He Bayer Leverkusen of Xabi Alonso and the Atalanta of Gian Piero Gasperini Now, they seek to succeed Sevilla at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, who are still current champions of the Europa League and ‘king’ of the tournament, with seven titles. Dublin is experiencing fever for a final in which two dreams face each other: that of Xabi Alonsowho wants to have triplets in his historic year, and of Gasperiniwho wants to crown his great journey with a trophy in what will be Dea’s first European final.
Bayer Leverkusen and Atalanta They arrived yesterday to face a trophy, the Europa League, with their fans already photographed on Tuesday. The German team won it, but when it was called the UEFA Cup, in 1987-88, after beating Spain in the final on penalties. But he also knows the Leverkusen what to lose in a European final: they lost the 2001-02 Champions League final against Real Madrid (1-2).
With rumors still swirling of a celebratory party to receive the Bundesliga trophy on Saturday, after being proclaimed German champions for the first time on April 14, in their superb season the Bayer Leverkusen He is looking for the second of his coveted titles, as he faces the possibility of achieving a historic treble. On Saturday they will play the German Cup final at the Olympiastadion in Berlin against historic Kaiserslautern, now in the Second Division.
In Florian Wirtznamed the best player in the 2023-24 Bundesliga on Monday, the players of Bayer Leverkusen arrived in Dublin ready to continue their streak: the German team is unbeaten in 51 games and is the first team in history who finished the Bundesliga without losing a single match. .
Expected today Xabi Alonso align the Czech with the goal again Matej Kovarthe usual substitute goalkeeper of the German team – the starter is the team captain Lukas Hradecky -, but who Tolosarra put between the sticks throughout the second continental competition.
Atalanta, for its part, lost the Coppa Italia final against Juventus a week ago (0-1), but in the last round of Serie A they secured participation in the next Champions League.
A Coppa Italia in 1962-63
The team led by Gian Piero Gasperinithat was removed Liverpool in this Europa League quarterfinals, they also arrived in Dublin, in their case with the dream of being the team to end Bayer Leverkusen’s historic unbeaten streak. But above all the Atalanta He wants what will be the second great title in his history, after the Coppa Italia of 1962-63, 61 years ago.
This is not the first time that Atalanta and Leverkusen have met in an official match. The Bergamo team eliminated the German team (then led by Gerardo Seoane, who was replaced by Xabi Alonso in October 2022) in the round of 16 of the 2021-22 Europa League, with two wins for the Italians (3-2 and 0-1). For all these reasons, Dublin is a party
Source: La Verdad
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