In the early morning of April 28, Beijing time, the 31st round of the Bundesliga ended a key battle, with a goal in the 96th minute, the new league champion Bayer Leverkusen drew 2-2 with Stuttgart, and the unbeaten record in all competitions was extended to 46 games. With the outstanding performance of the team this season, Spain's "rookie coach" Xavi Alonso also directly became a god and successfully ranked among the top coaches!
If you were to pick the team that had the best performance in the 23-24 season, Leverkusen would definitely be the best team. Before the start of this round of the league, Bayer Leverkusen played a total of 45 games in all competitions, with a terrible record of 38 wins and 7 draws, and they have not tasted defeat so far!
However, Bayer Leverkusen's journey does not end there, because there is a bigger goal ahead, which is to emulate Premier League giants Arsenal and win the league title with an unbeaten record. In the 47th minute, Anton made a long pass from the backfield, and although Lewelling's push on the right side of the penalty area was blocked by the post, the follow-up Frisch easily shot into the net to help Stuttgart, who was away from home, to break the deadlock and take a 1-0 lead. In the 57th minute, the visiting team made a comeback, Andrich made a low-level mistake in defense, Onduff seized the opportunity to volley, 0-2!
Leverkusen, who was forced to the edge of the cliff, then launched a crazy counterattack, in the 61st minute, Grimaldo crossed from the left, Adley received the ball and made a slight adjustment to shoot low into the far corner, 1-2! Leverkusen successfully narrowed the difference! Seeing that the team's advantage was about to be erased, the Stuttgart coach decisively changed the formation, put on a defensive posture, and faced the opponent's iron bucket formation, and for a long time afterward, Leverkusen failed to score again, just when everyone thought that their unbeaten golden body was about to be broken, the change happened again!
In the 6th minute of stoppage time, Wirtz took a free kick to the penalty area, because Kapiye's header was blocked, the ball was refracted to the unmarked Andrich, who volleyed directly into the goal without stopping, 2-2! Bayer Leverkusen once again staged a good game of stoppage time, extending their unbeaten record to 46 games! According to statistics, this is the 11th time this season that Leverkusen has scored at the last moment, and there seems to be a force in the dark that has been protecting this team!
Bayer Leverkusen are also expected to pull off three miracles this season, firstly, they have a chance of winning the Bundesliga title undefeated, a goal that should be easily achieved with only three league games remaining. Second, Bayer Leverkusen are expected to end the 23-24 season unbeaten, which has never been seen in the history of Europe's top five leagues. Thirdly, Bayer Leverkusen will be hoping to end the season with a treble. Considering that in the German Cup final, their opponents are only Bundesliga teams, and in the Europa League, Bayer Leverkusen's biggest threat, Liverpool, has been eliminated, so the treble will be a high probability event for them.
I wonder if Bayer Leverkusen will be able to repeat the magic of this season in the Champions League next season?