Andrich: “It was very difficult to accept the first defeat, but we deserved it”

Bayer Leverkusen stopped being invincible at the worst moment of the season, in the Europa League final against Atalanta, led by Lookman’s hat trick.

Unexpectedly, as well as replacing a Robert Andrich who wholeheartedly reviewed the first defeat. “I would have preferred it to be an unimportant match. It’s very hard to accept, but we have to be honest with ourselves. Today we deserved it, so we have to go out with our head held high and congratulate Atalanta. They definitely deserved it it’s now more than us,” admitted the midfielder.

“Atalanta did what they always do,” explained Andrich, who was not surprised by the rival’s approach. “He played one on one all over the field and won decisive duels. I think we had periods in the game where we were better, but we didn’t create scoring opportunities. , you deserve to lose,” he concluded .

Xhaba passed the record

Unlike Andrich, Xhaka doesn’t even want to hear about the lost record. “Honestly, we are not interested in invincibility. That has not mattered to us from the beginning. It’s about the match and unfortunately we lost a final. That’s football. Yesterday I said it would be a very difficult match. Congratulations to Atalanta, ” said the Swiss, who before the end lamented that “it’s a shame that it didn’t go through in the final. We were very good until this match and the fact that we couldn’t do what we usually do well is part of the game. ”