0：3！ Upset defeat! The European giants lost the final and lost their second title of the season

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2024-05-23 09:11Posted in Shandong Sports Creators

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, we are already in the middle and late May 2024, and the 23/24 season is getting closer and closer to the end of the European club competition, with less than two weeks to go, and the curtain will come down on the 23/24 season

At this point in each season, the title suspense of the top five leagues has basically been revealed, and this season is no exception, with Bayer Leverkusen, Inter Milan, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid and Manchester City winning their respective league titles. After that, the eyes of the world will be on the three major European cups. Real Madrid's Champions League final against Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen's Europa League final against Atalanta, and Fiorentina's Europa League final against Olympiacos were all exciting

Among them, the matchup between Real Madrid and Dort in the Champions League final is obviously the most eye-catching, the former aims to impact the fifteenth Champions League title in team history, and uses the championship to bid farewell to Kroos, who is about to retire; The latter is looking forward to reaching the top of Europe again after 27 years, and bidding farewell to the team's legendary Reuss. Meanwhile, this season's Europa League final is also eye-catching, with Bayer Leverkusen, unbeaten so far this season, taking on a crowd-beaten Atalanta side in what is undoubtedly a head-to-head battle at Champions League level, albeit with some surprises

At 3 a.m. Beijing time on May 23, the 23/24 Europa League final was held at the Invarja Stadium in Dublin, Ireland, and also kicked off the last three finals of the three major European cups. However, what should have been a close battle turned into a one-sided affair, with Atalanta's Nigerian international Lukman cementing the lead with back-to-back strikes in the 12th and 26th minutes before adding a second-half hat-trick. In the end, Atalanta defeated Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 to win the first European trophy in the team's history, and also gave Leverkusen their first defeat of the season

Throughout this game, judging from the technical statistics after the game, although Bayer Leverkusen controlled the initiative on the field and had an advantage in terms of possession, passes, pass success rate, crosses, and dribbles, the team's biggest problem in this game was the inability to convert the advantage into a win. Atalanta, on the other hand, had a clear tactic and clear style of play, completely suppressed Leverkusen, and scored 3 goals with 7 shots on target from 10 shots in the whole game, which is the embodiment and proof of excellent offensive efficiency, and it deserves to win the championship in the end

Unfortunately, for Bayer Leverkusen, it was not only the end of a 51-game unbeaten run in all competitions, but also the team's second trophy of the season and the second chance to win the Europa League for the second time in the team's history. Regardless, it has been an outstanding, even perfect, season for Xavi Alonso and his disciples. For the rest of the season, Bayer Leverkusen will also face the German second team Kaiserslautern in the final game of the season to compete for the German Cup, which will be played at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin at 2 a.m. Beijing time on May 26. We'll see

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