Topic: UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Season - page 10. (Read 49767 times)

Lookman has gathered attention from many clubs,and as it stands now,most big teams wants him,and sometimes,he will be bought from that club this season.I started watching him in the African cup of nations when he was playing for his country, Nigeria,and he was the only player who looked dangerous among them.I don't want to talk about Osimhen in that County because I don't like his pattern of play,Lookman is very good as a winger,and can play in any club he goes to.I would love it if he comes to the best league in the world,which is the English premier league.He would really be a star in a club like Chelsea or Totthenham.

I watch every time with Ademola Lookman goals hattrick against Bayern Leverkusen, he did it too simple how easily scoring three goals with one shot always get potential making one goals.
Actually Ademola Lookman know well with Bundesliga team atmosphere because he was played with RB Leipzig and know the weakness side of Bayern Leverkusen defensive.
Its first time for Ademola Lookman make hattrick his appearance in  Europe League and success make Atalanta winning the Europe League trophy, I think most of teams looks disappointed after wasting the talented of Ademola Lookman from Premier League team Everton until several team not give him more minutes playing or become regular position with his previous team before.

but why should they be disappointed the fans have made a great journey but in any case they knew that they would find a fierce team like Atalanta who was surprised is because they are not well informed about Atalanta and the growth path it has had in recent years with gasperini and I assure you that he gave a hard time in Italy to teams much stronger than Bayern Leverkusen having said that I honestly expected an Atalanta victory but certainly not of this magnitude

The contribution he made in the final match was extraordinary, 3 he scored we can say 3 beautiful goals that are difficult to anticipate by the leverkusen goalkeeper, lookman who is considered a failed player in the Premier League is actually able to make a very big contribution to Atlanta,  Lookman is currently on loan from Leicester City but I think he will remain a hero for Atlanta who finally broke Leverkusen unbeaten run this season, with Lookman contribution and current performances at Atlanta of course he is starting to be targeted by other big teams, reportedly Barcelona are currently interested in signing him next summer,  while Atlanta is unlikely to hesitate to make him permanent next season.

From the list of hat trick scorers you mentioned, of course we can say that Lookman is the first player who can score a hat trick in this modern football era, because if we compare the distance between the last hat trick scorer that occurred in the UEFA Cup in 1975, of course it is quite far and this indicates that scoring a hat trick in the Europa League is not an easy thing to do,  It took Lookman almost 49 years to become one of the players to score a hat trick after Jupp Heynckes last did it in 1975.

I am not very surprised at the outcome of that game, I mentioned earlier in this thread that I was expecting the repeat of Manchester United and Ajax Europa league final magic in this present one. Their loss to Juve was like a setup to me because the normal Atalanta I know wouldn't lose that match just like that.

They made their opponents underestimate them while packaging a surprise turbo boost to conquer Leverkusen. On that very day, Leverkusen couldn't believe their eyes as Atalanta  locked their defense and threw away the keys never to be found, almost no Leverkusen tactics could break that defense. They Leverkusen defense were busy marking closely the likes of Scarmarca.  Lookman who was underestimated and left barely marked played just like Drogba and converted most of his chances to give Atlanta a well deserved win and not only did they end Leverkusen unbeaten record, they trashed the team in what looked like the game ceased to be a contest

No, he is not the first one for the European Cup or UEFA Cup.
But, for the name of UEFA Europa League, he is the first one.
Anyway, he also had the record as the first player to score hat-trick in UEFA Europa League in Atalanta and he's the first Nigerian who did it.
His awesome performance also brought him to be the man of the match, moreover it's against Bayer Leverkusen, who is considerably the best rising club right now with unbeaten records previously. That is why, it is again, more special again.

Here is the list based on the source that I took:


Source: Lookman scored hat-rick
Source: Ademola Lookman

The outcome of the game left me speechless because I never expected to see Bayer Leverkusen lose the game in such a way that they couldn't even try to get back on the game, the sad truth is that the Bayer Leverkusen team never expected the defeat since they have been successful in defeating their opponents and securing draws in the last minutes so they may have doubted the strength of Atalanta in defeating them but at the end of the day they were defeated in a bad way which put an end to their decent record of unbeaten in all competition. I believe the team accepted the outcome of the game in good faith and they are hoping to be back to winning ways when they play the DFB finals and hopefully they get a win to apologize to them fans who was disappointed in their defeat against Atalanta.

Bayer Leverkusen vs Atalanta game taught the vast majority never to underestimate any average club because this particular club is tasty for the big winning and more importantly, in the finals. Bayer Leverkusen lengthy unbeaten streak have come to am end after experiencing shocking defeats against Atalanta in the Europa League final. Xabi Alonso and the rest of the squad didn't see that coming but they have no option than embraced the result.

I really hope they do manage to keep their form and continue to win and compete well with Bayern, they managed to break their 11 year winning streak in the Bundesliga so it would be fair to keep taking titles away from them. Just the fact that they never lost once in the season allowed fans to think they would win the Europa League, I thought so too but Atalanta showed their level

Atalanta really did well to win the Europa League trophy this season after their loss in the Copa Italia final to Juventus. I thought they would have lost hope after that defeat but they were able to do their best and they won the trophy when everyone thought they will lose to the almighty and undefeated Bayern Leverkusen. Bayern Leverkusen should also be praised for their performance throughout the season for coming this far without losing a game in the whole season not until this finals. They have one more game to end the season with, if they can use the same energy that Atalanta used after losing the Copa Italia final in their upcoming final in DFB Pokal, they can be victorious and win the second trophy of the season for themselves. At this point, they were deserving of the three trophies, but now that they can’t win all three, two is still okay for them to win.

Exactly, the bulk of the credit must go to Gasperini who managed to pull off a real feat, one of those that happen once every 10 years, let's say the success is comparable to what Claudio Ranieri did with Leicester winning the Premier League with a provincial team. I only feel sorry for Alonso who had done something extraordinary by getting 51 consecutive useful matches but he fell in the most important game, but that won't erase what he has done so far with Leverkusen

I like the fact that Atlanta were not rates enough till they took everyone by surprise a s pulled up a shock that got almost everyone wondering if Leverkusen was still a good team enough to be able to probably get to play really well against Atlanta because I'm sure even Leverkusen never expected it coming in such for, it's possible they may be aware it's not going to be an easy game but they weren't aware it will be this tough .

Leverkusen actually had the chance to turn the game around after the first goal but they felt like it was the regular experience they have had since this season and so they are most definitely going to get back before the end of the game or probably get to end the game with an equalizer but t he forgot that Atlanta don't focus their energy in the performance or possession but in the winning of the game which was exactly what they did in the end of the game, they made sure to get the early goals so it will get the confidence and morale of their opponent weak and they can get to capitalize on that for their victory which was exactly what happened.

With that I'm sure Leverkusen would have learnt their lessons and they will know how best to handle their forth coming finals in their domestic league which is about to take place days from now of which I believe they are most definitely going to win because they have learnt the lesson they needed to win that game because if they had won the Europa it's possible they could neglect the finals they still have ahead.

I think more it was because Leverkussen underestimated Atalanta deep down,not their coach but most likely their players did,Xabi Alonso was not able to keep his team motivated enough as to stop them from going euphoric before such an important event for them.Maybe the players were tired and their main objective to win the first title in all their history in Bundesliga was achieved and they didn't care much what would happen in this final yet it would have been quite a great ending to the season if in the same time in history,in the same season they to have won both the Bundesliga and Europa League.

Big congrats to Atalanta who won for the first time I think in their history an European Cup and they are in history books now in Italy as another new team to have won a title,especially in a time when Italian teams are not doing good at all in European arena.

Due to their wonderful performance and consistency in all their matches in Bundesliga and in Europa games, made everyone to believe that they are capable of winning Atalanta who was underestimated by Leverkusen. Just the way Liverpool underestimated Atalanta and received a shock, is the same way Leverkusen underestimated them and the same thing happened to them

Atalanta coach is a man with so much wisdom in the sense that, he used his second choice players in Coppa Italia against Juventus and rested his key players, he only brought them in the second half to keep them fit and from fatigue, because he knows that match is not as important to him as the Europa finals. While Xabi Alonso have been using his first squad in all matches, which made it more easy for their opponents to study their game pattern and know their weak points. While Leverkusen was feeling big with their unbeaten record which made them not to be careful with Atalanta.

No one believed Leverkusen could be beaten like that in the final because Atalanta were deemed incapable of doing so. Atalanta, who were considered to have little chance of winning, were most likely considered to have lost by observers and many others before the match. However, I have mentioned these concerns even though many people seem to disagree, so I was never surprised by Leverkusen's failure to win the Europa League title this season.

I really acknowledge the great season that Leverkusen has had this season. Their unbeaten record is very difficult for any team to match, in fact I can say that this record will remain for many seasons to come without a single team being able to break it. Going undefeated in a season in a league is the hardest thing I can imagine, especially when there is a team as dominant in the league as Bayern Munich.

In this match, Leverkusen may have thought that their opponent Atalanta was not too strong to beat them easily, for which they themselves lost. Bayran Leverkusen may have taken the match against Atalanta in a normal way, but they should have played against the opposition with a strong father and a strong attack against them. Although the match ended with a three-goal margin and Leverkusen lost as the stronger team, they have performed well enough this season, but their tactics have not been good in the last stages. But since Leverkusen is in the best form this season, they will have the opportunity to play in the Champions League for the next season and if they can compete well, they will definitely enter the Champions League at a good stage. But here we must understand that the biggest teams compete in the Champions League, so they have to compete with teams like Manchester City, Real Madrid. In that case, if Leverkusen continues with this performance, they will never be able to enter the Champions League, so they will have to pay more attention to their game.

This disappointment is not going to be all that easy for Leverkusen because I do not think that they will be here for a long time. The thing about Europa is that if you are too good then you are usually at UCL, and for example Leverkusen will be at UCL because they won their league. If you drop from UCL then you are usually not the best team in the world, and could end up losing.

Reaching to Europa finals with 50-51 unbeaten games means that it is one of the rarest things the history of football has ever seen. If you are a 50+ games unbeaten team, then you are usually at UCL. So all in all, this type of chance will probably never hit Leverkusen again and they know this. This is why it is a very upsetting game and I bet that they rather lose like 3-4 more games (whatever helps them stay champions at bundesliga) at league instead of lose this one game.

Firstly, congratulation for Gasperini success winning his first trophy as manager career and specially success stopping the unbeaten trend of Bayern Leverkusen reach 51 matches all competition. Unexpected result exactly Atalanta easily winning over 3-0 against most favorite team will be the Europe League winner in this season. But football has many unpredictable result and most of team has difference perform between domestic league and final match atmosphere.
Atalanta show us how their motivate success defeating top and favorite team has unbeaten record, for next season Atalanta will take part in Champion League appearance and looking will get consistency such as in Europe League or not.

I really like Atalanta's playing style as you said when the match started. Atalanta was more relaxed and read Leverkusen's movements more often.
I was very surprised at how well Atalanta was able to always know how the ball would go when a Leverkusen player controlled the ball and Atalanta also looked more confident even though they didn't attack too much, but if when Leverkusen gave them a little chance, Atalanta attacked very quickly and made Leverkusen's defense become very difficult.

For Ademola Lookman, after successfully helping Atalanta lift the UEL trophy, he was always given positive praise and this was a great experience for him.
I saw how he played and I admired the player whose skills made Leverkusen's defense unable to block him.

The final is a very tough game for them; they didn't have the luck against Atalanta, but that is football. No one expects them to upset Leverkusen in the final because their form is so credible and only one team can finish them with one player:D. scored a Hart Trick against them. Xabi Alonso was very weak despite all of his efforts to win the Europa League, but they eventually defeated him. Let's see next season if he can get the opportunity to win the league and the Champions League, as he missed out this season and can have luck next season to win the trophy. Xabi maintained an excellent record this season, although Atlanta refused to leave  the competition for them, because i see the seriousness against atalenta in the match but i still beleave levenkusen will do well in the second half, but they fail to perform even in the sencond half with all there performance they end in a lose that is a very sad story for xabi alonso this season without winning the europa league.