Bayer Leverkusen are setting their sights on a title treble, now that they have one hand on the Bundesliga trophy and the German Cup final is still several weeks away.
Xabi Alonso's team takes an unbeaten run of 41 matches into their Europa League quarter-final first leg match on Thursday against West Ham United.
Leverkusen are expected to have clinched a maiden Bundesliga title by the time the second leg of the tie is played in London on April 18.
A 1-0 victory at Union Berlin on Saturday, coupled with another Bayern Munich setback in the form of a 3-2 defeat in Heidenheim, means that Leverkusen will be champions with five games to spare if they beat Werder Bremen next Sunday.
The trophy will also be theirs if Bayern and VfB Stuttgart, who are tied on points, lose their games a day earlier.
"The earlier we become champions the earlier we can focus even more on the Europa League," midfielder Granit Xhaka said.
"We're not unbeatable, but if we continue with the same mentality and do our work as down-to-earth as before, anything is possible."
Should Leverkusen prevail over the Conference League holders West Ham they would face Italian opposition in the form of AC Milan or last year's finalists Roma in the May 2 and 9 semi-finals.
Former UEFA Cup champions Leverkusen reached the semis of Europe's second tier event last season and now want to go a step further and make the May 22 final in Dublin, where Alonso's ex-club Liverpool could be the opponents in what would be the last match of Reds manager Jürgen Klopp.
A possible final would come four days after the Bundesliga finale where Leverkusen would receive the trophy after their game against Augsburg, and three days ahead of the German Cup final where they are big favourites against second division Kaiserslautern.
Alonso also had the big picture in mind when he spoke after the win at Union.
"I am very proud of the team. This game mirrored our season. The situation is great but we don't want to celebrate yet. There is a Europa League match on Thursday. Nothing is over yet and we will wait a little," he said.
Alonso and his players have kept their feet on the ground, given a number of near misses over the past years since a last trophy in the German Cup in 1993 - most notably in 2002 when they were second in the Bundesliga, German Cup and Champions League.
The coach did not want to say that they have inherited the famous "Bayern gen" that saw the Munich side win the last 11 Bundesliga titles, three of them with Alonso as a player.
"We have our own way. We played well and had many good and deserved results. We were able to create a great team," he said.
"We are in a super situation in the German Cup, in the Bundesliga, and we also want to do well in the Europa League."
Alonso readily admitted he never expected the Bundesliga title could be decided this early, with Xhaka adding: "If you're 16 points ahead of Bayern Munich you deserve to become German champions."
