{"id":57121,"date":"2024-05-23T12:27:06","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T12:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/23\/bayer-leverkusens-historic-unbeaten-run-ends-with-europa-league-final-loss-to-atalanta\/"},"modified":"2024-05-23T12:27:06","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T12:27:06","slug":"bayer-leverkusens-historic-unbeaten-run-ends-with-europa-league-final-loss-to-atalanta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/23\/bayer-leverkusens-historic-unbeaten-run-ends-with-europa-league-final-loss-to-atalanta\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayer Leverkusen&#8217;s historic unbeaten run ends with Europa League final loss to Atalanta"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/resize.indiatvnews.com\/en\/centered\/newbucket\/1200_675\/2024\/05\/indiatv-74-1716464671.jpg?fit=1200,675&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Bayer Leverkusen&#8217;s historic unbeaten run ends with Europa League final loss to Atalanta\" title=\"Bayer Leverkusen&#8217;s historic unbeaten run ends with Europa League final loss to Atalanta\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"atimgbign\" id=\"story-featured-image\" style=\"display: inline-block;\">\n<figure class=\"artbigimg row\"><figcaption><span class=\"author\">Image Source : GETTY<\/span> Bayer Leverkusen manager Xabi Alonso during the Europa League final 2023-24 in Dublin on May 22<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"artconfp\">Atalanta BC pulled off a dominant 3-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen to clinch the UEFA Europa League 2023-24 title on Thursday, May 22. The Italian side also ended Bayer Leverkusen&#8217;s dream unbeaten run across all competitions to end their 61-year-old silverware\u00a0drought.\u00a0  <!-- \/8323530\/ITv_Desktop_VDO_1X1 -->\n  <\/p>\n<p>Leverkusen entered the final with 51 unbeaten matches\u00a0on their back and as favourites to bag their second European competition title. But Xabi Alonso&#8217;s men were stunned by the former Everton forward\u00a0Ademola Lookman who recorded a brilliant hat-trick at Dublin&#8217;s Aviva Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Lookman scored two first-half goals and then celebrated his hat-trick with his third goal in the second half. The English forward became the only sixth player to score a hat-trick in the major UEFA finals and the first in the last 50 years.<\/p>\n<p>Atalanta head coach\u00a0Gian Piero Gasperini led his team to their first-ever major trophy after an impressive campaign\u00a0in Serie A where they target a Champions League berth next season. Gasperini, 66, became the oldest coach to win the UEFA Europa League.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0    <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Leverkusen, who clinched the Bundesliga title with a memorable unbeaten season, will be facing\u00a0FC Kaiserslautern in the German Cup 2024 final on Saturday, May 25.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More to follow&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async>\nfunction loadFacebookScript(){\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '529056027274737');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n}\nwindow.addEventListener('load', (event) => {\n\tsetTimeout(function(){\n        loadFacebookScript();\n\t}, 5000);\n});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/sports\/football\/bayer-leverkusen-s-historic-unbeaten-run-ends-with-europa-league-final-loss-to-atalanta-2024-05-23-933001\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image Source : GETTY Bayer Leverkusen manager Xabi Alonso during the Europa League final 2023-24 in Dublin on May 22 Atalanta BC pulled off a dominant 3-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen to clinch the UEFA Europa League 2023-24 title on Thursday, May 22. 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