The UEFA Europa League also showed its final excitement.
The final pitted Italian side Atalanta against Bayer Leverkusen, who finished the season as German champions, at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium.
Goals from Lookman in the 12th, 26th and 75th minutes gave Atalanta a 3-0 victory over their opponents, who had been unbeaten in 51 games, and took the cup back to the museum.
With this goal, Italy won the European Cup for the first time in their history.
In addition to missing out on the cup, this was Bayer Leverkusen’s first defeat of the season.
Lookman made UEFA history
Atalanta’s 26-year-old Nigerian star Ademola Lookman made UEFA history by scoring three goals to lift his team to the cup.
Lookman became the first African footballer to score a ‘hat-trick’ in a UEFA tournament final.
The Nigerian star achieved further success by becoming the first player in UEFA Europa League history to score three goals in a final.
Gasperini celebrates European success with a trophy
Gian Piero Gasperini, who took over the team in 2016 and played six of his eight seasons in European football with Atalanta, capped his success in this field with a cup: winning the UEFA Europa League.
The 66-year-old Gasperini, twice named Italy Manager of the Season, has previously guided the Blue and Black team to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.
Gasperini became the oldest manager to win his first European Cup final in his career, while becoming the second Italian manager after Maurizio Sarri to win the UEFA Europa League title.
The Italian team won their 10th title
After Atalanta’s victory, the number of trophies for the Italian team in the UEFA Europa League increased to ten.
The Italian team ranks second ahead of England, who have won nine times, while Spain tops the table with 14 trophies.
Leverkusen couldn’t beat Atlanta
Atalanta, who had won their two previous UEFA-sponsored matches against Bayer Leverkusen, were the team that left the field victorious in Dublin.
Bayer Leverkusen and Atalanta faced off in the final 16 rounds of the 2021-22 season of the UEFA Europa League, and the Blueblacks won the first leg 3-2 at home and won 1-0 away to advance to the quarterfinals. advanced.
