Bayer Leverkusen is for the first time the champion of Germany after a phenomenal season

Bayer Leverkusen is for the first time the champion of Germany after a phenomenal season

The team coached by Xabi Alonso, Bayer Leverkusen, has become the German champions for the first time in its 120-year history.

On Sunday evening, the pharmacists convincingly defeated Werder Bremen with a score of 5-0, becoming mathematically champions in matchday 29, with 5 rounds to go before the end.

Boniface from a penalty, Xhaka, and a hat-trick by Wirtz scored the goals of a match awaited a lifetime by the aspirin fans. Bayer has 79 points and cannot be caught by Bayern, who have 63 points, or Stuttgart, who have the same points.

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Leverkusen reaches 43 consecutive matches without defeat, a truly astonishing record for a team in a top 5 European league.

Alonso ends the Bavarians' streak of 11 consecutive titles, who last lost a championship in 2012, to Borussia Dortmund, coached at the time by Jurgen Klopp.

Bayer Leverkusen also set the absolute record of invincibility, after already equaling the performance of Juventus established in the 2011/2012 season. Back then, the "Old Lady" had a run of 42 unbeaten matches. Immediately after the final whistle, tens of thousands of fans stormed the field to celebrate alongside the players for a truly historic success.

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