The Italian membership gained the Europa League on Wednesday night in opposition to the German champion, who had by no means misplaced this season (3-0).
We needed to wait till the penultimate match of the season for it to occur: Bayer Leverkusen lastly fell. Undefeated thus far this season, Xavi’s group misplaced an important match of the 12 months: the Europa League remaining on the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.
And for the unthinkable to occur, Bergamo striker Ademola Lookman needed to put up a monstrous match: writer of a hat-trick, together with two objectives within the first 25 minutes, he allowed his membership to win the primary cup of Europe in its historical past.
For the German membership, writer of an unbelievable season, this time there was no miracle. Bayer, overwhelmed, was unable to get again on observe and reverse the course of a match because it has executed so many occasions this season. Earlier than the ultimate of the Champions League on June 2, and that of the Convention League on Might 29, Bergamo is due to this fact the primary European champion of the season.