Bayer Leverkusen, mathematical champion of the German league for five weeks, beat Augsburg 2-1, this Saturday on the 34th and final matchday, and They thus became the first team to finish a Bundesliga undefeated.
Xabi Alonso’s pupils thus extend their impressive streak to 51 of matches played without losing this season, taking into account all competitions.
They have two finals ahead of them this month to try to finish the best season in their history in style: on Wednesday the 22nd in Dublin against Atalanta in the Europa League and on Saturday the 25th in Berlin against Kaiserlautern (2nd division) in the German Cup.
“Xabi Alonso is an incredible coach, both tactically and personally. That’s why we are successful,” praised Werkself central defender Jonathan Tah.
With 90 points, Leverkusen, which received in front of its audience at the BayArena the trophy that accredits it as champion of the German league for the first time in its history, led a classification in which Stuttgart finished second, with 73 points.
– Bayern Munich finishes third –
Stuttgart beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 4-0 (14th), with a double included from Serhou Guirassy, who thus scored his 27th and 28th goals in this Bundesliga. The Guinean international finished second in the Bundesliga scoring chart, behind Bayern’s English attacker Harry Kane (36), currently injured in his back.
Bayern Munich, which had won the previous eleven editions of the German league, lost 4-2 at Hoffenheim (7th) in the last game under its coach Thomas Tuchel. The Croatian Andrej Kramaric was the protagonist in that match, with a hat trick.
By finishing runner-up, Stuttgart would be the team that competes in the German Super Cup next season if the Bayer Leverkusen wins the German Cup and seal, as would be predicted, the national double this season. One more blow for a Bayern that has been the great disappointment of the season in Germany.
– Goodbye dreamed of Reus –
For its part, two weeks before its Champions League final in London against Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund gave a dream farewell to Marco Reus in his last game with the yellow shirt at the Westfalenstadion.
The iconic player gave an assist and scored a goal in Dortmund’s 4-0 victory against last-place and doomed Darmstadt.
In the fight for European places, Eintracht Frankfurt maintained its sixth place with a 2-2 home draw against RB Leipzig (4th) and will play in the next Europa League. Hoffenheim finished with the same points as Eintracht, but in seventh place, which condemns them to a ‘playoff’ to compete in the Conference League.
– Cologne descends, Union Berlin saved –
In the lower part, it will be Cologne (19th), defeated in the field of Heidenheim (8th) by 4-1, who will accompany the already condemned Darmstadt as direct relegation.
Unión Berlin, who this season even played against Real Madrid in the group stage of the Champions League, can breathe a sigh of relief. They won 2-1 against Freiburg (10th), cwith a last goal from Janik Haberer in the final stoppage time.
Thanks to this, he added 33 points and rose to 15th place. Bochum finished with the same points, which was beaten 4-1 by Werder Bremen (9th) and fell to 16th place, which forces them to play a playoff for permanence against the Fortuna Düsseldorf, third place in the second categoryestuary.
