With the draw against Stuttgart (2-2) thanks to a so much in the 97th minute Robert Andrich, he Bayer Leverkusen added his official match number 46 without losing and beat Rijeka and Dinamo Zagreb to achieve a rworld record of the 21st century.
Andrich’s goal allowed the team toand Xabi Alonso stretch his undefeated duel record. Until that 97th minute, they were tied at 45 with Rijeka and Dinamo Zagrebbut the Leverkusen player’s success on the horn left a historic mark for the German team.
The German team, nicknamed “Neverkusen” because he never won anything, he is already known as “Neverloser” after proclaiming future Bundesliga champion. They never lose and against Stuttgart they did it again, drawing 2-2. With this result, they are placed twelve points behind second place, Bayern Munich.
Xabi Alonso, Bayer Leverkusen coach EP
Suffered draw
Stuttgart promised they would be happy to end the impressive streak of 45 official matches without losing. Bayer Leverkusen. She had the bottle of champagne ready to uncork in the locker room and celebrate a feat. But in the last play, like the last game against Dortmund, it appeared Andrich for finishing off a lost ball inside the area in a last desperate lack. He made it 2-2 and the BayArena exploded.
Before the duel, Leverkusen boasted of being Bundesliga champions for the first time in their history. They still had several objectives to meet until the end of the courseeither. The first, maintain their impressive streak of games without losing. Before facing Stuttgart, The defeat against Bochum (3-0) on May 27, 2023 seemed like a prehistoric event. After that day, Xabi Alonso’s team played up to 45 games in all competitions plus four friendlies without knowing the word defeat.
Similar background
He Dinamo Zagreb set the record of 45 duels without losing between November 2014 and September 2015, Meanwhile he Rijeka did the same between April 2016 and May 2017. It took almost a decade for another team, Bayer Leverkusen, to surpass that spectacular record.
But if you also count the friendly matches, Xabi Alonso’s team would reach the 50 games without knowing defeat. In the midst of so many official matches, They faced Olympique Marseille, Venezia, West Ham and Aachen without defeats. The last team that had the honor of defeating Leverkusen was Bochum. He achieved it on May 27, 2023, exactly 11 months ago
