‘Ruckman hat trick’ 3-0 win Leverkusen ends in 51 games

Atalanta (Italy) stopped Leverkusen (Germany)’s undefeated streak and rose to the top of the UEFA Europa League.

Atalanta won the ‘2023-2024 UEFA Europa League Final‘ held at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland on the 23rd (Korean time) with a 3-0 win over Leverkusen.

It has been 61 years since Atalanta, who had never won the Serie A title in Italian professional soccer, reached the top since the Coppa Italia (Italian Cup) in the 1962-1963 season.

They also reached the final of the Europa League for the first time and won the championship. It is also the club’s first European club competition.

On the other hand, Leverkusen’s undefeated streak ended at 51 games (42 wins, 9 draws).

Leverkusen, which achieved the first undefeated championship (28 wins, 6 draws) in the German Bundesliga this season, challenged the ‘undefeated treble’ (triple crowns) in the Europa League and German Football Association (DFB) Pokal.

However, as they missed out on winning the Europa League that day, their undefeated record and treble failed. Leverkusen is aiming for a season double (two crowns) in the DFB Pokal against Kaiserslautern on the 26th. It was goal scorer Ademola Lukman who led Atalanta to the championship. He was responsible for three goals alone, becoming only the sixth player in history to score a hat-trick in a European final. Lukeman scored the first goal in the 12th minute of the first half and additional goals in the 26th minute of the first half and the 30th minute of the second half. 섯다