Former title: Leverkusen's 51 unbeaten games ended, Atlanta won the Europa League

[Ke Xin, Special correspondent of the Global Times] At the end of the Europa League final on the 22nd, Atlanta defeated Leverkusen 3-0, winning the Europa League championship for the first time in history, which was also their first European championship. According to the Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport, Atlanta has created history, breaking the unbeaten myth of Leverkusen this season, and also making it possible for Serie A to have six Champions League seats next season.

Before this game, Leverkusen remained unbeaten this season. They retired in 51 games and won the first Bundesliga championship in the team's history with 28 wins and 6 draws. However, in the Europa League final, Leverkusen encountered the most difficult situation of the season. Atlanta striker Lukman became the most shining star of the night. He scored three goals alone. Lukman was the second player in the history of the Europa League (including the former UEFA Cup) to perform hat tricks in the final, and also the ninth player in the history to wear hats in the European Cup final.

After the game, Lukman said frankly: "This is one of the best nights in my life. The performance of the team is amazing. We did it, too good." Atlanta President Perkasi said: "What happened tonight is incredible. This is a dream come true. Atlanta has written history." Atalanta coach Gasperini, 66 years old and 117 days old, became the coach who won the championship in the European final for the first time and was the oldest among them. After winning the championship, he stressed that, The team eliminated Portugal Sports and Liverpool all the way: "We copied the previous performance. The former won the Portuguese Premier League, and when we played against Liverpool, they were ranked first in the English Premier League. Now, we have defeated Bayer Leverkusen, who rules the Bundesliga."

British media said that if Atlanta ranked fifth at the end of Serie A this season, the team ranked sixth will qualify for the Champions League next season, so that Italy will become the first country in the history of the Champions League to have six clubs participating in the Champions League, and if Atlanta ranked higher than the fifth, then Serie A will get five Champions League seats.