The classics will think that if Bayer Leverkusen has been able to wait 119 years to celebrate its first Bundesliga, it will no longer last one more day. They will also appreciate that celebrating the biggest party in the club’s history with a victory and in front of their fans, at the BayArena, is what it should be. And this is how the path of Xabi Alonso’s team towards eternal glory has been drawn.
Bayern defeated Cologne this Saturday (2-0) with a great goal from Guerreiro coming off a corner and another from Múller, making it impossible for Leverkusen to become champion without playing – they also needed Stuttgart to lose. The team brilliantly led by Bundesliga for the first time in its history, ending eleven years of Bayern tyranny.
It is worth remembering that Leverkusen’s season would not be over if they were crowned champions, since they are finalists in the German Cup – they will face second-place Kaislerlauten in the final – and are in the quarter-finals of the Europa League, with an advantage after the first leg against West Ham (2-0).
Thinking about a possible celebration this Sunday, Xabi Alonso tried to reduce the degree of euphoria in this sense: “Many fans hope that on Sunday we can celebrate. But there is still not much to celebrate because the season continues. On Thursday we have a match in London ( against West Ham in the Europa League). Hopefully we will conclude on Sunday but the celebrations will be at the end of the season.”
There is concern at the club that the jubilation of the fans will lead to a field invasion that will damage the BayArena grass.
