Atalanta’s road to the C2 Cup final: Overwhelming victories
Atalanta won a place in the Europa League final after defeating Marseille on May 9.
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Atalanta reaching the Dublin final, where they will face Bayer Leverkusen, at the end of May is completely deserved after an impressive performance.
In the group stage, Atalanta was in the same group as Sporting, they led and the Portuguese team ranked 2nd overall.
At home at Anfield, attacking a lot but not scoring a goal had Liverpool pay a heavy price.
In the second half, Liverpool had to concede another goal in the 60th minute. De Ketelaere stretched smoothly so Scamacca could comfortably place his left foot to defeat goalkeeper Kelleher for the second time. In the 83rd minute, Atalanta attacked in the middle.
The return match took place with an exciting situation. In the 7th minute, Liverpool received a penalty and Mohamed Salah successfully scored on the penalty spot, opening the score for the match.
Liverpool reluctantly left the tournament after a disastrous performance against Atalanta
After that, with the double attack, Atalanta had many opportunities to put pressure on the goal, when the Liverpool defense made dangerous mistakes and lost the ball.
The two clubs ended with a final score after 2 matches of 3-1 in favor of the team from Italy.
In the second leg of the semi-finals, Atalanta dominated in the 30th minute when Lookman gave Atalanta the lead.
Atalanta entered the Europa League final to the joy of fans
The away team from Marseille now had more clear shots. The French team continuously put Atalanta’s goal on alert, but Marseille was completely helpless against the steadfastness of the home team.
Unable to find a goal, the away team also had to pay the price with Bilah Toure’s match-ending goal on Atalanta’s side, thereby setting the score 3-0, and the score after two matches was 4-1 in favor of Atalanta.
Lookman
The Nigerian international played prominently with important goals
The 26-year-old has performed well with teammates such as Scamacca and Teun Koopmeiners.
Gianluca Scamacca
Gianluca Scamacca scored a memorable double against Liverpool
After Gianluca Scamacca left West Ham and came to Atalanta, he found his identity.