Bundesliga champion for a number of weeks, Bayer Leverkusen completed the championship completely by beating Augsburg on the BayArena (2-1). Successful permitting them to complete the season undefeated within the Bundesliga, earlier than aiming for a historic treble with the Europa League and the German Cup.
Invincible, this is among the many phrases that may describe Bayer Leverkusen this season. Along with having achieved the feat of placing an finish to the hegemony of Bayern Munich by being titled German champions, Xabi Alonso’s males remained undefeated within the Bundesliga, after a ultimate success this Saturday, Could 18 in opposition to Augsburg (2- 1).
If the chief thought he was shortly taking cowl with achievements from Victor Boniface (twelfth) and Robert Andrich (twenty seventh), Mert Komur (62nd) was answerable for decreasing the hole for the guests. Inadequate to stop the locals from ending this German season in type, by turning into the one German staff to stay undefeated within the Bundesliga.
Bayer Leverkusen joins the closed circle of “Invincibles” who’ve managed to take care of their unbeaten streak within the league within the trendy period: AC Milan (1992, 30 matches), Juventus (2012, 38 matches), and Arsenal ( 2004, 38 matches). This feat achieved, the Germans can nonetheless make historical past.
A historic hat-trick within the sights
Topped Bundesliga champion for the primary time in its historical past, Bayer Leverkusen can nonetheless do higher. With two finals to play within the Europa League in opposition to Atalanta Bergamo (Could 22), and within the German Cup in opposition to Kaiserslautern (Could 25), Florian Wirtz’s teammates can obtain a historic treble, and be undefeated in all competitions confused.
Such a feat would permit them to achieve 53 consecutive matches with out defeat in all competitions. A report already damaged by the Germans in the course of the 2-2 draw snatched on the final second in opposition to AS Roma on Could 9, beforehand belonging to Benfica, who had gone 48 video games with out dropping from December 1963 to February 1965.
Along with this, Bayer Leverkusen would turn out to be the primary membership from the 5 main championships to win the Europa League, the championship and the nationwide cup. Solely Gothenburg (1982), Galatasaray (2000), Porto (2003 and 2011) and CSKA Moscow (2025) have achieved such a feat.