In the early morning of May 23, Beijing time, the Europa League final of this season officially started, with Atlanta playing Leverkusen. In the first 12 minutes, Leverkusen missed defenders, and Lukman made a dream start for Atlanta. Then Leverkusen lost the ball again due to mistakes, and Atlanta counterattacked and broke the goal in the second half, and finally suffered a 0-3 defeat. The 51 games of all competitions were unbeaten.
This is the second time that the two teams meet after the last 16 of the Europa League in 2021/22. The last time Leverkusen was eliminated by Atlanta in the home and away game, now it is time for revenge.
At present, the two teams lock the qualification of next season's Champions League through the league level at the same time, so the failure to win the Europa League championship will not affect the participation. As the number one favorite to win the championship, Leverkusen is only two finals away from the season's unbeaten treble. Of course, he does not hope that this failure will lead to the collapse of the season.
In this game, Leverkusen continued to use the 451 formation, with Palacios, Zaka, Frimpong, Grimaldo and Wiltz in the midfield, Adrian as the single arrow, and Atlanta sent Skamaka and Lukman as the two forward combination.
After the opening game, Atalanta attacked fiercely. In the eighth minute, Rujeri crossed from the left, and Skamaka's header bounced off the bottom line. Leverkusen didn't pay attention to this defense.
In the 12th minute, Atlanta took the lead:
Atalanta once again instigated the attack from the side. Kupumenas burst into the restricted area with the ball and passed to the front of the door. Palacios slipped and leaked when defending, and watched Lukman push and shoot the goal. Leverkusen fell behind 0-1.
In the 26th minute, Atlanta expanded the score:
Leverkusen made a mistake in passing the ball in the back court. Lukman took the ball in the front court and dribbled it across the line of the back restricted area and shot at the far corner. Leverkusen was completely in a desperate situation.
Losing two goals in a row in just 16 minutes was Leverkusen's own defensive fault. It was not a team that had been unbeaten for 51 consecutive games in the season. It can be said that the pharmaceutical factory's performance in this game was obviously abnormal.
In the 75th minute of the second half, Lukman scored a hat trick from a small angle and helped Atlanta end the suspense of the game 3-0 ahead.
According to statistics, this is the first time Atlanta has participated in the Europa League final, and it is also the ninth Italian team to do so. Now it is the first time that Atlanta has won the championship of this event. Among them, Lukman has become the first player in the history of Atlanta to score in the European final, and also the first player to score a hat trick in the history of the Europa League final, setting two records in a row.
As the coach of Leverkusen, Xabi Alonso failed to lead the team to a comeback, which was also the first defeat of the season, and his dream of achieving the goal of becoming unbeaten and crowned the treble broke ahead of schedule.
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