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Tonight an Italian team has the chance to steal the scepter from Parma after 25 years. L’Atalanta Of Gasperini in fact they will face Bayer Leverkusen in the final of Europa League. As everyone knows by now, the last Italian team to lift the trophy was Parma Calcio, on 12 May 1999, in the sky of Moscow. The match against Marseille ended 3-0, the coach was on the bench Alberto Malesani, interviewed by the Gazzetta dello Sport, on newsstands today: “After 25 years of glory it’s time to pass the baton, tonight we support Gasperini’s Atalanta. Against Leverkusen a very difficult match, tactically unpredictable. The Germans haven’t lost in forever but if Gasperini’s boys are there in the evening they can provide great emotions.
Bergamo is a provincial city like Parma, behind it there is a solid and organized society and then there is the game; we, like the Goddess, wanted to achieve the result through the show. In 100 days we won the Italian Cup, the UEFA Cup and the Italian Super Cup. We didn’t reach the championship but with the right additions in the following years it could have opened a fairytale cycle. That Parma was programmed like a computer, we played by heart. So all the way ahead at Atalanta, after 25 years it could be the right time.”
