SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 57 mins
Atalanta 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen
Atalanta make another change as former Chelsea midfielder Mario Pasalic comes on.
He replaces Charles De Ketelaere.
Summary
FT: Atalanta 3-0 Leverkusen - Lookman with stunning hat-trick
Atalanta win first major trophy in 61 years
Bundesliga champions Leverkusen see 51-game unbeaten run ended
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SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 57 mins
Postpublished at 21:14 British Summer Time 22 May
Atalanta 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen
Owen Hargreaves
Former Bayern midfielder on TNT SportsEderson looks like he's got a body double out there, he's winning absolutely everything in the middle of the pitch. Leverkusen haven't been able to deal with the physicality of Atalanta.
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Atalanta 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen
Bayer Leverkusen are having a bright spell now as they win another corner. It is played short before Florian Wirtz's cross is blocked and the ball is out for a throw.
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Lookman with one of the best performances I've seen all season, against one of the best teams I've seen all season. If Atalanta get the third surely that's game over?
Danny
Postpublished at 53 mins
Atalanta 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen
Bayer Leverkusen have a free-kick and a good chance to get the ball into the box, but Alex Grimaldo's delivery is easily dealt with.
Leverkusen's set pieces have been poor tonight.
Postpublished at 52 mins
Atalanta 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen
Now Bayer Leverkusen have a corner. The delivery is deep towards Jonathan Tah but he doesn't get enough on his header towards goal and Atalanta clear.
Image source, Getty Images'Brilliant defending'published at 21:08 British Summer Time 22 May
Atalanta 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen
Ally McCoist
Former Rangers striker & manager on TNT SportsBrilliant defending from Piero Hincapie.
Great defensive positioning, stands his ground well in the centre of the box and gets the touch to clear it. Had a decision to make with one attacker in front of him and one behind, so he was right to stick in the middle to cut out the ball.
Postpublished at 51 mins
Atalanta 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen
Vital defending by Piero Hincapie as he diverts a cross behind with Charles De Ketelaere lurking for a tap in.
Atalanta have started the second half very well.
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Atalanta 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen
Ademola Lookman comes forward down the left. He gets into the box and tries to cross for Gianluca Scamacca but it is cut out.
Postpublished at 21:06 British Summer Time 22 May
Atalanta 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen
Ally McCoist
Former Rangers striker & manager on TNT SportsThe one thing that has been synonymous with this Leverkusen team is their ability to fight back and find goals. They desperately need some of that now.
Postpublished at 21:04 British Summer Time 22 May
Atalanta 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen
Emlyn Begley
BBC Sport at Aviva StadiumBayer Leverkusen have a proper focal point up front now with the arrival of top scorer Victor Boniface for Josip Stanisic.
Jeremie Frimpong will now have the freedom of the right side.
SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 47 mins
Atalanta 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen
There's also a change for Bayer Leverkusen as striker Victor Boniface is on for Josip Stanisic.
How will Atalanta's change affect them? Kolasinac had come out with the intention of playing but was hobbling soon after taking to the pitch.
Image source, Getty ImagesKICK-OFFpublished at 21:03 British Summer Time 22 May
Atalanta 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen
27 May 2023.
That is the last time Bayer Leverkusen tasted defeat. Will their unbeaten run come to an end tonight? Or will they fight back again?
We're back under way.
SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 21:02 British Summer Time 22 May
Atalanta 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen
Atalanta are making a change for the second half as Sead Kolasinac is replaced by Giorgio Scalvini.
'The moment you are stationary that's when you get killed'published at 20:58 British Summer Time 22 May
HT: Atalanta 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen
Peter Crouch
Ex-England striker on TNT Sports
Image source, Getty ImagesAtalanta suffocate you, they are so intense, they hunt you down and they are clinical. The moment you are stationary in the box as a defender that is when you get killed. Exequiel Palacios was in that position for the first goal, too slow to react and Ademola Lookman got to the cross first to score.
'Atalanta ruthless going forwards'published at 20:56 British Summer Time 22 May
HT: Atalanta 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen
Ally McCoist
Former Rangers striker & manager on TNT SportsAtalanta have earned it.
The way they have gone about it has been excellent. At times they have left themselves two versus two at the back because they are so confident in their own press.And they have been ruthless going forwards.
The manager will just have to tell them, 'Well done, just another 45 minutes of that please. Now go and get yourselves a cup of tea.'
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Time for Leverkusen to flip their own script and start playing like they've got nothing to lose... Forget the record. Forget the occasion. Forget the scoreline. Just go for it. They are kings of the comeback after all.
Ryan, Stroud
Postpublished at 20:51 British Summer Time 22 May
HT: Atalanta 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen
Emlyn Begley
BBC Sport at Aviva StadiumIs this one going to be known as the Ademola Lookman final?
Or do Bayer Leverkusen have one more legendary comeback left in them?
One thing is for sure, Atalanta fully deserve this lead. Wonderful first-half performance.
A big 15 minutes for Xabi Alonso ahead.
HALF-TIMEpublished at 20:48 British Summer Time 22 May
Atalanta 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen
The whistle goes for half-time.
As perfect a first half you will ever see from Atalanta.
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Atalanta 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen
Granit Xhaka has a pop from distance but his dipping effort goes wide.
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Atalanta won their first ever European final
Ademola Lookman scored a sensational hat-trick as Atalanta ended a 61-year trophy drought while devastating Bayer Leverkusen’s dream of an unbeaten season in the Europa League final at a boisterous Aviva Stadium.
Both sides brought a huge amount of support and colour to Dublin for what was Atalanta’s first European final and only Leverkusen’s third.
Xabi Alonso’s Leverkusen had not lost in 51 games this season and were only two matches from perfection.
But former Charlton Athletic winger Lookman had other ideas.
He placed the opening goal in the top corner from Davide Zappacosta’s cutback.
And his second would have lit up any European final, as he nutmegged Granit Xhaka before bending a fantastic shot into the bottom corner from 20 yards.
Lookman's third was equally as good, a step-over beating Edmond Tapsoba before he fired into the roof of the net.
Leverkusen, whose story has been filled with amazing, dramatic comebacks, could not fashion another this time.
Thanks to Gian Piero Gasperini’s tactical masterclass, a wonderful pressing game and Lookman, Atalanta now have a second trophy to add next to the 1963 Coppa Italia in their cabinet in Bergamo.
And it books them a place in next season’s Champions League, which was not yet guaranteed through Serie A.
The Lookman final
Ademola Lookman is the sixth player to score a hat-trick in a European final and the first since 1975
All eyes were on Dublin for Leverkusen’s unbeaten run - but Atalanta and Lookman were not worried about that.
Gasperini has transformed Atalanta, previously a yo-yo club, into European regulars since his 2016 arrival - but the one thing missing was a trophy.
Atalanta had lost all three Coppa Italia finals under Gasperini, including last week to Juventus.
They were fired up for the biggest game in their history and came flying out of the traps.
Zappacosta found space and his cutback was fired home by London-born Nigeria international Lookman, a 2022 signing from German side RB Leipzig.
Several figures from Atalanta’s bench ran onto the pitch to celebrate the goal, such was the importance of it.
The ex-Everton, Fulham and Leicester man doubled their lead - and they never really looked back.
It was the quickest two-goal lead a team have had in the tournament final since Liverpool against Alaves in 2001 when it was called the Uefa Cup.
And Lookman had one more great moment in store, as he bamboozled Tapsoba before netting only the sixth European final hat-trick.
The last was all the way back in the 1975 Uefa Cup final by Jupp Heynckes for Borussia Monchengladbach.
- Published22 May
- Published23 May
Leverkusen finally beaten
This is still a season that will live forever in the history of Bayer Leverkusen, who became the first team to go unbeaten in a Bundesliga season.
No European defeat can take that away from them. But the dream of the first unbeaten season by a team in European competition is over. For the first time in 361 days they tasted defeat.
Even at 2-0 down the stats still said they had hope. They had fallen two goals behind four times already this season and come back every time.
There were little moments, like Alex Grimaldo’s chip being saved and Xhaka missing the target - but not enough of them or with enough quality.
There was a video assistant referee check for a Leverkusen penalty in the final minute, which was not awarded, but the German side barely complained as they knew there was no coming back this time.
Alonso must now pick his team up quickly from one of the first setbacks of his managerial career. On Saturday, they have a German Cup final against second-tier Kaiserslautern in Berlin as they look to complete a domestic double.
Player of the match
Number: 11 A. Lookman
Average rating 9.07
Number: 11 A. Lookman
Average Rating: 9.07Number: 90 G. Scamacca
Average Rating: 7.72Number: 13 Éderson
Average Rating: 7.68Number: 7 T. Koopmeiners
Average Rating: 7.64Number: 22 M. Ruggeri
Average Rating: 7.44Number: 19 B. Djimsiti
Average Rating: 7.37Number: 42 G. Scalvini
Average Rating: 7.36Number: 8 M. Pašalić
Average Rating: 7.33Number: 23 S. Kolašinac
Average Rating: 7.32Number: 17 C. De Ketelaere
Average Rating: 7.30Number: 4 I. Hien
Average Rating: 7.30Number: 77 D. Zappacosta
Average Rating: 7.25Number: 10 E. Touré
Average Rating: 6.98Number: 1 J. Musso
Average Rating: 6.97Number: 33 H. Hateboer
Average Rating: 6.94Number: 2 R. Tolói
Average Rating: 6.90Number: 34 G. Xhaka
Average Rating: 5.68Number: 30 J. Frimpong
Average Rating: 5.60Number: 22 V. Boniface
Average Rating: 5.52Number: 10 F. Wirtz
Average Rating: 5.38Number: 12 E. Tapsoba
Average Rating: 5.15Number: 23 A. Hložek
Average Rating: 5.13Number: 20 Álex Grimaldo
Average Rating: 5.07Number: 25 E. Palacios
Average Rating: 5.05Number: 8 R. Andrich
Average Rating: 5.05Number: 2 J. Stanišić
Average Rating: 5.02Number: 21 A. Adli
Average Rating: 4.97Number: 4 J. Tah
Average Rating: 4.96Number: 19 N. Tella
Average Rating: 4.95Number: 3 P. Hincapié
Average Rating: 4.90Number: 17 M. Kovář
Average Rating: 4.86Number: 14 P. Schick
Average Rating: 4.75After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users.
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Match Participants:
Match Participants:
Group A
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
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| 2 | Freiburg | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 12 |
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| 3 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 7 |
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| 4 | TSC | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 19 | -13 | 1 |
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Group B
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
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| 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 11 |
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| 3 | Ajax | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 5 |
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| 4 | AEK Athens | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 4 |
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Group C
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
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| 2 | Sparta Prague | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 10 |
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| 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
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| 4 | Aris Limassol | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 4 |
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- Atalanta, Position 1, Points 14
Group D
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 14 |
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| 2 | Sporting CP | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
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| 3 | Sturm Graz | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 4 |
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| 4 | Raków Częstochowa | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 4 |
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Group E
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 12 |
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| 2 | Toulouse | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 11 |
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| 3 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
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| 4 | LASK | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 3 |
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Group F
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 13 |
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| 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 12 |
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| 3 | Maccabi Haifa | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 5 |
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| 4 | Panathinaikos | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 4 |
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Group G
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | Slavia Prague | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 15 |
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| 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 13 |
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| 3 | Servette | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | -9 | 5 |
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| 4 | Sheriff | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 17 | -12 | 1 |
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- Bayer Leverkusen, Position 1, Points 18
Group H
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 16 | 18 |
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| 2 | Qarabağ | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 10 |
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| 3 | Molde | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 7 |
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| 4 | Häcken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 17 | -14 | 0 |
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Key
- Position 1 : 8th Finals
- Position 2 : Play-off
- Position 3 : UEFA Conference League Play-offs
Team Lineups
home team, Atalanta
Manager: Gian Piero Gasperini
Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1
Pitch Formation
1, Musso, Goalkeeper
19, Djimsiti, Defender
4, Hien, Defender
23, Kolasinac, Defender
77, Zappacosta, Midfielder
13, Éderson, Midfielder
7, Koopmeiners, Midfielder
22, Ruggeri, Midfielder
17, De Ketelaere, Attacking Midfielder
11, Lookman, Attacking Midfielder
90, Scamacca, Striker
Starting lineup
- Number 1, J. Musso
- Number 23, S. Kolašinac , substituted for G. Scalvini at 46 minutes
- Number 4, I. Hien
- Number 19, B. Djimsiti , Captain, Yellow Card at 22 minutes
- Number 22, M. Ruggeri , substituted for R. Tolói at 91 minutes
- Number 7, T. Koopmeiners , Yellow Card at 70 minutes
- Number 13, Éderson
- Number 77, D. Zappacosta , Yellow Card at 60 minutes, substituted for H. Hateboer at 84 minutes
- Number 11, A. Lookman
- Number 17, C. De Ketelaere , substituted for M. Pašalić at 57 minutes
- Number 90, G. Scamacca , Yellow Card at 35 minutes, substituted for E. Touré at 84 minutes
Substitutes
home team, Atalanta
- Number 25, M. Adopo
- Number 20, M. Bakker
- Number 29, M. Carnesecchi
- Number 33, H. Hateboer
- Number 3, E. Holm
- Number 59, A. Miranchuk
- Number 8, M. Pašalić
- Number 31, F. Rossi
- Number 42, G. Scalvini
- Number 2, R. Tolói
- Number 10, E. Touré
- Number 15, M. de Roon
away team, Bayer Leverkusen
Manager: Xabi Alonso
Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1
Pitch Formation
17, Kovár, Goalkeeper
12, Tapsoba, Defender
4, Tah, Defender
3, Hincapié, Defender
2, Stanisic, Midfielder
25, Palacios, Midfielder
34, Xhaka, Midfielder
20, Grimaldo, Midfielder
30, Frimpong, Attacking Midfielder
10, Wirtz, Attacking Midfielder
21, Adli, Striker
Starting lineup
- Number 17, M. Kovář
- Number 3, P. Hincapié
- Number 4, J. Tah , Captain
- Number 12, E. Tapsoba , Yellow Card at 67 minutes
- Number 20, Álex Grimaldo , substituted for A. Hložek at 69 minutes
- Number 34, G. Xhaka
- Number 25, E. Palacios , substituted for R. Andrich at 68 minutes
- Number 2, J. Stanišić , substituted for V. Boniface at 46 minutes
- Number 10, F. Wirtz , Yellow Card at 35 minutes, substituted for P. Schick at 81 minutes
- Number 30, J. Frimpong , substituted for N. Tella at 81 minutes
- Number 21, A. Adli
away team, Bayer Leverkusen
- Number 8, R. Andrich , Yellow Card at 73 minutes
- Number 23, A. Hložek
- Number 7, J. Hofmann
- Number 1, L. Hrádecký
- Number 9, Borja Iglesias
- Number 6, O. Kossounou
- Number 36, N. Lomb
- Number 22, V. Boniface
- Number 32, G. Puerta
- Number 14, P. Schick
- Number 19, N. Tella
- Number 13, Arthur
home team, Atalanta
Manager: Gian Piero Gasperini
Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1
Pitch Formation
1, Musso, Goalkeeper
19, Djimsiti, Defender
4, Hien, Defender
23, Kolasinac, Defender
77, Zappacosta, Midfielder
13, Éderson, Midfielder
7, Koopmeiners, Midfielder
22, Ruggeri, Midfielder
17, De Ketelaere, Attacking Midfielder
11, Lookman, Attacking Midfielder
90, Scamacca, Striker
Starting lineup
- Number 1, J. Musso
- Number 23, S. Kolašinac , substituted for G. Scalvini at 46 minutes
- Number 4, I. Hien
- Number 19, B. Djimsiti , Captain, Yellow Card at 22 minutes
- Number 22, M. Ruggeri , substituted for R. Tolói at 91 minutes
- Number 7, T. Koopmeiners , Yellow Card at 70 minutes
- Number 13, Éderson
- Number 77, D. Zappacosta , Yellow Card at 60 minutes, substituted for H. Hateboer at 84 minutes
- Number 11, A. Lookman
- Number 17, C. De Ketelaere , substituted for M. Pašalić at 57 minutes
- Number 90, G. Scamacca , Yellow Card at 35 minutes, substituted for E. Touré at 84 minutes
Substitutes
- Number 25, M. Adopo
- Number 20, M. Bakker
- Number 29, M. Carnesecchi
- Number 33, H. Hateboer
- Number 3, E. Holm
- Number 59, A. Miranchuk
- Number 8, M. Pašalić
- Number 31, F. Rossi
- Number 42, G. Scalvini
- Number 2, R. Tolói
- Number 10, E. Touré
- Number 15, M. de Roon
away team, Bayer Leverkusen
Manager: Xabi Alonso
Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1
Pitch Formation
17, Kovár, Goalkeeper
12, Tapsoba, Defender
4, Tah, Defender
3, Hincapié, Defender
2, Stanisic, Midfielder
25, Palacios, Midfielder
34, Xhaka, Midfielder
20, Grimaldo, Midfielder
30, Frimpong, Attacking Midfielder
10, Wirtz, Attacking Midfielder
21, Adli, Striker
Starting lineup
- Number 17, M. Kovář
- Number 3, P. Hincapié
- Number 4, J. Tah , Captain
- Number 12, E. Tapsoba , Yellow Card at 67 minutes
- Number 20, Álex Grimaldo , substituted for A. Hložek at 69 minutes
- Number 34, G. Xhaka
- Number 25, E. Palacios , substituted for R. Andrich at 68 minutes
- Number 2, J. Stanišić , substituted for V. Boniface at 46 minutes
- Number 10, F. Wirtz , Yellow Card at 35 minutes, substituted for P. Schick at 81 minutes
- Number 30, J. Frimpong , substituted for N. Tella at 81 minutes
- Number 21, A. Adli
Substitutes
- Number 8, R. Andrich , Yellow Card at 73 minutes
- Number 23, A. Hložek
- Number 7, J. Hofmann
- Number 1, L. Hrádecký
- Number 9, Borja Iglesias
- Number 6, O. Kossounou
- Number 36, N. Lomb
- Number 22, V. Boniface
- Number 32, G. Puerta
- Number 14, P. Schick
- Number 19, N. Tella
- Number 13, Arthur
- Referee:
- István Kovács
- Video Assistant Referee:
- Pol van Boekel
- Assistant Referee 1:
- Vasile Marinescu
- Assistant Referee 2:
- Ovidiu Artene
- Fourth Official:
- Ivan Kruzliak
- Assistant VAR Official:
- Catalin Popa
Match Officials
Match Stats
Key, Atalanta v LeverkusenOverall Possession
Shots
Atalanta 10Bayer Leverkusen 10Shots on target
Atalanta 7Bayer Leverkusen 3Shots off target
Atalanta 2Bayer Leverkusen 4Blocked shots
Atalanta 1Bayer Leverkusen 3Total touches in the box
Atalanta 14Bayer Leverkusen 15Goalkeeper saves
Atalanta 3Bayer Leverkusen 4Fouls
Atalanta 21Bayer Leverkusen 12Corners
Atalanta 2Bayer Leverkusen 5Season so far
UEFA Europa League
Key, Atalanta v Leverkusen
Form guide
All competitions
Atalanta won
v Lecce
0
2
Serie A
Bayer Leverkusen won
v Augsburg
2
1
Bundesliga
Atalanta lose
v Juventus
0
1
Coppa Italia
Bayer Leverkusen won
v Bochum
0
5
Bundesliga
Atalanta won
v Roma
2
1
Serie A
Bayer Leverkusen draw
v Roma
2
2
UEFA Europa League
Atalanta won
v Olympique Marseille
3
0
UEFA Europa League
Bayer Leverkusen won
v Eintracht Frankfurt
1
5
Bundesliga
Atalanta won
v Salernitana
1
2
Serie A
Bayer Leverkusen won
v Roma
0
2
UEFA Europa League
Previous meetings
All competitions
Atalanta and Bayer LeverkusenAtalanta Won 2Bayer Leverkusen Won 0Draw 0
Played
2
Previous scores
All competitions
UEFA Europa League
Bayer Leverkusen 0 , Atalanta 1 on the 17th of March 2022
Bayer Leverkusen
Atalanta
17th of March 2022
Atalanta 3 , Bayer Leverkusen 2 on the 10th of March 2022
Atalanta
Bayer Leverkusen
10th of March 2022
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Match Facts
Bayer Leverkusen have faced Atalanta twice in European competition, with the Italian side winning both legs of a 2021-22 UEFA Europa League last 16 tie. Bayer have only faced Internazionale more often while losing every game in major European competition (three defeats in three games).
This is the eighth major European final between a German side and Italian side and first since the 2010 UEFA Champions League final, won 2-0 by Inter against Bayern Munich. In the UEFA Cup/Europa League, it’s the first since 1997 when FC Schalke 04 were crowned champions over two legs against Inter via a penalty shootout.
Bayer Leverkusen have reached their third UEFA European final, also featuring in the two-legged 1988 UEFA Cup final against Espanyol (lost 0-3 first leg, won 3-0 second leg, won on pens) and 2002 UEFA Champions League final against Real Madrid (lost 2-1).
This will be Atalanta’s first ever European final, becoming the 11th different Italian team to reach a final and first to do so for a first time since Lazio in the 1998 UEFA Cup (lost 3-0 to Inter). This will be 60 years and 261 days since their first European game in September 1963, the longest wait for a side to play in their first a European final from their first game, a record which will be eclipsed in one week by Olympiakos (64 years, 259 days – 1959-2024).
Bayer Leverkusen are unbeaten in all 12 UEFA Europa League games this season (W9 D3) and are looking to become the fourth side to win the trophy unbeaten, along with Chelsea in 2018-19, Villarreal in 2020-21 and Eintracht Frankfurt in 2021-22, the latter two of which did so in a penalty shootout in the final.
Atalanta are looking to become the first Italian side to win the UEFA Europa League, with the trophy only ever being won by sides from Spain, Portugal, England or Germany previously. The last Italian team to win the UEFA Cup was Parma in a 3-0 win over Marseille in 1999.
Bayer Leverkusen have completed 6,622 passes in this season’s UEFA Europa League, the most by a side in one campaign since Sevilla in 2019-20 (6,971). Their passing accuracy of 89.5% is the second best on record (behind Nice in 2017-18, 90%) while their ratio of 94.3% short passes is the highest by a team in a Europa League season.
Atalanta have only faced 2.8 shots on target per game in the UEFA Europa League this season, the lowest ratio of any side in the competition this season; their final opponents Bayer Leverkusen have been averaging 7.2 shots on target per game in 2023-24.
Bayer Leverkusen have had 232 shots in the UEFA Europa League this season, the most by a team in one season since Chelsea in 2018-19 (247). They’ve had 30+ shots in three different matches this season, something that had only been achieved more than once in a season by one team previously (Marseille in 2015-16, twice).
Six of Bayer Leverkusen’s 31 UEFA Europa League goals this season have been scored in the 90th minute of matches – it’s the most 90th minute goals a side has scored in a single major European season.
Dublin’s Aviva Stadium will become the first venue to host more than one UEFA Europa League final, having played host to the 2011 final which was won 1-0 by FC Porto against Sporting Braga thanks to a goal from Radamel Falcao.
Bayer Leverkusen manager Xabi Alonso played in both the 2005 and 2007 UEFA Champions League finals for Liverpool. He is the fourth person to both play in and manage a major European final this century, along with Zinedine Zidane (played in 2002 CL final, managed in 2016, 2017, 2018 CL finals), Antonio Conte (played in 2003 CL final, managed in 2020 EL final) and Giovanni van Bronckhorst (played in 2006 CL final, managed in 2022 EL final).
Bayer Leverkusen’s Florian Wirtz has been involved in eight goals in the UEFA Europa League this season (4 goals, 4 assists), the most of any Bayer player. He has created 28 chances in open play, a tally only five players can better in a Europa League campaign, most recently Amin Younes for Ajax in 2016-17 (30).
Atalanta's Gianluca Scamacca has scored six UEFA Europa League goals this season. Only two Italian players have scored more in a single campaign: Giuseppe Rossi in 2010-11 for Villarreal (10) and Ciro Immobile in 2017-18 for Lazio (8).
At the age of 66 years and 117 days on the day of this game, Atalanta manager Gian Piero Gasperini will be the oldest manager to take charge of his first ever major European final and oldest overall since Jupp Heynckes in the 2013 UEFA Champions League final (68 years, 16 days). His counterpart Xabi Alonso, at 42 years and 179 days, will be the youngest to manage in a European final since Roberto Di Matteo in the 2012 UEFA Champions League final (41 years, 356 days), which was against Heynckes.