May 22nd will forever be a day of celebration in Bergamo. On a magical evening, in Dublin, Atalanta beat Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 in the Europa League final and for the first time in history he lifts a European cup. (Facebook photo – UEFA Europa League)
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The celebrations for Atalanta’s victory in the Europa League 4 out of 5
A deserved triumph for Gianpiero Gasperini’s boys who played a perfect match, annihilated a team that won the German Bundesliga a few weeks ago and had not lost in 50 games in all competitions.
An excellent team performance for the Nerazzurri but the one who shines more than the others can only be the Anglo-Nigerian Ademola Lookman who scored a hat-trick as a true champion with three goals as beautiful as they are important and which will remain forever in the memory of the city of Bergamo.
And the party started right in Bergamo, which will go on for a long time – rightly so – to celebrate a historic milestone that rewards the club’s programming. There Percassi family for years he has been building, step by step, a company capable of growing more every year, becoming a virtuous model on the national and international scene, and which in the next few years he will try to put on the board – which before tonight only had one Italian Cup – other prestigious results at home and around the world.
And the victory of the Dea in the Europa League also has an important impact on all of Italian football: in the 2024-2025 season, in fact, there will be 6 teams from the Bel Paese at the starting line of the Champions League.
