Experience is a degree and, although both coaches are facing their first European final, Gian Piero Gasperini At 66 years old, he won the tactical battle against the xabi alonso that at the age of 42 he could not complete his historic period in charge of Bayer Leverkusen in perfect fashion.
The Dublin final began to win on the board. Xabi Alonso He chose a lineup that gave him great results in the first leg of the semi-final against Roma (0-2), but yesterday his strategy was nullified, especially in the first half, by a Gasperini who has been rewarded for his unquestionable commitment to offensive football, since leading Atalanta in 2016, with the first title of his career on the bench.
Xabi Alonso’s mistakes
Xabi Alonso he didn’t get it right this time playing without a pure ‘9’ (he did Amine Adli, a playmaker) against a Dea whose intense, deep and fast football is isolated Florian Wirtz and Alejandro Grimaldothe figures of Leverkusen, new champions of the Bundesliga for the first time in its history and, moreover, without losing a game.
Xabi Alonso straightened in half an hour, carried Victor Boniface at the point of attack and later on Robert Andrich, who missed a lot in the middle of the field.
Gasperini football interpreters
In front Davide Zappacosta, the omnipresent Ederson, Teun Koompeiners and Matteo Ruggeri They completely define the bold, intense and amazing football of Gasperini which has been the hallmark of Atalanta in recent years and had its greatest exponent Ademola Lookman, hat trick author.
La Dea (The Goddess), founded in 1907, already has its first European title and the second in its history after the 1963 Coppa And more than a trophy, it is the pride of Italian football for its praised approach in battles. of His trainer gasperini, who now gave the deadly aspirin xabi alonso the colleague who leads the Bayer team,
Italy is again celebrating a title since 2010
Italian football is celebrating its first continental title since the Champions League won by Inter, led by Jose Mourinho, in 2010. Parma was the last representative of ‘calcio’ to win the Europa League, then the UEFA Cup, in the 1998-1999 season
Source: La Verdad
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