The team led by Xabi Alonso beat Augsburg 2-1 and closed the German competition without losing. Now, they are two matches away from completing an unprecedented treble by going undefeated.
Bayer Leverkusen’s season will go down in football history. The team led by Xabi Alonso will be a new version of the Invincibles because after beating Augsburg 2-1, They became the first team to win the Bundesliga without defeat.
In all, The pharmaceutical team has 51 official matches without losing . This record includes the 34 duels of the German tournament (28 victories and six draws) . To illustrate its difficulty, even Bayern Munich itself, accustomed to hegemony in Germany, had not succeeded.
Whereas in the 21st century, only three teams have reached a milestone of this magnitude in the five major leagues: Arsenal in the 2003-04 Premier League and Juventus, who had Arturo Vidal as one of their figures, in Serie A 2011 .-2010. Further afield are Milan (Serie A 1991-92), Real Madrid (1931-32), Athletic Club Bilbao (1928-29), Genoa (1922-23), Pro Vercelli (1912-13) and Preston North End (1888-89).
Bayer Leverkusen had already won the crown five days before the end of the German competition. Now they tackle the triplet, also in unbeatable conditions. In fact, he’s two games away from doing so. On May 22, they will face Atalanta in the Europa League final, and on May 25 they will do the same against Kaiserlautern in the decisive duel of the DFB Pokal.
Bayern Munich is left with nothing
Bayern Munich is experiencing a completely different reality. Far from their usual supremacy in the Bundesliga, the Bavarians completed a season without a title . The first failure came after their early elimination from the DFB Pokal against Saarbrücken, a third-tier team in German football. At that time, Leverkusen were already charting their path to the Bundesliga title.
The focus was on the Champions League, but the tough defeat against Real Madrid in the semi-final ended any chance of European success.
Despite the bad season, this one could be even worse. On the last day of the German competition, Bayern Munich lost 4-2 against Hoffenheim, in a duel which they started by winning by two goals. The defeat confirmed that they were left without titles, as Stuttgart moved up to second place in the tournament and displaced the Bavarians into third place. This left them without the possibility of playing in the Super Cup, since, if Leverkusen wins the DFB Pokal, the second in the Bundesliga will play the final with the Aspirinas.
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