Bayer Leverkusen saved the undefeated record with an agonizing draw and reached a world record

Xabi Alonso’s team reached a 2-2 draw against Stuttgart 52 minutes into the second half. In this way, he has gone 46 games without losing: he surpassed Rijeka and Dinamo Zagreb with a historic mark in the 21st century.

The celebrations of the Bayer Leverkusen players after the agonizing draw with Stuttgart. (Leon Kuegeler/Getty Images)

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96′ 2T: Bayer Leverkusen – Goal of the game by Robert Andrich 60′ 2T: Bayer Leverkusen – Goal of the game by Amine Adli 56′ 2T: Stuttgart – Goal of the game by Deniz Undav 46′ 2T: Stuttgart – Goal of the game by Chris Führich

Bayer Leverkusen once again saved their undefeated record with an agonizing draw and reached a world record: the Bundesliga champion drew 2-2 against Stuttgart, at home. With this equality thanks to a goal in the 97th minute by Robert Andrich, they added their 46th official match without losing and surpassed Rijeka and Dinamo Zagreb to achieve a historic mark in the 21st century.

The goal allowed Xabi Alonso’s team to extend their unbeaten streak of duels. Until that 97th minute, they were tied at 45 with Rijeka and Dinamo Zagreb, but the Leverkusen player’s success on the hour left a historic mark for the German team.

Dinamo Zagreb set the record of 45 unbeaten matches between November 2014 and September 2015, while Rijeka did the same between April 2016 and May 2017. It took almost a decade for another team, Bayer Leverkusen, will surpass that spectacular record.

But if the friendly matches are also counted, Xabi Alonso’s team would reach 50 games without losing. In the midst of so many official matches, they faced Olympique Marseille, Venezia, West Ham and Aachen without defeats. The last team that had the honor of defeating Leverkusen was Bochum. He achieved it on May 27, 2023, exactly 11 months ago.

Robert Andrich’s goal that saved Bayer Leverkusen’s unbeaten streak

Another agonizing goal from Bayer Leverkusen

In some of those duels in which they were close to losing, Leverkusen was saved at the end. The last time, just a few days ago, when Josep Stanisic, also in the 97th minute, barely tied a duel that he had lost against Borussia Dortmund.

A devastating fact left the BayArena spectators sitting until the end: starting in the 86th minute, he has scored twenty goals this season. Therefore, everyone expected the miracle, as on many other occasions.

And Leverkusen’s capacity for resistance is commendable. Xabi Alonso has given his players an insatiable voracity. In fact, he can still win more titles. He aspires to the triplet. He is in the semifinals of the Europa League after eliminating West Ham last week and in the final of the German Cup that he will play against Kaiserlautern.