That’s just how it works in the modern attention industry. Higher, faster, stronger. Only those who set records are noticed. And if there isn’t a record, then you just get creative. A TV reporter pointed out to Thomas Müller at the weekend that he has now scored at least one goal on each of the 34 Bundesliga match days over the course of his career. Record! Müller reacted aptly. Of course, that was “incredibly important” to him, he commented ironically.
Leverkusen comebacks
So is it all nonsense with the records? Well, you can’t quite say that. Ultimately, it depends on the record. Even though athletes like to claim that personal bests mean nothing to them, there are those who do. Tennis player Novak Djokovic, for example, is pleasantly honest in admitting how motivated he was by the prospect of winning more Grand Slam titles than his rivals Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.
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The game between Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen also showed in the final phase what the right record at the right time can achieve. The championship can no longer be taken away from Leverkusen. So it’s just a matter of remaining undefeated.
The prospect of this drives the team so much that the late comebacks are now too numerous to be considered luck or coincidence. The 1-1 equalizer in the seventh minute of added time was celebrated as if it were one of the most important goals of the entire season.
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Bayer’s players are obviously keen to add another exclamation point to this season. As if the first championship in the club’s history and the other possible titles in the DFB Cup and Europa League weren’t enough.
Arsenal FC went an entire season without defeat in the 2003/04 English Premier League. They are still known to fans today as the “Invincibles”. This is the reference size for Bayer Leverkusen. Because a real myth is worth a little more than just the next record.