How Bayer Leverkusen BROKE The System | NOBODY Expected This

the title race ended in a fog of red smoke and a 90th minute hat-trick from a Wonder kid that is simply Sensational and somehow only 20 years old in a match where you'd think that nerves would get to these players they scored five goals and looked no different than they have done in the entirety of 2324 even though we all saw this coming the reality of by lusen winning their first league title in their 12 into your history only hit when the Bay Arena was already flooded with home fans chabby Alonzo took over as the Bayer Leverkusen coach halfway through the 2223 football season and a year and a half later Bay Leverkusen were confirmed as deuts M before they lost a single match as of the 23 24 season they hold the record for the longest unbeaten run in the top five European leagues at the time of making this video 44 games and Counting a record that's been put together by immense hard work and a large amount of black magic it was very shaky for them but they managed to get past West Ham in the Europa League sending them to the semis and are set to take on second division side FC Kaiser slon in the dfb poal final there is very likely much more to come I've made a couple of videos on B lusen this year already and for good reason too they've been remarkable if they go on to win everything this year you can expect more but in those videos I mostly spoke about their Journey up until this season in this video I wanted to talk about the exceptional things that have happened for them during this season the black magic the potential future and some other fun things I've read about over the past few days with that being said how good is this by lusen team really hello everyone truly hope you're all doing well welcome back to the channel on the way to the title deciding match the team bus slowly made its way through the crowd of Highly excited fans not nervous fans that's for sure they had nothing to worry about they were just there to party I've never been to lusen but from what I've heard it's not exactly party central a population of roughly 165,000 and best known for the pharmaceutical company that happens to own the club this achievement is nothing short of miraculous it's one of those moments that you can't help but Admire from a fan perspective unless you're a fan of Bayern Munich colog or Bia munin glad and while we're on the topic of the fan perspective this is a victory that nobody expected it's quite telling that even when lusin were pulling ahead in the title race five points eight points even more in the lead people were still sensing that it was possible that Bayern did The Impossible ask anyone in Germany about the league and you'll hear this more often than not honestly you'll likely hear it next year too everyone always thinks that Bayern will find a way to win it somehow and you can't really blame people for thinking that that black magic has been at the aliance for over a decade however it was lusen that had black magic on their side this time around in January against ARB liic in the league at the Red Bull Arena Leverkusen were trailing at Hal timee and it looks too steep a mountain to climb according to Simon rols managing director at lusen we only had 13 available players half the squad were injured or at the Africa Cup of Nations things weren't going for us if there was ever a time to drop points this was it but it didn't happen they fought back to 22 and in The 91st minute Pio H capier secured a famous 3-2 win away unbelievable and while we're on the topic lusen have looked as though they would lose their undefeated record so many times this season only to up and score late goals and keep the energy flowing it's almost as if fate itself has been sitting on the shoulders of chabby Alonzo what I'm about to do here is run through a list of times that this team has called upon the dark arts to dig themselves out of trouble brace yourself because it's a long list honestly it's a list so long I might even miss one or two first game on the fourth match day of the Season Bayern Munich versus Bayern lusen this was their first test of the season and by far the biggest funnily enough lusin had actually beaten Bayern Munich in the reverse fixture of the 2223 Bundesliga season chub's first encounter with Bayern while at the velf but this time time around when they were heading into the 94th minute at the aliance arena down by two goals to one nobody expected them to come back they did execel palasio with a late penalty that sent major shock waves it happened again against alberg in January they were heading towards a nil nil draw here but then black magic same time 90 plus 4 same guy zekiel palus in the dfp poal it was the same story S5 Sous second round 22 at 84 minutes played 5-2 at 90 plus2 ffb St guard in the quarterfinals 22 at 89 minutes played yonatan tar then steps up with a towering header to make it 3-2 a minute later and I'm sure you get the idea by now but the Europa League has been no different their biggest victims are aeran Club carabat shamon Leverkusen because they produced lay drama against this team not once not twice but three times first in the group stages then in the round of 16 Patrick schik who missed out on much of the early season through injury showed that he was not to be forgotten in the second leg of the round of 16 kabag were up 2-1 in the 92nd minute this man rifled it in in the 93rd minute and in the 998th minute and then the most recent exhibit of black magic West Ham in the quarterfinals of the Europa League back against the wall with a goal down and being pressed away from home 89th minute equalizer to keep the unbeaten streak alive Jeremy Fring pong who should have scored three in the second half at the very least got that goal they can't keep getting away with this the frequency that this all seems to be happening at is astounding whatever chabby is feeding these boys it's working it's working really well but I skipped over one result in that list maybe the sole result that will be played back for future Generations when they look back upon this season the Bayern Munich reverse fixture at the Bay Arena this one also included a late goal however this goal by Jeremy Fring pong made it 3 n to lusin it was a match that made everyone realize that these men weren't being displaced at the top anytime soon Five Points clear and that Gap just kept growing all of this came as a surprise to all of us watching but if you ask the players they noticed something was up from the very start of the Season we' lost some players but when we started the friendly games you could see how it was going to be nobody really knew each other but we were still playing really well Jeremy frong said this a few weeks ago when reflecting on how well the season has gone for lusen this is just further proof of how incredible the story has been for them due to the departures of players there was a degree of familiarity that was lost in the dressing room Karen bellarabi top scorer Musa diabi Mitchell Becka however of the players that were brought in almost every single one of them came in and contributed immensely there was a clear plan in place to make sure this season worked out the way that it did according to the athletic who apparently have access to lusen insiders Leverkusen managed to snag every single one of their first choice targets something that is extremely rare for even the real madrids or Bayern Munich's of the world and something made all the more impressive based on the talents that they actually brought in they weren't run-of-the-mill players that nobody had on their radar either they brought in experience in the form of granite Jaca and yonas Hoffman both players in their 30s who according to Simon rols were specifically brought in to act as Role Models the dressing room was a bit disorganized before and there were certain groups or clicks that had formed there was no infighting or drama or anything like that but there was certainly a lack of unity and structure players like yon tantara and Lucas radeski had been at the club for a long time and were experienced themselves but lusen could certainly do with some freshening up in a few important areas Grimaldo who may very well be High pick for signing of the 2022 23 season overall purely due to the fact that he was free and that he's contributed so much the left back leads the Bundesliga in assists with 13 at the moment and nine goals I remember thinking that it was odd that he was joining lusen seeing as he was rumored to be going back to Spain or one of the traditionally bigger clubs almost every season that he was at Benfica then he up and goes not just for free but to buy a lusen the same can be said about graned Jaa Victor bonifus Jonas Hoffman Nathan T and and more I doubt anybody was asking for them to be erased from their previous Club rosters and I obviously mean full respect to lusen but they were definitely extenuating circumstances that led to them wanting to make their way to the Bay Arena those circumstances among other factors were chabby Alonzo chabby Alonzo and um chabby Alonzo not only is this man one of the most successful footballers to ever live but he's probably the best parer at by lusen at the moment maybe even in the entirety of Germany having this kind of reputation and skill set is bound to have people eager to learn from you Gran Jaa spent four years with buia munin gladbach so he's no stranger to the Bundesliga and definitely a familiar face to most Bundesliga fans but he's likely more widely known for his time in England that's due to Arsenal of course the Etta Revolution was something that he was at the center of which makes the fact that he was public Enemy Number One at the Emirates so crazy to think about in 2019 there was an incident where Jaca was subed off after putting in a lackluster performance in a 2-2 draw versus Crystal Palace he was booed off the pitch by his own fans and he clearly had had enough of the abuse essentially telling the crowd to piss off he was the captain of the club too which made this incident all the more Sensational well he wasn't the captain anymore after this incident the armband was passed off to Pi em Obama kyang however by the time 2023 came around he was one of the best eights that the Premier League had to offer aggressive across the pitch easygo deep and dangerous in attack chabby and all of his mates over at lusen must have seen this and thought Jaca had the perfect makings of their six because as soon as he went back to Germany that's where he was placed being in the center of the pitch comes with a large amount of responsibility and of course this signing was a lot more strategic than just that jca's leadership International reputation and experience have all been cited as instrumental in bringing cohesion to that lusen Squad more good news for the Gunners is that Nathan T was an Arsenal Academy product for about 10 years between 2007 and 2017 so there's that I guess you know there's that if they don't win the league Lucas radeski has been the goalkeeper in the league and played his part well but then they also have mate kovat as their cup competition goalkeeper and remember they've gone undefeated in every match not just the league they have five players with double digits in terms of goal scoring across all competitions they have six players with double digits in assists there's some overlap here but that's to be expected Victor bonus has had some injury struggles this year particularly in January where he also had to miss out on afcon with Nigeria you know he probably could have used him in that final but still nobody in Leverkusen has scored more than him vers shares his record in the league with 11 and the rest of this table shows you why they were able to survive just just fine without their designated scorer and on the topic of players that are indispensable for Leverkusen we have to talk about flori and vets this guy is a real special breed one of those Wonder kids that hasn't lost the hype around him and actually turned out to be a superstar he had some quiet time in 2022 after suffering an ACL te and was out for about 10 months he even missed out on the World Cup after being named in huny flick Squad but had to withdraw due to the injury I ra if they had this version of him in Qatar things may have ended differently for Germany but all the same you have to imagine he'll get his chances at the Euros there are so many great things that can be said about floran vers to the point where his hatrick on the day that decided it all was really fitting I mean yeah but hatrick is always a really good thing to see but it wasn't all that surprising the Top Spin that he got on his second goal that wonder goal it was outrageous and I must admit it tickled me a little to see him basically have to tell grown men that were invading the pitch to cool it down until the final whistle it just so happened that the ref didn't think it was possible to get the Invaders off the pitch and decided to blow the whistle right there and then it really looked like an insane atmosphere it's been 22 years since 2002 where Leverkusen were Runners up in the Bundesliga the champions league and the dfb pocal all in the same season and we've been constantly reminded of this showing all the way throughout this season that and all the other failures over the years with this team this combination of grit SP spirit and determination Leverkusen were able to overcome one of the saddest curses in the world of football a team labeled neverin for so long no more on a final notes I've made a point not to talk about bayam Munich Harry Kane that much in this video purely because it's not really their time to shine they're not in the Limelight right now but I do feel like I have to at the very least mention just one more record that lusen has left in the mud Kingsley Colman's crazy consecutive winning streak keman is 27 years old and believe it or not he has won a league title in every single season of his career Two for PSG two for Juventus and eight for Bayern Munich it's a wild stat there was even a year when he moved from Juventus to Bayern Munich and was eligible to collect a Winner's medal for both teams and did exactly that 2015 16 really goes to show that Harry Kane's curse was more powerful than coan's record unluckiest in Germany this season has been an unbelievable Journey for B lusin and the fact that chabby Alonzo is staying on for at least another year I think that bods well insanely well for their future progress in all reality Bayern Munich will recruit heavily and aim to write their ship and they probably will but that's a topic to cover in the far future and even further lusen are in good shape to win even more this season but if I'm being honest what they've already done is insane everything else is just gravy Invincible or not they will forever be immortal and there we have it let me know what you guys think about this lusen side and their Incredible Journey that's all for me today really hope you guys are doing well having a great day cheers and I will catch you in the next one [Music]

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Published: Sat Apr 20 2024