Bayer Leverkusen did it again: with a goal in stoppage time, they tied Stuttgart for the Bundesliga and extended their historic unbeaten record of the season to 46 games. Xabi Alonso’s team likes it, wins and sometimes scores, but it has no problems putting on the overalls and saving points on the hour. Below, all of his comebacks in the current season.
This time, the hero of the day was Robert Andrich. EFE
In total, including the German championship, the UEFA Europa League and the DFB Pokal, they are 38 wins and 8 draws (127 goals for and 35 against), the longest undefeated team in the history of the five major European leagues. But a peculiarity of the German team’s streak is that on many occasions they saved the undefeated or added valuable points on the edge.
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On September 15, 2023, when the fourth round of the Bundesliga was just being played, Bayern Munich made it 2-1 at home in the 86th minute, but a penalty goal by Exequiel Palacios at 94′ remained at the top of the table.
Then, Leverkusen had to suffer in the local cup, on November 1, when they tied 2-2 with the modest SV Sandhausen. Finally, thanks to the flurry of goals from Adam Hlozek (85′) and Amine Adli (88′ and 92′) was beaten 5-2. A week later, on Thursday the 9th, Victor Boniface, from a penalty and at 94′gave the narrow victory to Xabi Alonso’s team on the Qarabag field, for the Europa League.
But the most unusual begins in 2024. On January 13, Palacios scored 1-0 in the 94th minuteon the visit to Augsburg, and a week later, at the Leipzig stadium, Piero Hincapié made it 3-2 at 91′. Along the same lines, on February 6 and against Stuttgart, Jonatan Tah scored 3-2 at 90′ to get into the semis of the DFB Pokal. Bayer was truly unbeatable.
In the Europa League, a competition in which they met Qarabag again, Leverkusen suffered a lot. They fell 2-0 in Azerbaijan in the first leg (7/3) and everything seemed lost, but Florian Wirtz gave it life (70′) and Patrik Schick saved the undefeated goal in the 92nd minute. In the second leg (14/3), it was even more incredible: Qarabag won 2-0 and qualified, but Jeremie Frimpong pulled one back (72′) and Schick, the total protagonist of the series, celebrated at 93′ and 98′. The Germans not only continued without losing, but they also won and advanced.
And to close the month, on March 30, a little more of the same. Hoffenheim seemed to achieve the impossible, knock down Xabi Alonso’s team and go ahead as a visitor, but Robert Andrich (88′) and Schick (91′) had other plans.
And in April, with the first Bundesliga in its history on the showcase, it is already something for every game. Jonas Hofmann (83′) y Victor Boniface (91′) They put the European qualification on track against West Ham with an agonizing victory in the first leg, on April 11, and a week later, when the English were looking to tie the series (the overall score was already 1-2), Frimpong converted in the 89th minute and extended the undefeated.
Returning to the local level, Borussia Dortmund seemed determined to break the streak with a goal near the end on Sunday the 21st, but there is always another ending for Xabi Alonso’s pupils: At 97 minutes, Josip Stanisic tied the match at Signal Iduna Park. And this Saturday the 27th, the turn was Andrich, who at 96′ scored the final 2-2 against Stuttgart, after going 0-2 down in the middle of the complement.
In total, now There are seven games in which Bayer Leverkusen saved the unbeaten streak after 88 minutes, while six other times he achieved agonizing draws. Without a doubt, the character to fight each match until the end is one of the great virtues of the sensation team of the Old Continent.
Furthermore, on eleven occasions the pharmaceutical company’s team was at a disadvantage this season (three of them, by more than a little), in all competitions, accumulating a record of 4 wins, 7 draws and 0 losses in those matches.
And in contrast to the 10 goals scored in added time to win or draw, Bayer Leverkusen did not concede a goal in that period throughout the entire season.