The 2023/24 Bundesliga season has entered the final round of the final game, and this season's Bundesliga title has been announced five rounds in advance, Bayer Leverkusen broke Bayern's 11-season dominance of the Bundesliga, and Alonso led Bayer Leverkusen to break the curse of not having a top-flight title in 120 years. On the evening of May 18, Beijing time, in a key battle in the 38th round of the Bundesliga, Bayer Leverkusen sat at home Bayer Arena to face Augsburg. In the second half, Comor pulled a goal back. At the end of the game, Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 Augsburg, unbeaten in 34 rounds, became the first team in the 60-year history of the Bundesliga to win the championship with an unbeaten record.
Alonso arrived at Bayer Leverkusen midway through last season as a firefighting coach and not only turned Leverkusen around the end of the season, but also finished sixth in the league and qualified for the Europa League. Bayer Leverkusen have exploded this season and have held a new European football record of 50 consecutive games unbeaten in all competitions. The Bundesliga won the Bundesliga five rounds ahead of schedule, the German Cup reached the final with a winning record, and the Europa League was unbeaten to reach the final, just three games away from winning the treble with an unbeaten record.
Bayer Leverkusen vs. Augsburg, the game began, in the 12th minute, Augsburg made a mistake in the backfield back, the Augsburg goalkeeper did not open his foot in time after receiving the return pass from his teammates, and was tackled by Adli and then crossed, Boniface outflanked and pushed the empty goal in the middle to score, Leverkusen made a dream start and led Augsburg 1-0. In the 28th minute, Bayer Leverkusen took a corner kick from the left side, causing chaos in the Augsburg penalty area, and Andrich scored with a clever back-heel shot in a scuffle in front of the goal, and Leverkusen led Augsburg 2-0.
In the 62nd minute, Augsburg broke the ball in front, Komur got the ball into the penalty area and volleyed back a goal, Augsburg 1-2 Bayer Leverkusen. Bayer Leverkusen won 28 wins and 6 draws, went unbeaten in 34 rounds in the season, and won the first Bundesliga title in 120 years. Alonso led Bayer Leverkusen to make history and become the first team in the history of the Bundesliga to win the title undefeated!
According to the post-match statistics, Bayer Leverkusen had 65% possession and 25 shots and 12 shots on target, while Augsburg had only 35% possession and 1 of 5 shots on target. After this campaign, Bayer Leverkusen reached 90 points, setting a new record for the team in the Bundesliga, and at the same time, Bayer Leverkusen also set a magical record of 34 unbeaten games in the season, which overshadowed the 33 Bundesliga titles of the Bundesliga hegemon Bayern.
In European football, only three teams have won the title unbeaten in a single season: AC Milan in 1991/92, who won the Serie A title with 22 wins and 12 draws, and set their unbeaten run at 58 games across the season.
The second unbeaten team was Arsene Wenger's Gunners Arsenal in 2003/24, who won the Premier League title unbeaten with 26 wins and 12 draws, and went 49 games unbeaten across the season. The third was Juventus in 2011/12, with Bayer Leverkusen becoming the fourth team in Europe's top five leagues to be unbeaten in the season.