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Florian Wirtz is fully fit again as Bayer Leverkusen left for Dublin on Tuesday with the aim to complete an extraordinary unbeaten season with a title treble in two upcoming finals. Bundesliga champions Leverkusen face Italy's Atalanta in the Europa League decider in Ireland on Wednesday and then travel to Berlin to contest the German Cup final against Kaiserslautern on Saturday. Leverkusen have not lost in their 51 season games across all competitions, and if they also avoid defeat in the last two games will become the first European team to to unbeaten over a full season since continental ma...
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Bayer Leverkusen's Bundesliga Invincibles started training for their final two tasks of the season on Monday while sporting director Simon Rolfes is busy planning the future. Leverkusen are the first team to go through an entire Bundesliga season without a defeat for their maiden league title, and they are also yet to lose in the Europa League and the German Cup, where they face Atalanta on Wednesday and Kaiserslautern on Saturday in the finals. The Atalanta match in Dublin will be Leverkusen's third European final, having won the Europa League under its previous name UEFA Cup in 1988 against ...
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Bayer Leverkusen's Bundesliga Invincibles started preparing for their final two tasks of the season on Monday while sporting director Simon Rolfes was busy planning the future. Leverkusen are the first team to go through an entire Bundesliga season without a defeat, and they are also yet to lose in the Europa League and the German Cup, where they face Italy's Atalanta on Wednesday and Kaiserslautern on Saturday in the finals. No European team has ever gone through a season unbeaten in all competitions since continental matches were introduced in the mid-1950s. Leverkusen's unbeaten run stands ...
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Bundesliga Invincibles Bayer Leverkusen were getting a short rest on Sunday but are swiftly turning their attention to achieving the same feat in Europe and across all competitions. Xabi Alonso's side became the first team to go through a whole Bundesliga season without defeat with a 2-1 victory over Augsburg on Saturday. That should further boost them for Wednesday's Europa League final against Atalanta and Saturday's German Cup final against second division Kaiserslautern. Leverkusen are unbeaten in all their 51 season games which is already a European record. If they win both remaining game...
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Bayer Leverkusen have secured the Bundesliga title already in April, but they have one last goal in the league's final matchday on Saturday: To become the first team in the top tier to finish the season undefeated. "Tomorrow could be historical. We want to stay unbeaten and be the first team to do the full season without a defeat in the Bundesliga. It will feel like the first of three finals," coach Xabi Alonso said in a news conference on Friday. Leverkusen are unbeaten in all of their 50 matches in all competitions this season. A draw at home with Augsburg on Saturday is enough to claim an i...
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Bayer Leverkusen goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky is not pushing for a start in the Europa League final against Atalanta on May 22 or in the German Cup final three days later against Kaiserslautern. Hradecky has been the regular starter between the posts in the Bundesliga, but Matej Kovar has been used by coach Xabi Alonso in all games in both the Europa League and German Cup so far. "I don't know if the coach is thinking about it. I'm definitely not going to try to influence to play one of the finals," said the captain of the Bundesliga champions. "That's the coach's decision and Matej has earned ev...
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Bayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso is not concerned about Florian Wirtz' thigh muscle problems and expects him to be fully fit for next week's Europa League and German Cup finals. German international Wirtz, 21, was not part of the squad for Sunday's Bundesliga match against Bochum where Leverkusen stretched their season-long unbeaten run in all competitions to 50 matches with a 5-0 victory. "There is no reason to be pessimistic. We have a plan with Flo. If things go well he will be back in training on Wednesday or Thursday," Alonso said. Alonso hopes that Wirtz can play a few minutes in Satur...
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Bayer Leverkusen's last defeat in any competition came on May 27 last year at the end of the Bundesliga season when they lost 3-0 at Bochum. They meet again on Sunday in Bochum with the hosts still not safe and recently-crowned German Leverkusen gunning for an unbeaten season and a treble. Bochum coach Heiko Butscher, who has won two games in a row, is staying positive in his messages to his team. "If we emphasize everything that makes Leverkusen strong and only point out their strengths, I'm scaring my team," he told reporters on Friday. His problem is that Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso, despi...
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Bayer Leverkusen are offering fans an unusual service after winning a first Bundesliga title. Supporters can receive one of a select number of club tattoos free of charge. The campaign is entitled "Love that lasts a lifetime," a club statement said. The service will take place on three days next week and before the last home Bundesliga game against Augsburg on May 18. Tattoo artists will also be available at the fan festival before the German Cup final in Berlin on May 25 against Kaiserslautern. Leverkusen are unbeaten all season are a targeting a treble, with the Europa League final against A...
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Bayer Leverkusen set a European record of 49 games unbeaten with yet another late, late goal and vowed they would not let up as they pursue a treble and an unprecedented unbeaten season in all competitions. Josip Stanišić scored after 97 minutes in the 2-2 draw at home with Rome on Thursday which sealed a 4-2 aggregate win and a spot in the Europa League final against Italy's Atalanta. The late leveller, the latest in a string of recent injury-time levellers from the recently crowned Bundesliga champions, also meant Leverkusen beat Benfica's 1965 record of 48 games unbeaten for sides playing d...
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