One of the most impressive achievements… EVER? 👀 Discussing Bayer Leverkusen’s run | ESPN FC
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Archie Rhind-Tutt joins the ESPN FC panel to discuss Bayer Leverkusen being on the precipice of finishing their Bundesliga season unbeaten with just Augsburg left to play.
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Don't think I've ever seen so many fans rooting for a team to keep going
@nkosiyaphapeter6162
21 күн бұрын
I’m one of those fans!!!! 🎉
@danielj.m5478
21 күн бұрын
don't support any teams in Germany, but lets go!!!! as a football fan I hope they will get it
@robalexander2016
21 күн бұрын
Same man! I’m a Liverpool/Barcelona fan but I want them to keep going!!
@jascha2765
21 күн бұрын
they didnt even get enough requests to sell all their 12000 tickets for the europa league final...
@lupo5528
19 күн бұрын
@@jascha2765 they are sold.and more were ordered...stop your fake news and have fun in the second divison
They are the strongest squad in the most important respect; they’re wholly connected and the intuitive chemistry is something none of the other clubs have.
@jazzbwooy8889
21 күн бұрын
Winning helps with that
There are not done yet. 3 more games. Lets win those remaining matches and make history 💥💥💥
@thomasshelby5454
21 күн бұрын
1 more match for bundesliga
@jackbauer5455
21 күн бұрын
Are you an actual Leverkusen fan or just bandwagon fan ?
@marioharris0680
21 күн бұрын
They just scored 12 minutes in 🎉
@gtdr5616
21 күн бұрын
only 2 more now! and then Dortmund or Real in the Supercup!
Rooting for 51 win 🖤❤️
@OGCHuila
21 күн бұрын
Area 51
@NickyB89
21 күн бұрын
Stop it…….they haven’t won 50 games…….they are unbeaten. There’s a difference
@robalexander2016
21 күн бұрын
@@NickyB89shut up
Neverlosen vs power of friendship. Its gonna be a crazy super cup match.
@dipeshpandey29
21 күн бұрын
Stuttgart is playing now
Bayern Munich fan here. Vizekusen was the laughing stock for almost 30 years. They were known for always falling short, every single time. Whenever they started strong into a saison, you can bet your house on them falling behind at some point of the saison. I have to say, i never been more happy for a team to win the Bundesliga. And they fashion they did it, is just what they and their fan base deserved. A clean sweep. And i wish them form all of my heart that they can win the triple!
The Xavi effect we wanted at Barcelona. The Xabi effect we got at Leverkusen.
@user-eo1vk
20 күн бұрын
After Xavi came to Barcelona, they won la liga. Barcelona still performing well with injured players.
i really think the rotation Xabi kept on all season was a key. Great managing accompanied by great squad build up by Simon Rolfes
If Bayer finishes off the invincible season it would absolutely be an incredible accomplishment, not even Bayern during their extended reign of dominance ever pulled that off.
@freddysquirenaranjo4859
21 күн бұрын
@@AB-jg1ny salty....
@6Germanicus
21 күн бұрын
@@AB-jg1nyThose numbers are Bundesliga only. Yeah, they only play EL, but still an Amazing achievement
@ilzafadilatulhaq1780
21 күн бұрын
@@freddysquirenaranjo4859 its fact tho, even tho its still INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENT.
@mehedi8331
21 күн бұрын
They have done it. Just 2 more matches to go
@milkatuc220
21 күн бұрын
No team has every pulled that off. Not Real Madrid, not Manchester City, not Barcelona with Messi, nobody.. ever...
I feel like the run is more important than the title 😂
@Nice-ou8ps
21 күн бұрын
If they keep the run, the titles come in automatically
@jamesbusher4290
21 күн бұрын
@@Nice-ou8ps Perugia did an invincible season and still didn't win Serie A
@Dexquest3d
21 күн бұрын
Yeeeessssss! Exactly 😂
@Nice-ou8ps
21 күн бұрын
@@jamesbusher4290 Leverkusen's last 2 games this season are finals, so it's either win or lose
It’s a combination of great young talents and underestimated players.
Xabi genuis. Charismatic
They have made history already
Arsenal "invincibles" lost 5 games that season (3 in Champions League, 1 in FA Cup, 1 in League Cup) They can't compare to Leverkusen who are on the verge of an unbeaten treble. Burley talks about superstars, Florian Wirtz will be a bigger superstar than any player Arsenal ever had. That kid will be winning Ballon dors, maybe already this year.
@goober776
21 күн бұрын
Florian wirtz aint winning any ballon dors.
@ramonjones1200
21 күн бұрын
1st thing yes he's a good youth no balon d'dor tho that fail just let him develop 1st plz
@jonah5548
21 күн бұрын
@@goober776 he's 20, he will
@ShubhamMishrabro
21 күн бұрын
Bigger than henry? Clearly you're joking. Wait for some time
@Knishmaster
21 күн бұрын
Wirtz played way better than Bellingham in Bundesliga who is now considered a ballon dor favorite.
Leverkusen's outstanding run at the moment, I'm excited to see what it looks like in the upcoming Champions League. The coach remains the same and the team is more or less unchanged because they can keep the players. Grimaldo, Wirtz etc Will be exciting 😄
Let's go Leverkusen! ❤
I want nobody to leave that club so then they can go up against My Team in the CHAMPIONS 😤😁
51 unbeaten ❤️🖤 done 🏆
Truly remarkable
After their win against Qarabag I think in the UEL KO where it was a close as twins siblings coming out of the womb together, and some fuxking way they kept it calm, controlled, and passed the ball around the outside of the box. Grimaldo found that space to send the ball and Schick without fail put it in the net. I was a believer not in the black magic but in the mentality. Even in the NFL or the NBA you dont see cohesiveness like this, you dont see how an entire squad from the players on the field to the ones on the sideline to the coach sticking together til the final whistle blows and making it happen. Typing this makes me cry a lil because I thought only Madrid used the Power of Friendship.
They still haven't done it tho...I remember a few seasons ago Barça were on to go unbeaten and then a had a crazy 5-4 defeat away from home against a bang average team on MATCHDAY 37.........Just a few seasons ago, Sporting in Portugal were on for it to, and then lost in the VERY LAST MATCHDAY, away to Benfica. It's very hard to go unbeaten. I really hope they do it.
@wokeaf1337
21 күн бұрын
2 more games to go
@Thomas-ow4wc
21 күн бұрын
They did it flawless.
@shadowwalker006
20 күн бұрын
Yes I remember that season 😑 messi was left out the squad and wasn’t even on the bench that day when they lost
Awesome achievement really. Unprecedented even without accounting for the lack of resources. But the Question remains- are they as dynamic and entertaining as ETH’s Man United???
They made history, alright.
Ahah, Craig at the end.
Superb achievement. Even Pep or Klopp cannot achieve this with this Leverkusen team.
It's incredible to see how this story turned into some kind of global Running-Gag especially after yet another decisive goal in stoppage time. All those Social Media memes, every random dude wants them - a fairly random team in their own right tbh - to keep their streak going. One down, two to go. And quite frankly: they way they were playing, dominating all season - I just can't see them not finishing it off against Atalanta and Kaiserslautern. An entire season unbeaten in three competitions. That's just insane.
It’s not that they’re undefeated it’s the way they’ve gone about it 5+ injury time wins incredible.
Difference is (all comps)
And they just scored 12 minutes in🎉🎉🎉
A true legend of bvb had his last home game 😢
To be completely honest, it's a phenomenon... That's just it!
Elbows flying about Shaka😂😂😂😂😂😂
Leverkrusen can achieve as an underdog what juggernaut throwing money out of the window from Oligarchs, Saudis, Qataris and all other historic billionaires in Football including Perez have ever dreamed of would be a big slap in the face for them! I really hope that they will win the triple - Bundesliga - DFB Pokal - UEFA Europa League
Xabi guzu working
@jasfinestlyrics4526
21 күн бұрын
Yaadi
@jeromefrass3289
21 күн бұрын
Lol you can know when some Jamaican comment. But it's true tho the xabi need to tell some other team his guzu man
Bayer Leverkusen have to ways of how the matches go: they either score in the first half, which means that it is game over for the other team (I think Leverkusen have won all matches in which they have taken the lead), or they are a bit wasteful with their chances, the other team scores in the second half and Leverkusen have to score in injury time.
Yes far better than invincible
Simply fantastic!
Imagine dominating a league with one 1 UCL Finalist and 1 UCL semi finalist.
Bayer to win 4+ tomorrow ?
@mehedi8331
21 күн бұрын
It is 2-1 bayer
@skinsbigfanhttr1249
21 күн бұрын
@@mehedi8331 I know I’m paying attention. My question was whether they were going to win by four +
Has nobody at espn thought to add "FC" using that ESPN font? Sry, had a couple tonight hahah
Xabi should try tottenham next 🤣
@Danleesixdoublefive321
21 күн бұрын
The unstoppable force (Alonso) vs immovable object (spurs)
They just scored a second against Augsburg 👍. Will go unbeaten in the Bundesliga.
UNBELIEVABLE
Why is trappatoni Making home made soda??? Can someone make sense of it.
They just did invisible is complete 2-1
@espn extra time question for Stevie and for Shaka. "Who is more likely to do an 'INFALLIBLE' season (ie winning every single league game) Xabi Alonso or Mikel Arteta?"
Xhaka becoming invincible, at Leverkusen. lol
2 games to go
Leverkusen has Xabi Alonso United has Ten Hag...nuff said 🤬🤬🤬
Barcelona almost went unbeaten in La Lifga in the 2018/19 season, but they took their foot off the gas after they had the league won, and Ernesto Valverde didn't give much importance to going unbeaten for the entire season. He didn't field a strong team against Levante in their penultimate match of the league, and they lost 5-4 with no Messi on the field.
@killkiller91
21 күн бұрын
That was 2017/18 but yeah that season hurt seeing that loss to Levante
@ShubhamMishrabro
21 күн бұрын
Real madrid is also nearly unbeaten this year. Only lost 1 league match and are on to scoring 99 points which is second highest i think.
@wogna96
21 күн бұрын
@@ShubhamMishrabro Third highest. Both Real and Barcelona had a 100 points season.
@ShubhamMishrabro
21 күн бұрын
@@wogna96 they're joint first that's why i said second
@wogna96
21 күн бұрын
@@ShubhamMishrabro Yeah makes sense. I thought of it like in sports, if 2 people are first there is no second place.
Leverkusen's invincible will be BETTER than Arsenal's overrated iNviNciBLeS.. Bundesliga this season is much stronger than Prem in 03/04
@paulmccallie8718
21 күн бұрын
Quite possible, but again they did play europa league think that helps a lot with managing players.
@eL--RaL
21 күн бұрын
@@AB-jg1ny BS!! Prem is overrated..Has always been and even more so from 90s to 2005
@Fschalke1
21 күн бұрын
@@AB-jg1ny I don't remember Aresnal losing 4 key players in the middle off the season due to an Afcon and asia cup. People forget the challenges leverkusen faced this season. Btw Stuttgart is the best 3rd place in Bundesliga history right now and Bayern was the best 2nd place after the half of the season (pointwise). Its not like there arn't any other strong teams this season. Also Dortmund played quite well in all games they could give away the possesion, which makes a reasonable amout of really tough games during the season. Prem was not really peaking 03/04 aswell, United was the only team who reached the cl final in the decade leading up to the invincible season. Going unbeaten in Budesliga is already comparable to arsenals run, let alone doing it in 2 more competitions. (Arsenal lost to Middelsborough in the cup that season, any oponent can be the trippingstone, thats why its never been done before).
@humphreyobanor866
21 күн бұрын
Leverkusens invincibles is better than arsenals because they are not even close to Dortmund and Bayern in star power, They have more wins arsenal did And they're unbeaten in all competitions.
@jomama4237
21 күн бұрын
@@AB-jg1nyyou’re just a leverkusen hater I’ve seen you in other comments talking bad about them
i think all german club fan should go to UCL final and UEFA cup to suport bayer and dortmund.
Xabi's Real Madrid mentality🙂
Xabi alonso and mikel arteta are from the same town same as unai 3 title winners
@Danleesixdoublefive321
21 күн бұрын
Thanks for pointing that out I never knew that
@Danleesixdoublefive321
21 күн бұрын
I guess that city is blessed
Curse of Harry Kane did it.
So help out a newb here, if Leverkusen plays 0-0 against Atalanta, and loses in overtime, does that game count as a loss or a draw?
@rm0986
21 күн бұрын
In overtime it counts as a loss, on penalties it'd count as a draw because you're unbeaten in open play and penalty shootouts are accepted to be pretty much a lottery.
That streaks coming to an end in a couple weeks boys … Hala Madrid !
They'll achieve the unbeaten run
Xavi Alonso future Real Madrid Manager ❤ .Vamos
Next year Barcelona will win the treble unbeaten, trust Laporte and Xavi our brother
@funsiclopedia5156
21 күн бұрын
Joke 😂 you will not win anything
@voiceout001
21 күн бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Leverkusen is a better club than Barcelona 😭
@sullaybjr
21 күн бұрын
MU, Chelsea, Spurs, Inter, AC etc 😂
@eL--RaL
21 күн бұрын
😂😂😂 Bundesliga fans, I had no idea they're this arrogant.. Look at them after just 1 good fluke Season and they think they're the best 😂
@OGCHuila
21 күн бұрын
That's not a Leverkusen fan...he wasn't here last season...but by this mid season he became one...or so he thinks.
@GarnettBartley
21 күн бұрын
How much champions league dem have 😮😮😮😮😮
@rd-fg5ws
21 күн бұрын
why the need to disrespect barcelona rather than giving props to leverkusen? one of the top 3 teams right now, incredible season!
Augsburg have everything to play for. To spoil the party big time....but they won't
neverlosen just won zhe BL without loss - impressiv. But two games more and they have gone a whole season unbeaten. since european football has some club archieved this? but against bologna will be a tough path to glorie.
@vmfstud5201
19 күн бұрын
It’s Atalanta Bergamo
Xavi. The cooler Xabi.
I believe best Achievement is porto win champions League with Mourinho. Leverkusen is also good achievement but they have not go against the very best.
@galactico7194
21 күн бұрын
That is subjective. The year Porto won the UCL, they did have a good team. As does Leverkusen. You can always have debates comparing UCL with Porto Vs 1st Bundesliga trophy ever against Bayern & Dortmund.
@enockt6218
21 күн бұрын
@@galactico7194 Well its bigger achievement to win against the very best and not just best in one country.
1888 hmmm
I think they will loose one cup final🤷♂️... but even still wow😍😍🔥🔥🔥
Stewart Robson the number 1 hate on all Bundesliga and German Football 🙄
I wish Leverkusen played against Real Madrid in some competition this year. Lol
@osundefosa
21 күн бұрын
They could play against each other at this year's Uefa Super Cup.
@rainerzufall6245
21 күн бұрын
If they both win their UCL and Europa League final, they will play the UEFA Supercup in Warsaw on August 14. 2024.
@_A7X
21 күн бұрын
Unfortunately they'd be going against UEFA and refs
@OGCHuila
21 күн бұрын
That would have been blockbuster....in my mind I'm picturing the back and forth WWE wrestling script for Stone Cold vs The Rock matches.
@petergalvez3930
21 күн бұрын
I would argue leverkusen vs man city would be a superior match. Man city is still better than Real Madrid in my eyes. Madrid always plays a “certain way” against city. Man city stays true to their footballing style and philosophy every match even if they lose.
Xavi is the heir apparent to Pep, real deal.
@winebuyah
21 күн бұрын
ummm... surely you meant Xabi, right??
@branchofthevine779
19 күн бұрын
@@winebuyah yes Xabi good correction. Xavi is NOT the heir apparent but let’s see over time.
Even GOD cant Beat LEVERKUSEN ❤
Remembered when Archie said real madrid wouldn't be able to compete in the champions league this season without a recognize striker
@hhbased
21 күн бұрын
A bit off topic?
@jackbauer5455
21 күн бұрын
He's a sport journalist he is paid to predict things sometimes he gets things right other times he is wrong not really something to make a big deal out of it plus it's off topic to this video.
Doesn't change the fact Jeremie Flopoo has less goals than Antony this season
It's not just Augsburg, Atalanta and Kaiserslautern can stop Leverkusen, too.
@rm0986
21 күн бұрын
Not in the league they can't. That's how absurd their streak is - the unbeaten streaks of the other clubs they showed were only for the respective leagues.
@CharlesOffdensen
21 күн бұрын
@@rm0986 Who cares. If you are unbeaten in the league, but in the meantime you lose in other competitions, there is no "streak", it's not consecutive. That's why it was Benfica that held the record before Leverkusen. Juventus and Milan both came close to having an unbeaten season, as did Perugia but they all lost in the cup (Perugia also didn't win the title). So did Ajax in 1995 and Dinamo Bucuresti in 1992. Star Belgrade had only one loss to Hoffenheim in their "uneaten" season. Debrecen, I think, in 2012 had an unbeaten season, but they didn't play in Europe. So besides Debrecen I can't think of any other club going unbeaten for the entire season in recent years. Leverkusen can do this. They've already beaten the record for most consecutive undefeated games. Now they can go unbeaten for the entire season. Juventus, Milan, Arsenal and so on didn't do either. Augsburg, Atalanta and Kaiserslautern can stop Leverkusen for the unbeaten season.
@rm0986
21 күн бұрын
@@CharlesOffdensen the fact that we're comparing an occasional top 4 Bundesliga side with Juve, Milan and Arsenal's invincibles shows again how outrageously far above their usual standard they're playing. Even if they were to lose to Kaiserslautern or Atalanta after beating Augsburg, going unbeaten in the Bundesliga is still a record, and an absurd one at that - even Bayern never managed that, not in their sextuple/treble years and not when they went out of cup and UCL early. Saying "who cares" about that is utterly disrespectful to the achievement it is.
@CharlesOffdensen
21 күн бұрын
@@rm0986 We shouldn't be comparing them. Juventus, Arsenal and Milan never had invincible seasons. That's BS and nobody cares about that. Comparing them to Leverkusen is disrespectful. Milan and Juventus didn't play in Europe either.
@rm0986
21 күн бұрын
@@CharlesOffdensen You're a confusing person to talk with. You brought those clubs up for comparison, now you're saying we shouldn't be comparing them. Tbh I don't understand what it is you're trying to say.
City would tear them apart, just sayin...
without Bayer the big Pharma Giant they wouldn´t even play in the Bundesliga.
@Thomas-ow4wc
21 күн бұрын
Yeah so huge 25m per year Sponsoring compared to the 200m + for Bayern AG from Audi, Telekom or the 75m for Wolfsburg from VW...learn your facts.
Barcelona having money to referees for decades with no consequence is a bigger achievement
next year they'll be 5th
A very unselfish team, always seem to find an open man or willing runner
😂😅🤣😂😅🤣😂😅🤣😂😅🤣
Fraudiola would never be able to accomplish something like this
I was going to get the first comment
Atalanta will end it All Mark My Words
Archie rintit is a poor reporter
All soccer fans are behind those loveable losers!
How is Dortmund going to win the champions league while it’s going to play in the Europa league next season? 😂
@Tosse901
21 күн бұрын
Dortmund will play CL next season, as germany has a 5th spot secured.
@trulyunforgiving
21 күн бұрын
Are u slow
Leverkusen if they go unbeaten will be much better than Arsenal's iNviNciBLeS.. They're going for a treble while Arsenal won just 1 No one should dare bring up that ludicrous narrative "Arsenal did it in prem" "Prem is tHe hArDeSt leAgUe" that's the biggest bunch of BS I've ever seen.. Prem is an overrated league with a huge propaganda branding to overhype their league Prem was SH*T from the 90s to 2005 anyways
@OGCHuila
21 күн бұрын
Leverkusen aren't competing in the Champions League.
@Fschalke1
21 күн бұрын
@@OGCHuila Aresnal didn't lose 4 key players out of an 24 fieldplayer squad to Afcon in the middle off the season, and leverkusen hasn't lost to middelsborough during this season, doing it in all competions is a different level
Suddenly the Bundesliga is strong and competitive. We forget that Bayern typically wins it every season.
87 points and invincible. Liverpool didn’t win the league with 97 points
@SpaceTruckin
21 күн бұрын
34 games in Bundesliga vs 38 games in EPL.
@ahmedaesthetics4577
21 күн бұрын
Einstein pl has 38 games and bundesliga has 34 games
@PandaNew
21 күн бұрын
Average PL fan:
1 season wonder tin pot club ..successful consistent big clubs i.e Liverpool, man united, real madrid, barca, Bayern, Dortmund, ac milan, juventus. Thats real history 😆😆
@Thomas-ow4wc
21 күн бұрын
Yeah.. Dortmund AG and Bayern AG...good Joke.
books by colour not my topic is crazy... 😂😂
Xabi > Xavi 😂😂