Atalanta manager Gian Piero Gasperini has downplayed his team's chance of winning the Serie A and UEFA Champions League titles this season, Afrosport reports. The Italian tactician led La Dea to their first-ever European title by winning the Europa League last season, courtesy of Ademola Lookman's historic hat-trick. The Bergamo outfit have started the 2024-25 season strongly as they are just three points from the summit of...
Atalanta manager Gian Piero Gasperini has made known his choice for this year’s Ballon d’Or award, Afrosport reports. The 66-year-old Italian is backing Nigerian forward Ademola Lookman to win the honours following his breathtaking performances from last season. Lookman, who is the only African footballer nominated for the 2024 Ballon d’Or award, helped the Nigerian national team, the Super Eagles, to a second-placed finish at the...
Nigerian forward Ademola Lookman finished with a goal and an assist in Atalanta's 3-2 comeback win over Fiorentina at the Gewiss Stadium on Sunday in matchday four in Serie A. Following a summer window, filled with reports of a possible move away from the Bergamo-based club, the former Leicester City and Everton man, who was playing in his first league game for Gian Piero Gasperini’s side...
Champions League winners Real Madrid and Europa League champions Atalanta will lock horns in a winner-take-all tie in this year’s UEFA Super Cup on Wednesday (today) at Poland’s National Stadium in Warsaw. The reigning La Liga are gunning for a record sixth UEFA Super Cup title, which will make them the most successful side in the competition in history as they are currently tied on five...
Ademola Lookman has praised Nigerians for the supports he has constantly gotten from them after making headlines in Wednesday's UEFA Europa League final in Dublin. The 26-year-old became the first player to score a hat-trick in an Europa League final as Atalanta defeated Bayer Leverkusen 3-0, ending the latter's 51-game unbeaten run while lifting their first-ever European title in their maiden European final. It has left...
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