Bayer became German champions first time in history
Bayer Leverkusen won the German Bundesliga for the first time in history. The team led by the Spanish specialist Xabi Alonso became unattainable from Bayern Munich, which ranks second in the standings, following the results of the match of the 29th round of the national championship against Werder Bremen.
The game took place in Leverkusen at the Bay Arena stadium in the presence of 30 thousand spectators and ended in a major victory for the hosts with a score of 5:0. As part of the winners, 23-year-old Nigerian forward Victor Boniface opened the scoring in the 25th minute, scoring a penalty. In the 60th minute, the second goal against Werder was scored by 31-year-old Swiss midfielder Granit Xhaka, in the 68th minute of the game, 20-year-old German Florian Wirtz scored the third goal, he also scored the fourth goal in the 83rd minute of the game, and on the 90th - set the final score of the game.
After 29 rounds, Bayer scored 79 points. Bayern in second place has 63 points, and Stuttgart is in third place with the same number of points.
The game was at the verge of cancellation, after the crowd started to flood the playing groung in celebration, although about 8 minutes were left till the final whistle.
Football fans will also be interested in learning some facts from the rivalry between the German champion Leverkusen and the Azerbaijani Qarabag.
In 43 competitive matches this season, Leverkusen have won 38 times and drawn five, scoring 123 times and conceding just 31.However, in the first match of the 1/8 finals of League of Legends with the Azerbaijani Qarabag, he was close to a fiasco. In the first match of the 1/8 finals of the Europa League, Qarabag drew with Bayer with a score of 2:2 in Baku on March 7, 2024.
On March 14, 2024, Bayer, which had never lost in the season, lost to Qarabag in Germany with a score of 0:2 at the end of the first half of the match, but eventually won a victory over the Agdam club with a score of 3:2 in the 1/8 finals of the League Europe.