UEFA Cup

Italian referee announced for Servette vs Chelsea UECL 2nd Leg Playoff Clash

UEFA have officially announced Marco di Bello as the referee for the Servette v Chelsea Conference League Playoff (2nd Leg) clash on Thursday. The 43-year-old Di Bello will have fellow Italians Alessandro Giallatini and Giovanni Baccini as his assistant refs, with Luca Zufferli as the fourth referee and Gianluca Aureliano on VAR duty. Chelsea lead 2-0 from the first leg.

While Di Bello has never previously refereed a Chelsea or Servette game as the main ref, he was on VAR duty when Servette drew 0-0 with Ludogorets in the UECL last season (February 2024)

The last UEFA game Di Bello refereed before this Chelsea clash with a 4-3 away win for Malmo at PAOK in the qualifying rounds of the Champions League earlier this month.

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Lookman gets a 10/10 from L’Equipe- Newspaper player ratings Atalanta vs Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 UEL Final 2024

Atalanta forward Ademola Lookman joined the rare group of players to get a 10/10 rating from L’Equipe as his hat trick helped the Italian side beat Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 in the Europa League final in Dublin.

L’Equipe player ratings Atalanta Bayer Leverkusen UEL final

Lookman got a 10/10- the best on either side, while Granit Xhaka got a 2/10 player rating from the French paper.

A 9/10 manager rating for Gasperini while his opposite number Xabi Alonso got a 4/10. This was the first time Leverkusen had been beaten in any competition in the 23/24 season.

Atalanta vs Leverkusen 2024 L'Equipe player ratings

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xG Atalanta Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 Europa League Final 2024 Dublin Aviva Attendance 47,135 | Expected Goals Stats

Lookman UEL Final

Here is a look at the xG (expected goals) stats from Atalanta vs Bayer Leverkusen (Crowd attendance of 47,135 on May 22, 2024). A stunning 3-0 win for Atalanta- Leverkusen suffered their first defeat of 23/24 in the process.

Atalanta completely shut Leverkusen out, and that’s reflected in the xG. Ademola Lookman also got a perfect 10 rating from L’Equipe for his UEL final performance.

xG Atalanta 0.82-0.43 Leverkusen shots map

1-0 Lookman first goal vs Bayer Leverkusen xG 0.33
2-0 Lookman second goal vs Leverkusen xG 0.05
3-0 Lookman third goal vs Leverkusen xG 0.08

xG Atalanta vs Bayer Leverkusen 2024

Time of shots for both teams (ten shots each)

Atalanta: 8′, 12′ (goal), 19′, 26′ (goal), 32′, 43′, 75′ (goal), 79′, 81′, 85′

Bayer Leverkusen: 19′, 29′, 35′, 45+1′, 59′, 80′, 82′, 83′, 90+2′, 90+4′

Atalanta vs Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 Match Stats for comparison

7 of Atalanta’s 10 shots were on target, but only 3 of Leverkusen’s 10 were.

(ATA match stats on left; BAY 04 match stats on right)

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