A penalty goal, in the added time of the first half, requiring the reaffirmation of the VAR, transformed by Florian Wirtz, unblocked Bayer Leverkusen’s visit to Berlin that added another victorythe ninth in a row in the Bundesliga and is approaching the first League title in its history.
Based on records, legendary records, unmatched, Xabi Alonso’s team is close to breaking a barrier and achieving an unprecedented feat.
Bayer Leverkusen, which had its highest five runners-up finishes in the competition, has the trophy in hand this time. There are already 41 games without losing.
With six games left until the end of the year, they are sixteen points ahead of Bayern Munich, who stumbled again, this time in Heidenheim where they underlined their resignation for the championship that has been theirs for the last eleven seasons.
Two points separate the Spanish coach’s team from success. On the next date, against Werder Bremen at the Bay Arena, he can achieve the goal if Bayern crashes again.
It was not easy at the Alte Foersterei where Union, on the rise since the arrival of Croatian Nenad Bjelica to their bench, faced their rival.
Bayer Leverkusen, which has 24 wins and 4 draws in the current Bundesliga campaign, was only able to break the deadlock when it was left with one more player and thanks to a penalty converted by Wirtz.
The German club is also in the Cup final, where it has another five games without defeat plus the eight in the Europa League.
Bayern Munich gives up and falls back into the Bundesliga
Bayern suffered a tough setback against newly promoted Heidenheim to suffer their sixth defeat of the season and resign, definitively, from the bid for the Bundesliga that will fall to Bayer Leverkusen.
Thomas Tuchel’s team is left without arguments. He fell badly against Heidenheim, who overwhelmed his opponent in the second half. Bayern, champion for the last eleven consecutive seasons, sooner or later he will hand over his crown to Xabi Alonso’s painting.
With six days left until the end of the season, Bayern Mùnich is sixteen points from the lead. But he has only three behind Stuttgart, which can take second place from him.
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