High pressing vs. tiki-taka 2-0
Europa League Final | Atalanta vs Leverkusen | Match thread
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) was joined by comedian Ali Woods to look back at the best and worst moments of a rollercoaster season with the annual United Hour Awards.
Has Ten Hag been sacked yet? We're not sure and we hope not, but it's looking more likely as the days pass.
Who should replace him and why is it taking so long to make a decision?
From about 800 shots probably.
This being the first Leverkusen match I've seen all season:
German football is turd?
German football is turd?
Bargain bin pep vs klopp
One of the best leagues in recent years to be honest.
Just one of those redcafe-things.
Absolutely, bit mad that they could have 9 teams in europe next season
I'm smarter than Xabi Alonso. Maybe I should try my hand at this "football manager" malarkey
Time to burst Alonso's bubble?
I really enjoy watching this Atalanta midfield. Triffic engines on all of them.
Impressed by Scamacca's first half. Proper CF forward play
The problem with German football is that it’s full of Germans.
Probably from one of his biggest games of his career. A CL final against Chelsea where he dropped his DM. Where as every other game he played. He could and should have 2 CL now with city
Wirtz looks like some human rodent.
Alonso not putting a striker has just let Atalanta press them high up the park with no outlet.
This is like when Pep used to do mental line ups in big games and f*ck it.
This is like when Pep used to do mental line ups in big games and f*ck it.
I’d be very surprised if it was full of English.
Deffo a Cafe-dm, that every league bar the Prem is shite.
They have one in Schick. But Alonso has gone in ‘Pep the overthinker’ mode and left him out.
Alonso overthinking this and it's costing him. There is zero presence in the center and Atalanta are eating up any balls forward. Really need to get either Schick or Boniface in there and Hofmann.
Alonso has rode his luck all season with those comebacks and it's made him arrogant. It's similar to the overthinking Pep used to in his early days at City.
Alonso has rode his luck all season with those comebacks and it's made him arrogant. It's similar to the overthinking Pep used to in his early days at City.
Atalanta have been immense
*points at the sign*
Xabi doesn't just want to win, he wants to win in style. This is nothing new.
Seems like it. Pep did something crazy like this but with a different player in Rodri in a CL final
I'm tired, so i don't feel like overthinking much right now.
Atalanta are a good team.
Showoff
Prefer it to La Liga now.
Splinter
1 bad half from Leverkusen and people have already started to say that their 51-games undefeated streak is extremely overrated 
There it is again.
24 wins in 27 finals for Pep tells me that the overthinking Pep thing is a myth.
If he is overthinking with a record better than anyone else, then everyone else must be overthinking as much, or more than he does.
It did take an englishman to break Bavaria's hegemony
Really enjoying the first half as a neutral, neither of them got my sympathy but at least they play football and avoiding to try be divas. We can talk about the quality but it's been a while I saw a match so open in the EL. The second half should be crazy if both of them keep this way of playing, almost no tactics at all I would say. Lovely
Gundogan in a midfield three. Left out Fernandinho who would have started over Rodri back then, who was also left out.
Gasperini is very underrated, he has done an amazing job with atalanta, not just in terms of achieving ucl and europa league football for atalanta but even the style of football his side plays, it was only a few seasons back that they were right up there as the most exciting attacking sides in europe
I mean, the entire season will be just mediocre if they lose today. Which is why they won't.1 bad half from Leverkusen and people have already started to say that their 51-games undefeated streak is extremely overrated
it'll be tough for atalanta to keep up this same level of defensive pressure for a full 90
Terrific performance from Atalanta so far. I watched them a few times including in the europa league semis and I'm not surprised they're doing well tonight.
Leverkusen can't be counted out though. Alonso needs to make tactical changes.
Leverkusen can't be counted out though. Alonso needs to make tactical changes.
I think it's actually a case of Atalanta having made Leverkusen look shaky and nervous and it got to them. It's a case of Atalanta having been great. Leverkusen have buckled because Atalanta made them buckle.
People not giving Atalanta enough credit. Don't like this narrative that Leverkusen have 'messed it up'
Atalanta have been fantastic.
Atalanta have been fantastic.
I think the issue is that one time when everyone understandably wondered what the feck was he thinking.