Leverkusen celebrated a historic season: an entire season without defeat – not even record champion Bayern Munich managed that in its best times. And so Leverkusen’s first championship title was also something very special for former world and European champion Xabi Alonso: “This team has immortalized itself in history. Something like that is an exception not only in Germany, but throughout Europe.”
“There has never been a team in Spain that has remained unbeaten. We remember Arsenal 20 years ago. And in 20 years we will look back and say: We did it then,” said the Basque. With 51 competitive games without defeat from the start of the season, the champions have improved Benfica Lisbon’s European record from 1965 (49).
Captain Lukas Hradecky carried the championship trophy into the fan corner after it was presented following the 2-1 win against Augsburg. It was a thank you for how the fans supported the club not only in this successful season, but especially during the crash at the beginning of the season before last. “I still remember what happened two years ago. I don’t forget things like that,” explained the Finn. Now the season is set to reach its crowning conclusion with the finals in the Europa League (tomorrow in Dublin against Atalanta Bergamo) and in the DFB Cup (on Saturday in Berlin against Kaiserslautern).
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