Topic: UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Season - page 91. (Read 58896 times)

This is very reasonable because Atalanta is not too strong this season even they are so difficult to advance to the quarter -finals. But with the persistence and good teamwork they managed to reach the round to advance to the final. Liverpool became one of the teams predicted to advance to the final and was very favored to be a candidate for champions, but had to be stopped after being defeated by Atalanta at home.

Now Atalanta will face a team that is far more solid in the final and it might not be easy for them to beat Leverkusen. Even so Atalanta's opportunities are still quite wide open and depending on how they face the strategy that will be implemented by Xabi Alonso. If they can make the match more complicated and Leverkusen is unable to score a faster goal then there is an opportunity for Atalanta to steal goal by making a counterattack.

Compared with leverkusen, of course, atlanta has a difficult match schedule, in addition to having to focus on Serie A, of course, Atlanta must also remain focused on winning the Copa Italia trophy as well as the Europa League, so that's why Leverkusen currently has everything they need to be able to win the final match later, but even so, of course the chance of Atlanta winning the Europa League this season is still open because of Atlanta performance which is quite consistent when this is although not as consistent as Leverkusen.

The two teams will meet for the third time in the final later, head to head meetings between the two teams in Europe have been more dominant with Atlanta winning 2 times over Leverkusen from their two meetings in the 2022 season, but even so head to head is of course no longer valid if we look at Leverkusen unbeaten journey this season,  But honestly I hope if Atlanta can break Leverkusen record this season and at the same time can win the Europa League later. 

Atalanta has not completely secured their position in 5th place, because there are still several matches left in Serie A. Currently, Atalanta is 3 points ahead of Roma. And fortunately, currently Serie A has 5 tickets to the Champions League. So Atalanta only has to win 2 more matches to ensure they can stay in 5th place and get a ticket to the UCL. And actually Atalanta has 3 matches remaining in Serie A which they can take advantage of there. But yes, Leverkusen's position as champions in the Bundesliga is very profitable. Because Leverkusen only needs to focus on the European League final. Meanwhile, Atalanta is still thinking about the domestic league to secure tickets to the UCL.

Indeed Bayern Leverkusen is most favorite team for winning Europe League this season but Atalanta currently has promising performance and get unbeaten yet since last seven games in a row all competition. Last match, Atalanta success defeating AS Roma on Serie A match behind Bayern Leverkusen being draw on second leg match. But its not related comparison behind Bayern Leverkusen most quit well performance in this season reach 50 matches all competition without loss yet.

Regarding the match final schedule few week ago, Bayern Leverkusen has advantage after winning Bundesliga tittle and not get pressure on domestic league match than Atalanta must secure the champion league spot place. Indeed remaining 3 points behind Roma but its not secure yet with the last spot for qualifying to Champion League and Serie A has two matches left.

On the other hand, Atalanta is not weak team and can be underestimated and they proved everything by defeating all their opponents until they actually became the team that will fight for the title in the final.
We all know that Leverkusen is also really great team this season, having many wins and being an unbeatable team, they have very good defense plus sharp front line making Leverkusen very strong.
It could be said that the consistency and stability of Leverkusen performance is very good and cannot be imitated by other team, but again I say that Leverkusen cannot underestimate Atalanta, they must be careful in the final match.

About 10 days until the final match, Leverkusen and Atalanta will definitely prepare everything.
They must carefully in the domestic league match because when something undesirable happens, such as an injury to key player, it is very detrimental.

These two teams will certainly compete quite fiercely. even though Leverkusen may be the favorite. But I also see the extraordinary things that Atalanta has right now. Well, today Atalanta can beat Roma in Serie A. We know Leverkusen also had quite a difficult time facing Roma. And Atalanta looks like it could be a more difficult opponent than Roma. So the final match looks like it will be a match that is more difficult for us to predict the result. Because I started to have hope for Atalanta after seeing how they played very well in today's match when they beat Roma.

It's true, there is a lot at stake in this season Europa League final, where the match between Leverkusen and Atalanta is an ideal final, even though previously I hoped that Liverpool would be the one in the final with Leverkusen. However, with the performance that Atalanta has shown, they are worthy enough to challenge Leverkusen who have never been defeated, not only that, Xabi fleet also refuses to accept defeat.

Xabi must try to find a strategy to win the match in normal time, we know that Atalanta has a solid defense line and is very difficult to penetrate. It is very likely that Leverkusen will be overwhelmed by Atalanta counterattack, because Serie A teams tend to play more defensively. If Xabi plays too openly and attacks, it is very risky, they could fall behind again.

If the match has to go to a penalty shootout, it is quite difficult to guess which team will emerge as the winner, because it involves greater luck. However, I think Leverkusen will be able to win the Europa League trophy this season, and of course they should not underestimate the strength of Atalanta. Situationally, Leverkusen is very lucky because they don't have much pressure ahead of the Europa League final, while Atalanta has to prepare their energy to play in the Coppa Italia Final after successfully beating Roma.

Recently Atalanta and Leverkusen still able to managed their consistency because at their domestic league both teams still able to beat their opponents even Leverkusen today can beat Bochum with big scores 5-0 and if we talking about champion mentally obviously Leverkusen has it and we might be still remember while against Roma at that time in the second leg Leverkusen almost be lost but they can made epic comeback and avoiding to lost but Atalanta also very fantastic because they can eliminate strong team Liverpool and Marseille and in my opinion although Leverkusen is the favourite with their unbeated records but Atalanta also cannot be underestimate so for the title i think both teams have equal chances and not impossible too later the match will be ended to draw at the normal time and continue with penalty shootout besides that if Atalanta can beat Leverkusen and get the trophy then this will be their first trophy from European Competition in the club's history

At the beginning of the Europa Liverpool was even appearing like the only strong team at to a good extent the most preferred to win the league title due to their form, at that point they were even appearing to be the best until after the group stage where Leverkusen did performed brilliantly it became too clear they too have got a chance and can possibly win the trophy aswell but then  Liverpool was the favourite.

We considered the fact this is the last season of klop with Liverpool and that was going to trigger a different kind of drive for them to want to makes sure they get to win the trophy and use it as a good way of bidding him farewell but and we even expected after the quarter finals that it's going to be clear that Leverkusen will be facing Liverpool for the finals, personally it turns out really sad that Leverkusen Is having to play the finals against Atalanta meanwhile I was expecting to watch a thrilling finals against Liverpool because I taught they will be able to make it to the finals just as expected of them

Liverpool lost their chances when they allowed Atalanta get such a victory over them knowing that in the second leg they are definitely not going to allow Liverpool score as much goals that will get them to loose their chances which they seem to be seeing already in the Europa of possibly getting to the finals let's hope that Leverkusen who's now the favour to everyone gets to win the trophy by the end of the season.

Of course, people must be very surprised if Atalanta really can beat Leverkusen. Everyone must favor Leverkusen to win the final UEL this season because Leverkusen looks much stronger than Atalanta. We know that Leverkusen is still unbeaten until now, they only need to win 3 matches again to complete this season without a single lose at all. I'm sure Leverkusen won't be defeated in the matches against Augsburg and Kaiserslautern (FCK). The only match that Leverkusen must be very careful is the final match in UEL against Atalanta.

Anyway, I think Atalanta may be a tough opponent for Leverkusen if Leverkusen doesn't use their main players since the early match. I see that Xabi sometimes keeps few key players on the bench, he will let them play in second half of the match. I really hope this won't happen because Leverkusen must try to beat Atalanta since the early of the match.

The way Liverpool started the Europa League this season and the way they performed in the Premier League, we were convinced that Liverpool could win the title for the first time by qualifying for the Europa League for the first time. Liverpool were as strong as the other teams in the Europa League but not as strong but still lost in the quarter-finals of the Europa League against relatively easy opponents. Perhaps they will play in the Champions League next season, but this season they had the chance to win the Europa League title. Created enough chances but despite creating enough chances, Liverpool are not doing well in the Premier League and they are also out of the Europa League long ago. Liverpool's end could probably have been better.

That press tactic that he has seems to be one of the best that I have seen. Klopp used to have that with gegenpress, he was pressing the other team a lot and that made them so good, but at this point Xabi does even further than that, they are literally pressing all the way to goalkeeper and doing it with multiple players to wherever the ball is constantly.

Normally if the opponent was good enough they could have just passed their way out, that is the thing about getting rid of press, just pass around and tire the other team, but Xabi makes his team press so well that no team has ever managed to do that. Which is why I think they are doing a much better improved version of it without a doubt, 49 unbeaten games is a proof of that.

There is no doubt that Leverkusen has been very consistent this season, so it will be very difficult for Atalanta to win in a match like this. Some people even say that this match is not ideal, because the two teams that will meet are not in the same condition.
Honestly, I imagine that when Real Madrid faces Leverkusen, who will win? On paper, Real Madrid is slightly more favored, of course, but we know how Leverkusen is this season, I'm sure this will be a very interesting match.
However, they have the opportunity to meet if Real Madrid and Leverkusen succeed in becoming champions, they will meet in the UEFA Super Cup. I hope that will happen, and that both teams will be successful in the Champions League (Real Madrid) and in the European League (Leverkusen). I want to see who will win when they meet with their outstanding performance.

It shouldn't be a surprise because both teams have an equal chance of winning the title. Atalanta are a pretty good team so far in Serie A and the Europa League, otherwise they would never have made it to the final by beating so many tough opponents. Leverkusen are certainly expected to win the title after they managed to hold the longest unbeaten streak, but it is never a guarantee that they can win the title.

Leverkusen has a higher chance than Atalanta in the final, of course. I've watched quite a few of their games so far this season in both the Europa League and Bundesliga, so I think it's natural that many users feel safer picking Leverkusen to win over Atalanta. But it is clearly unfair if we underestimate either of the two in the final match.

And it will surprise many people if Atalanta can beat Leverkusen in a match that is truly crucial and important for both teams. Because everyone has seen how Leverkusen has gone through this season without any team being able to beat them so far, so if in the final match Leverkusen loses to Atalanta, of course everyone will be surprised and will even continue to talk about Atalanta until the end of the season. The final match is a match that is quite important for any team to win so that the team losing will definitely affect the fighting spirit they currently have even though it is the last match in the Europa League competition this season.

In my view, Atalanta's success defeated Liverpool because at the same time Liverpool experienced a decline in performance as well. Because after all, the bad results experienced by Liverpool also did not only occur in the Europa League, because Liverpool also experienced bad results in the Premier League. Perhaps, with so many problems facing Liverpool about difficult competition in the Premier League and injured players making it difficult to make the right rotation.

Therefore, Liverpool experienced a decline in performance and lost to Atalanta but apart from these factors, I personally basically did not believe Liverpool would qualify for the final match. Because anyway, as far as I remember, Liverpool lose quite often in phases like this in the Champions League and also in the Europa League. So yes, Atalanta's success in beating Liverpool is certainly not a guarantee that Atalanta will be able to beat Bayer Leverkusen too, because of course Bayer Leverkusen at this moment is at a very perfect level.

In my opinion, head to head is no longer relevant now, because the performance of the two clubs is different, especially Leverkusen who have managed to record without defeat to date. In the previous season, when Atalanta was able to win against Leverkusen, Leverkusen had not shown such an extraordinary performance as it is now.

This season Leverkusen have not been beaten, and it is still a question mark whether any club can beat them or not. Maybe they will end this season without a single defeat in all competitions, and to be honest that opportunity is very wide considering that the potential opponents are no better compared to their performance this season.

Xabi will definitely be targeting that too, Xabi has taken Leverkusen this far and I'm sure he'll be eager to finish on a high as well. There is no reason in my opinion that could make him not think about finishing the season without a loss, because he is only a few games away from achieving that.

Looking at the Head to Head of these two clubs, Atalanta still has a big chance to beat Leverkusen and get the UEL title, but the Head to Head was several seasons ago, meaning the conditions of the two clubs are different and currently Leverkusen is far from invincible because they have consistent performance and the players which is very complete without having any problems.
I don't doubt Atalanta because this club is a terrible club because the attacks are always unpredictable by the opponent.
Atalanta's playing pattern usually uses faster attacks and attacks more often from the middle and Leverkusen must be aware of this.
Whatever the result in this match, I still support Leverkusen and I would also say that Atalanta is one of the great clubs that can surprise.

Bayer Leverkusen are good in turning things around for their good, which are some of the things we saw from the semi-final to locked Roma out not to allowed them to qualified for the final game.

Bayer Leverkusen has been my favorite team, and I have made plenty money from my prediction because it hard for them to lose any game in this UEFA champions Europa league competition, and they have talented players that have so much strength to take victory from any team.

Atalanta beat Liverpool doesn't mean they will beat Bayer Leverkusen in this game, and if you look at their performance in this season, you will know that Bayer Leverkusen have the strength to finish Atalanta in this final game to lift the trophy.