2024-05-22 08:55:43
“The door to the bowl is open, allow us to in.”
With these phrases and towards the background of a map that exhibits the way in which from Germany to Eire, the place the Europa League closing will happen, the invincibles from “Bayer” (Leverkusen) left for Dublin. Tonight at 10.00 p.m. Xabi Alonso’s aspect, who’re unbeaten in 51 consecutive video games this season, tackle Italian aspect Atalanta in a battle for honours. Thus far in the course of the marketing campaign, the stability of “Bayer” is 42 wins and 9 attracts. The staff from Leverkusen can file a historic treble within the historical past of its existence. “Bayer” has already received the championship, and on Saturday they go to the ultimate for the nation’s cup, the place the opponent is the second division “Kaiserslautern”.
“The entire season is tough as a result of once you’re 51 video games unbeaten the main focus is normally solely on the nice issues. However in my view, it was not as simple because it appeared, as a result of we had halves through which we didn’t play so nicely and we had been down within the sport”, mentioned one of many stars of the German staff, Granit Xhaka, earlier than the match with Atalanta.
The Italian staff has by no means received a trophy from European tournaments in its historical past. “Atalanta” has just one distinction – the Italian Cup. It was received 61 years in the past, after they beat Torino within the closing. For its half, the brand new champion of Germany has a trophy from the predecessor of the Europa League – the UEFA Cup. Within the 1988/89 season, the Aspirins beat Espanyol within the closing.
In historical past, the rivals within the closing have performed 2 video games towards one another, and the attention-grabbing factor is that the clashes had been received by “Atalanta”. The Italians triumphed 3:2 within the 1/16-final match of the Europa League in 2022. The staff from Bergamo additionally received the second leg in Germany with 1:0. (24 cups)