The Only UNDEFEATED Team In Europe
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- Опубліковано 1 чер 2024
- Bayer Leverkusen are doing some serious Damage in the Bundesliga this season. Undefeated in all competitions and good value for their wins. Can they go all the way?
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00:00 - Introduction
01:14 - Leverkusen is Never Losin
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Producer: Tinashe Chipako
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Itd be the most harry kane thing to ever happen in the history of harry kane if he breaks the bundesliga scoring record and still comes second
I can see it happening ngl, although he is unlikely to break the scoring record this year
It'd also be the most Harry Kane thing if Bayern end their unbeaten run and not win the league
I just want ma boi to be Happy...
His goalscoring has slowed down a bit so I don't even think he'll break Lewa's record.
@@liverbot4854 It happens to all players , it almost impossible to have the same performance/output for a whole season including goalscoring... there is still a chance!
Update: Leverkusen won to day 3:0 against Bayern in the direct match
Next update: Today Bayern lost 2:3 against Bochum and they also lost their Chamionsleague Game 0:1 against Lazio. Leverkusen is now 8 points in front of Bayern. And after over 20 games in the league they still dont lost
update: if leverkusen wins their next match the league is over
Update: 04/25. They have still not lost ending in a draw in both their last matches
Seeing Xabi doing well just makes me happy in general. Seeing him topple Bayern's title monopoly would be a great win for football overall.
How Dare uuuuu!!!!!
Only FC Bayern you "opfers!!!!"
I'd say the same about any German team. But for me the best case scenario for football overall would've been if Union kept 1st place form last season.
But Kane 😭
@@andyrojas2179imagine Kane wins the UCL and his first trophy is the one Arsenal doesn’t have 😂
I would love to see it@@CovertBandit0
Grimaldo was such a great acquisition on Leverkusen's part. He was already one of the best left-backs in Europe while at Benfica. They are really missing him over there.
Their defenders are scoring more goals than the strikers on the bottom half of the table.
My late older brother was an Alonso fanboy back in the day and man it hurts me so much he cant see his favorite player now tearing up the Bundesliga as a manager.
Tinsahe we missing you back in RSA stay safe sir.
Take care bro
Sorry 😢
He's in a better place..bless his soul
Jesus loves you bro. I’m so sorry you lost your brother.
RIP Tansehe
Leverkusen fan for 21 years, I am fucking buzzing rn
SVB ❤🖤
"21 years"
This saved you a lot of tears and agony.
I remember the days of "Vizekusen/Neverkusen" very well.
I'm a Dortmund supporter. We haven't lead the Bundesliga table in 2001/02 for a single match day that season. But in the end we came out as champions!
And Leverkusen went on to lose the UCL and DFB-Pokal final
Players like Ballack, Schneider, Ramelow or Neuville, even lost the World Cup final on top.
And under Christoph Daum, they also had been runner-ups for like three times. With Ballack costing Leverkusen the title by an own goal, in 99/00.
Well, as a fan you'll know all the stories. But having gone through it, is another thing. I really sometimes suffered with you. Especially after the 2002 UCL final. While the Zidane goal was just amazing, Bayer was the overall better team.
@@yannick245actually after 2002 they haven't won anything either
@@amiaw12 Exactly!
The only trophies they ever won, were the UEFA-Cup in 1988 and the DFB-Pokal in 1993.
They've been runner-ups/2nd place in the Bundesliga for five times.
I don't know about the cup. But the 01/02 season was just legendary!
Players like Ballack, Schneider, Ramelow or Neuville, even went on to lose the World Cup final. So they got the quadruple 2nd place.
I would've needed a good psychologist after this season!
Harry Kane is playing so well, aiming for most goals ever scored in a season, Bayern are having their best season since 2017.
And yet Leverkusen sits at the top.
if Bayern were just having a bad season it would already be a sensation for Leverkusen to be on top - but with Bayern having a really good season this is pure insanity!
Sadly nobody even cares about Bayern's performance. They only lost like 2 games and people are talking as if Tu Chel is destroying the club. Just go to show how amazing of a jobLeverkusen is doing.
Yeah Bayer played the third best season in Bundesliga history. Only guardiolas bayern in his first and last season had more points than Leverkusen right now
That's the worry, Bayern are so close to them. Would be better if they were having a bad season and Leverkusen had broken free.
@@akwilson1676if you look at results with Tuchel vs with Nagelsmann u see the problem tho.
@akwilson1676 what the numbers fail to show is how scrappy many of the wins. There have been too games where Bayern were under the kosh after the opposition scores before Kane or sane came up with pieces of magic to win us the game. Numbers may tellb that we had a good ruckrunde but the eye test doesn't. And now that Kane and sane's form has cooled off, the results are no longer there in the hinrunde
I am a Köln Fan so for me seeing Leverkusen being that good is just dreadful. All the banter we might loose if they actually win it...
On a more serious note tho: Its just fun to watch this team play and if any team deserves to win it after all this time its them.
Leverkusen Fan here. Thanks for the appreciation. Seems we got some more banter on our hand thus far this season. That transfer ban must be so terrible, but as you might've guessed, I'm frankly not moved by it. Good luck staying in the league tho - now that you have sacked Steffen Baumgart, I can tolerate your team way more.
Viel spass in der 2.ten. Danke fuer Florian Wirtz (Abmachung gebrochen egal)
@@YungIsyanBro, totally unneeded, he genuinely appreciated your work beyond your rivalry.
Maybe there is a reason there is just one letter missing between Bayer und Bayern, as soon as yall on top some of you start to act like them. Not the first time.
@@LiftandCoa womp womp womp. Cry about it.
2:09 As if the madness wasn't enough, 5 Leverkusen players went on to lose the World Cup Final with Germany as well, including Michael Ballack, who didn't play in that Final because of the yellow card suspension he received during the previous game against South Korea. However, Lucio played for the winning side, Brazil.
Bayern Munich also suffered this similar fate 10 years later. They lost both Bundesliga and DFB Pokal Final to Jurgen Klopp's Borussia Dortmund, as well as the Champions League to Chelsea, which is even more heartbreaking as they played the Final in Allianz Arena.
Yeah, in the UCL final against Chelsea Bayern conceded the equalizer in the 88th minute and then lost on penalties. A great story for Chelsea but absolutely heartbreaking for Bayern...
@@TheGuyWhoTakesYourGirl
But one have to admit, Drogba is the kind of guy that you have to expect to clutch a final
Neverkusen gets a new meaning now that they never lose
Due to you mentioning Kim Min-Jae, Dayot Upamecano and Serge Gnabry not being available for Bayern, I think it's worth pointing out that Leverkusen is missing Odilon Kossounou and Edmond Tapsoba whose absence can be felt at times imo
gnabry wouldn't make much of a difference as he's not good anymore
Yeah our defense is quite thin at the moment. Also Arthur is inqured (Brazilian RB), who could've rotated with Frimpong from time to time to preserve his fitness.
Kimmich and Laimer are also out now, Bayerns Defence looks very thin for the next games, but nothing Eric dier can’t fix
Upamecano, Kim, de Ligt, and the possible RBs Laimer, Mazraoui and Kimmich all injured
@@katozzabi1064 also mazraoui
PSV is currently 17-1-0 in the Eredivisie. Possible video??
I thought that too but I think he’s including European cups
@@nefolideutsch why? The loss against Feyenoord was in the cup.
They also lost 0-4 to Arsenal in the Champions League group stage.
And with Peter Bosz as head coach! He was good at Ajax, fell off at BVB, was alright at Leverkusen and now he's so good again. I love to see it, he was such a nice guy at Leverkusen. I also really feel like it's talked about WAAAY to less in the media. Their record is absolutely nuts!
@@nefolideutsch wrong league champ 🧂
I've been a Dortmund fan for 15 years, but since we won't have anything to do with the title race this year anyway, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for our neighbours from Leverkusen.
It just fills me with joy to see Xabi succeed, I really hope he can achieve something this season and win titles.
Keep up the good work, love hearing from you❤️
This is top tier content. Dude is like a football psychologist. Auto subscribe 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Great video !
This was a great video, keep up with the fab content. Looking forward to seeing all the amazing things you will do in 2024 ❤
Winning the Bundesliga with a team not named Bayern München could propel players Like Wirtz to new levels. This really means something.
Well Bayer Leverkusen does share the first 5 letters of the team named Bayern so not that far off... lol but I get what you're trying to say.
@@vijeykumar7429yeah , remember the generation of the last team not named Bayern München that won the Bundesliga included lewandowski , gundogan , hakimi , dembele and many others...
@@vijeykumar7429 Bayer invented Heroin btw
@@user-fr2jc8xb9g hakimi and dembele didn't play for Dortmund in 2012
@@user-fr2jc8xb9g dembele played 16/17 for Dortmund and hakimi 2018 - 2020
love ur vids man😁
Still waiting on you covering VfB Stuttgart. Their Rise in the last months is really impressive
It was soo damn cool to see. The team is incredibly likeable and how they turned around from relegation battle to title battle (at least the title of Herbstmeister) is just incredible. It's really sad to see Guirassy's numbers decreasing and Stuttgart leaving more and more points on the table. I still really pray for them to qualify for UCL tho, so they could take RB Leipzig's spot.
You just love seeing someone who was committed to football excellence during his playing days be also committed to excellence in his mangement. Just building up football legacy.
Can't wait to see him in a top club. I know that either sooner or later he will lead Real Madrid to success.
With Klopp out at the end of the season, Liverpool may want him to succeed Klopp. The summer will be interesting with Leverkusen, Real Madrid and Liverpool fighting for Alonso
Gotta catch up on your Bundesliga viewing! Lots of interesting developments due to loans, table position, CL, etc.
Bundesliga is every year interesting in terms of table position. Everyone can beat everyone there. Only title race was lame in 7 of the last 10 seasons
Harry Kane's luck makes me sad bro
Class brother yessir 🙌👍💯
I liked Alonso as a player, and now seeing him taking Leverkusen so high is amazing. I believe every football fan except for Bayern & Spurs fans wants to see them win. I like Kane too, but it's time for a new winner in this league
I watch all your videos, barely ever commented anywhere on UA-cam, but “never losen” got me😂
So glad Im a Doortmund fan the Bundersleague just keeps getting better and better every season, football iconic love your videos best football channel out here ❤
I'm watching from TEMA Ghana 🇬🇭 West Africa.
Bayer Neverkusen is finally breaking that curse.
As For Kane he is maintaining his Curse.
Bayer Neverkusen sounds so freaking wrong.
@@fe-jo untill they win a sliver wear.
Is Still neverkusen
Summer vacations used to be me choosing Bayer Leverkusen in manager mode and try beating Bayern in professional settings for the bundesliga - i guess I’m living that dream experience for real now
Im from Germany. This is really well researched!!! GJ
love your analysis and breakdowns, my man. much love from texas
Bayer Neverlosen ⚫️🔴
Aaaaaand it's over for Leverkusen. Thanks Tinasha...
Only 2 points ahead now haha. This man is special
Aaaand, now they're 5 points clear after winning 3-0 over Bayern
That neverlosin joke got you a sub for sure bro
Thanks for the jinx
Incoming Liverpool fans to tell us about the 1 game they’ve lost…
Edit: to people complaining, I never said they were wrong! I just said you’d be here…
yeah but the difference is that var and higher ups even confirmed that the controversies in those games were mistakes and liverpool should have been awarded those points
This is all competitions, even aside from the spurs one they lost to Toulose
They have a point though 😂
@@tadhgallen1464 Against Union saint Gillose too
They lost other games tho💀
Noice video! Some spurs content pleaseee
I wouldn‘t really called Bayerns last game „bouncing back“. They really struggled hard and really seemed uninspired and helpless for most of the game, against an opponent that struggles with basically everything right now. If Union had a good a few good counter-attacks it would have been Bremen all over again.
More Bundesliga coverage please!
I just want to point out how good your pronunciation of Spanish/Latin names and surnames is. Listening to you is always pleasant.
With the Klopp news... your timing is impeccable.
As a Bremen Fan it was weird. I tried to get Tickets to the opening game against Munich, no Chance, I actually got tickets really easily against Leverkusen and saw the while machine work. And now Bremen has somehow against all odds defeated Munich at an away game. I love the last few weeks in German football. Psychology is going to play a huge roll the closer the season is to ending and the tighter the table is by then.
I got 2 watch the game against RB Leipzig first time outside of europa i watched leverkusen this season really impressed with the fight they showed cant wait for the bayern game
Im a German and I love that you do so many videos about the Bundesliga. Even if its just about top teams. I totally get, that you don’t wanna engage with lower table teams … Just never thought a foreigner would spend so much time on the Bundesliga
They finally did it❤❤ 🎉🎉🎉
As a ManU fan, I'm routing so hard for Sancho to do well! This will expose the BS that is going on at the club. Something isn't right, managers and players have been blamed for the longest time yet all these individuals did well before United and after, but never here. I don't understand why we even broke the bank buying Sancho, because we never really played him. It's understandable that a talent like that would get frustrated wasting away on the bench. I would probably also act out eventually, not saying it's right, but at least he's away from the rot and can flourish again. A few bad apples is a massive indictment, not a minor issue like it's colloquial use suggests
I think the reason he flourishes at Dortmund but doesnt at Man U ist simply that he gets to be the star player at Dortmund, which means he gets the support and assistance from the other players there to put him in the spotlight, while at Man U he has to step back. In Man U all the player are star players, and all of them wants the spotlight, but thats not how a team can function. There has to be players who do the dirty work without recognition and are okay with this, so the big talents in the club can shine.
Fresh cut 🔥
Tinashe i swear if the thing with girona happens again with leverkusen...
Edit: Yo i just realised my exams end in the 9th of february😎
😂😂😂😂
You can't compare girona with Leverkusen. Leverkusen was already number 2 favourite for Bundesliga title. For some tv experts they were already Bundesliga favourite no 1 before the season started because they were already at the second half of the bundesliga last season incredible
The Match against Leipzig last Weekend was amazing!
2:49 Earned yourself a new subscriber there
With Harry Kane I'd say it's just bad timing. Bayern are in some kind of a tranitional phase low-key so many drastic changes have been made within the board and I imagine whether knowingly or unknowingly it has to have made an impact to on the field results .
The fact that Maatsen is so young and immediately plays in a team like Dortmund as if he has never done anything else is very impressive. Makes me excited to be Dutch with so much talent at the moment
The best part is they are really fun to watch
The only question is whether Leverkusen can keep this up until the end of the season or not. They got consecutive very close and last-minute victories now, it seems like it's gonna be a matter of time until they run out of steam, especially if they also make a deep international run.
Even if it's the wrong video to talk about it, but since you mentioned it, the Sancho situation is a curious one. I am not a BVB fan by any means, but Sancho actually seems like a really good "kid" (I realize he is 23 by now :D) and ten Haag seriously did him wrong.
In general ten Haag seems like a crazy dictator and he kicked Sancho out after Sancho stuck up for himself and didn't agree with ten Haag basically calling him trash in practice sessions. I think ten Haag also said stuff like that there have always been problems with Sancho at ManUtd, which Rangnick denied.
Dude you jinxed them
I like that you try to pronounce foreign names correctly. Good job!
On the topic.. now we will have our first game without any core central defender. Lets see how that goes 🤨
Beautiful one
I'd say they are currently on a level ca 90% to Bayerns. But they are just so much more consistent. They are at that level in literally every game whilst Bayern are in some games at 120% but for other games like frankfurt or bremen (or very much still hurting Saarbrücken) are at 10%. We've had very strong outings and even beat Gladbach this season (finally) and in the match against Leverkusen we were the better side (altough not by much if so) and it came down to two very good set pieces by them to get the draw. But they never had an off game. Never. They are always on that 90% and they are a cohesive unit with so far no weak points. We at Bayern have the likes of Davies, Sane, Kane, Kimmich etc. and we are very strong this season but our game has some very hard weakpoints that Frankfurt, Leipzig and Bremen have been able to exploit. I especially have the feeling that we are always at danger to get counter attacked and scored against especially if there has been a long stretch where we could not score against a deep standing team.
I really respect Leverkusens and especially Alonsos and Rolfes work. It is outstanding to especially see what they have done with a very small budget. They spent less than Dortmund and got the likes of Boniface, Xhaka, Grimaldo and Hofmann whilst Dortmund got Nmecha, Füllkrug and Bensebaini. Neither Bayern (Would have needed Walker and Stanisic for that) nor Dortmund have been able to fully address the structural problems in their teams whilst Leverkusen has just build a perfect unit. It is truly incredible.
Bayern to lose the Bundesliga?
You can take the lad out of Spurs but you can't take the Spurs out of the lad.
As a german i would like to extend my thanks to Harry Kane for working his magic at Bayern too 😂
I also want to say that Alonso is a baller, both in the pitch and on the sideline.
As a football fan, seeing Leverkusen finally end Bayern's reign of terror would just be very refreshing and enjoyable.
As an Arsenal fan, seing Harry Kane lose out on yet another - and probably the easiest - title opportunity of his life, truly setting his curse in stone, would be as Martin Tyler once said, "The cherry on the icing on the cake"
You got this Leverkusen
It´d be interesting to see a mothly update of the big 5 leagues of europe
This man is cursed, it was nice while it lasted Leverkusen
Please make more of the bundesliga
Hoping for these guys. Don’t watch Bundesliga but love Xhaka so lets go.
The fact that I watched it Today, right after the Leverkusen vs Bayern match 😂
Leverkusen wins Bundesliga, Cup and EL, Bayern wins CL. Kane gets his title, Alonso goes somwhere else and Bayern wins the next 10 Bundesliga titles in a row again.
Alonso have only a clause for his former clubs. Liverpool, Bayern and Real
Alonso could join Bayern Munich in summer 2025
@@sehu1291Carlo Ancelotti renewed his contract,and Klopp is great at Liverpool,the only team left is Bayern
What if Kane loses UCL?
Bayern winning UCL? No chance. Real Madrid or Manchester City will put Bayern out of the misery. The Bundesliga is destroyed because of Bayern. They need a new winner like RB Leipzig or Borussia Dortmund after Bayer Leverkusen.
Gotta say that jacket is a W
I pull against Bayern every year, basically wanting anyone else to win the title for once. I don't have a dog in the fight so much as just wanting to see something different happen as a casual Bundesliga fan. Leverkusen, Dortmund, and Schalke (sad to see what has happened to them over the past few years...and I also just got an idea for an FM save 💡)
Anyways I am conflicted this year because going off what I just said, obviously I am loving what Leverkusen is doing. As a bonus Xabi Alonso has been one of my favorite midfielders to ever watch when he was playing.
But, it is hard not to like Harry Kane, even as a non-Spurs fan, and part of me also wants that man to get his title.
If I was a full-on Leverkusen supporter, I would be a tad concerned about the players who have just headed off to AFCON though...
As a Liverpool fan, I’d prefer we didn’t draw them until the Europa final 😅
You would prefer that over not playing them at all?
Hey there! I'm subbed to only 2 football channels, and yours is one of them. Love your content! And especially love your content that is not about prem ;) So, I selfishly suggest, when ManU sucked again, instead of making another one about it, just watch other leagues for distraction and do a vid about that.
just joking, I know it's hard to do all the research. keep it up!
Tinashe is class😂🙌🏾
Besides good coaching there is one extra thing why they're so good this Season. Leverkusen historically doesn't spend much money. They use a lot of youth players, but after selling Kai Havertz they went out to buy some good talents and veteran Players and it shows this Season.
Bro I hope you don't jinx them like you always do
Did this drop before or after the klopp news
annual jinx video god have mercy
Bro what are you talking about. The moment you said "Neverlosen" is the moment I remembered to like the video xDD
PSV being 19W/2D/0L is also crazy obviously not a top 5 league but still
video on vini jr would be dope
This is a win win type of video
If they go on to do it its an early call
If they don’t, it’s preserved as a reminder of how good they got
Could you cover the Austrian Bundesliga? I'm an Austria Vienna fan and think a lot of the teams in this league deserve coverage
“Neverlusen” was nice lmao respect
Very cool❤
And bayern lost 3-0 to leverkusen
Surprised to see Will-I-Am analysing football. 😮
He might just get the Liverpool job after Klopp announced he's leaving.
OKAY "Neverlosen" made me like this video instantly. Pun of the season
Still can't believe in it. Schick looks like a massive downgrade from Boniface. Whole defence is at the limit due to Africa Cup. Palacios and Frimpong got hurt in the last game. Nah man, Bayern is gonna make it because of Harry Kane.
Let’s see how far they can go
You can take the man from spurs. But not the spurs from the man😢
Bayern failed to score against Copenhagen in the UCL a few weeks ago too. Not sure if you meant in the Bundesliga though.
4:42 - 4:52 Thomas Tuchel breaking records
It s the Harry Kane curse vs the Neverkusen curse. Imagine if neither of them wins the bundesliga🤣
Tinashe trying really hard to Jinx them😭😭
Leverkusen played the third! best season ever! in Bundesliga history in terms of points. So they would be at first place in every Bundesliga season in history expect Guardiolas Bayern 2013/2014 and 2015/2016
Don't forget about the 2012/13 season.
@@Michael_De_Santa-Unofficial i said in terms of points
@@Michael_De_Santa-Unofficial Leverkusen would be first in bayerns treble seasons
Please make a video on Barcelona's academy. I've never seen so many youngsters pop out of nowhere as starters and deliver.
Put yourself in Kane’s shoes: Finally escape Spurs, get to the most dominant team in Europe, at least in terms of domestic leagues, comfortably win the golden boot, and watch a team that have never won the league before possibly go invincible. Oof 😂
I am getting massive 2001-02 vibes from this Leverkusen team. They reached both the finals of the German Cup and UCL but lost to Schalke and Real Madrid.
The league is where it gets the most painful though. They were the most entertaining side to watch, scored 77 goals (12 more than Bayern who had the end best attack). In February they thrashed their closest challengers Dortmund 4-0, it was in the midst of a 10-game unbeaten run while they were also getting the better of Juventus, Deportivo, Liverpool and Man Utd in Europe. Then a late collapse with 2 defeats in April, it was all Dortmund needed to overtake them.
Such a thrilling team with the likes of Butt, Nowotny, Linke, Basturk, Ballack, Lucio, Ze Roberto, Neuville and Ramelow, ending up winning nothing. I very much fear a repeat of the same, particularly as they've not been able to put much distance between them and Bayern. You just sense that those teams are fragile and will eventually succumb to pressure, which Bayern doesn't suffer from.
Is there reason Bayer can't just go all in for Champions League next year? People act like it's a small club but it's owned by a huge pharmaceutical company who can make up the losses selling Tylenol to Bayern fans.
Bayer don't spend that much money on the club despite owning it, they only really spend money when the Club is in the red (like during Covid)
Wake up babe football iconic just dropped!