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Bayer Leverkusen have little time to lick their wounds after their dream of a title treble and a historic unbeaten season went up in smoke. Leverkusen must quickly turn their attention to Saturday's German Cup final in Berlin against second division Kaiserslautern right after Wednesday's painful 3-0 battering by Italy's Atalanta in the Europa League final. Coach Xabi Alonso said that "we must now use this pain in a positive way" to be successful in the final game of a remarkable campaign. "It's quite exceptional what we have achieved and we have to be proud. We will learn. It's going to be a c...
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Ademola Lookman scored a hat-trick as Atalanta destroyed Bayer Leverkusen's Invincibles 3-0 in the Europa League final on Wednesday to end a 61-year title drought with a maiden continental trophy. Man of the Match Lookman opened the scoring in the 12th minute, hit again in the 26th, and wrapped up matters in the 75th minute in the Dublin Arena as the Bergamo side handed Bundesliga champions Leverkusen a first season defeat in the 52nd match across all competitions. It was another tactical masterclass from Gian Piero Gasperini' high pressing side, on par with their famous 3-0 win at Anfield in ...
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Ademola Lookman scored a hat-trick Atalanta defeated Bayer Leverkusen's Invincibles 3-0 in the Europa League final on Wednesday to end a 61-year title drought with a maiden continental trophy. Nigeria's Lookman opened the scoring in the 12th minute, hit again in the 26th, and wrapped up matters in the 75th minute in the Dublin Arena as the Bergamo side handed Bundesliga champions Leverkusen a first season defeat in the 52nd match across all competitions. It was another tactical masterclass from Gian Piero Gasperini' high pressing side, on par with their famous 3-0 win at Anfield in April en ro...
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Atalanta defeated Bayer Leverkusen's Invincibles 3-0 in the Europa League final to end a 61-year title drought with a maiden continental trophy. Ademola Lookman scored a 12th, 26th and 75th minute hat-trick in the Dublin Arena as the Bergamo side handed Bundesliga champions Leverkusen a first season defeat in the 52nd match across all competitions. It gave Atalanta a first trophy since Coppa Italia success in 1963, and Italy a first title in Europe's second tier event in 25 years, since Parma won in 1999, then the UEFA Cup. Success came a week after Atalanta lost the Italian Cup final against ...
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Unbeaten Bayer Leverkusen are playing "a season of the century" which may never be repeated, the board spokesman of Bundesliga rivals Eintracht Frankfurt, Axel Hellmann has said. German champions Leverkusen on Saturday became the first team to go through a Bundesliga season without defeat. If they also beat Atalanta in the Europa League final later on Wednesday, and Kaiserslautern in the German Cup final on Saturday, they will become the first European team to go unbeaten in all competitions in a season since continental matches started in the 1950s. Their unbeaten season run of 51 matches is ...
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Florian Wirtz is fully fit again as Bayer Leverkusen left for Dublin on Tuesday with the aim to complete an extraordinary unbeaten season with a title treble in two upcoming finals. Bundesliga champions Leverkusen face Italy's Atalanta in the Europa League decider in Ireland on Wednesday and then travel to Berlin to contest the German Cup final against Kaiserslautern on Saturday. Leverkusen have not lost in their 51 season games across all competitions, and if they also avoid defeat in the last two games will become the first European team to to unbeaten over a full season since continental ma...
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Bayer Leverkusen's Bundesliga Invincibles started training for their final two tasks of the season on Monday while sporting director Simon Rolfes is busy planning the future. Leverkusen are the first team to go through an entire Bundesliga season without a defeat for their maiden league title, and they are also yet to lose in the Europa League and the German Cup, where they face Atalanta on Wednesday and Kaiserslautern on Saturday in the finals. The Atalanta match in Dublin will be Leverkusen's third European final, having won the Europa League under its previous name UEFA Cup in 1988 against ...
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Bayer Leverkusen's Bundesliga Invincibles started preparing for their final two tasks of the season on Monday while sporting director Simon Rolfes was busy planning the future. Leverkusen are the first team to go through an entire Bundesliga season without a defeat, and they are also yet to lose in the Europa League and the German Cup, where they face Italy's Atalanta on Wednesday and Kaiserslautern on Saturday in the finals. No European team has ever gone through a season unbeaten in all competitions since continental matches were introduced in the mid-1950s. Leverkusen's unbeaten run stands ...
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Bayer Leverkusen set a European record of 49 games unbeaten with yet another late, late goal and vowed they would not let up as they pursue a treble and an unprecedented unbeaten season in all competitions. Josip Stanišić scored after 97 minutes in the 2-2 draw at home with Rome on Thursday which sealed a 4-2 aggregate win and a spot in the Europa League final against Italy's Atalanta. The late leveller, the latest in a string of recent injury-time levellers from the recently crowned Bundesliga champions, also meant Leverkusen beat Benfica's 1965 record of 48 games unbeaten for sides playing d...
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Roma coach Daniele De Rossi predicted a tricky task for Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League final against Atalanta on May 22. Leverkusen beat Roma 4-2 on aggregate in the semi-finals after a late 2-2 draw in the home leg on Thursday. Italy's Atalanta defeated Marseille to reach their first ever European final. "I think if there's one team that can match Leverkusen in terms of physicality, structure and attitude, then it's Gasperini's Atalanta," De Rossi told reporters. "They have a technical and tactical structure, but also a physical strength that will definitely cause Bayer problems." Leve...
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