Atalanta are Europa League champions after a stunning 3-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen in Dublin.
Dublin and Bergamo, two cities brought together by cheap Ryanair flights, are now tied forever by something much more powerful than a budget airline.
“Memories of Mechelen are told to every child,” read a giant banner ahead of the Marseille game, referring to their Belgian last-four opponents in ‘88.If they were still celebrating a European semi-final appearance almost 40 years later in Bergamo, how many generations will be regaled with tales of their trip to the Irish capital?
But Irish footballing romantics who might have been tilting towards Alonso’s brilliant German outfit were surely won over by the Italians’ display of heart and energy.Take Lookman, for example, the first player to score a hat-trick in a UEFA Cup or Europa League final since Jupp Heynckes. He skipped past Granit Xhaka as if the Arsenal man wasn’t there and curled the ball low inside the right hand upright from the edge of the area.
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