔵 pic.twitter.com/waJEo2o3XA
— Atalanta B.C. (@Atalanta_BC) May 22, 2024
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— Atalanta B.C. (@Atalanta_BC) May 22, 2024
👥 Il nostro 11 per la finale di @europaleague!
🫵 Here’s our line-up for the #UELFinal!#AtalantaBayer04 #UEL #GoAtalantaGo ⚫️🔵 pic.twitter.com/lJ12jCMtfa
— Atalanta B.C. (@Atalanta_BC) May 22, 2024
Photo via x.com/bayer04_en
Photo via x.com/bayer04_en
Referee István Kovács
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🏆👉 First half ⚫️🔵 Atalanta 2 – 0 Bayer Leverkusen
⚽️ Goals: 13′, 26′ Ademola Lookman
🟨 Booked: 22′ Djimsiti (A), 35′ Wirtz (B), 35′ Scamacca (A)
✍Ball Possession: 34% @Atalanta_BC and 66% @bayer04_en
✅ https://t.co/hxB3HVdVb2@SerieASitdown @TheCalcioGuys @ZaurriniRino https://t.co/iWYXy6ga8l
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) May 22, 2024
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2023 – 2024 UEFA Europa League Final
Atalanta 2 – 0 Bayer Leverkusen
Wednesday 22 May 2024
Aviva Stadium
Dublin, Ireland
21:00
Referee: Istvan Kovacs (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Vasile Marinescu (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Ovidiu Artene (ROU)
Fourth Official: Ivan Kruzliak (SVK)
Reserve AR: Branislav Hancko (SVK)
VAR: Pol van Boekel (NED)
AVAR: Catalin Popa (ROU)
SVAR: Rob Dieperink (NED)
Referee Observer: Vladimir Sajn (SVN)
⚽️ Goals: 13′, 26′ Ademola Lookman (A)
🟨 Booked: 22′ Berat Djimsiti (A), 35′ Florian Wirtz (B), 35′ Gianluca Scamacca (A)
✅ Official Lineups – Formations – Tabellino:
⚫🔵 🏆👉 Lineup ATALANTA (3-4-1-2): Musso, Djimsiti, Hien, Kolašinac, Zappacosta, Éderson, Koopmeiners, Ruggeri, De Ketelaere, Scamacca, Lookman.
Subs: Carnesecchi, Rossi, Toloi, Holm, Pašalić, El Bilal, de Roon, Bakker, Adopo, Hateboer, Scalvini, Miranchuk.
Coach: Gian Piero Gasperini.
🏆👉 Lineup BAYER LEVERKUSEN: Kovar, Stanisic, Tah, Tapsoba, Frimpong, Xhaka, Palacios, Hincapie, Wirtz, Grimaldo, Adli.
Subs: Hradecky, Lomb, Kossounou, Hofmann, Andrich, Borja Iglesias, Arthur, Schick, Tella, Boniface, Hlozek, Puerta.
Coach: Xabi Alonso.
