Bayer 04 Leverkusen secured its first Bundesliga title
Bayer 04 Leverkusen has secured its first Bundesliga title on Sunday with a 5-0 victory over Werder Bremen, breaking an 11-year stranglehold on the league by Bayern Munich.
Xabi Alonso’s team, who have now gone a league-record 29 matches without defeat this season to secure their first trophy since 1993, have a 16-point lead over Bayern with five matches remaining.
When Alonso took over Leverkusen’s charge they were second-bottom after eight Bundesliga games but the Spaniard instilled confidence in the players and changed their mentality since he took charge of Leverkusen in October 2022 which started a new era in the Bundesliga that many were not expecting but he came up with a plan to bring a revolution in Germany.
Leverkusen left nothing to chance and sealed their title win at the first opportunity with Florian Wirtz bagging a hat-trick in a win that stretched their unbeaten run across all competitions to a remarkable 43 games this season.
They can add more titles this season, having reached the German Cup final and the Europa League quarter-finals where they have a 2-0 first leg advantage over West Ham United.
Under his guidance, Leverkusen are currently on a Bundesliga record unbeaten run to 29 games – 25 wins and four draws to chalk up 79 points.
CONGRATULATIONS TO XABI ALONSO AND BAYERN 04 LEVERKUSEN
Story by : George Opoku Boateng. gopokuboateng@gmail.com. Ahotor Fm. X-Prekese GH
