Xabi Alonso, who suffered an unexpected blow from his rival Gian Piero Gasperini, did not hesitate to accept his defeat even though he was stronger.
Atalanta beat Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 in the Europa League final with Lookman scoring a historic hat-trick. "Atalanta was better than us Xabi Alonso, who suffered an unexpected blow from his rival Gian Piero Gasperini, did not hesitate to accept his defeat even though he was stronger.
Atalanta beat Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 in the Europa League final with Lookman scoring a historic hat-trick. "Atalanta was better than us.
We couldn't play the way we wanted, after the first goal, Atalanta got more energy. We were not ready for the one-to-one chase, but we didn't win, said Alonso. "It was not our day. It's a shame that this happened to us in a final, there's nothing else we can do but accept it. It's our first defeat, it's new to us, but life must go on
Atalanta broke Bayer Leverkusen's unbeaten record of 51 games and prevented them from claiming the treble while Leverkusen are also in the final of the German Cup after winning the Bundesliga.
Alonso blamed the mistakes that happened last night that caused his team to be stripped of the trophy: "After the game I will evaluate what happened, there were some mistakes including mine. We failed in many matches, our tactics didn't work, but we look back and learn from our mistakes."
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