One thing that gets to me is the disrespect for Ballack. Dude was tall/strong, had great technique, could pass/shoot with both feet like they were his natural ones (which is sth thats going missing in todays game), had under appreciated ball control/skills/passing ability, sure he was no mbappe but he had some deceptive pace as well, and man those headers?!?! Michael Ballack was an amazing all around talent. Not a jack of all trades cuz he was amazing in multiple aspects of the game, not to mention his fight/will to win (despite his many failures to do so which honestly were not his fault).
I grew up watching Soccer in Germany only with the highlights of the Bundesliga Games as Ballack was playing for Bayern (between 04/06) and i swear he made a Header in every Game😂
Currently every football fan in Germany except BM celebrates that BM is not champions again. But I would say everyone also feels a bit sad for Kane who was their only bright spot and his greatest season was not crowned. I also like Thomas Müller and he is "excused" for being Bayern Munich because he was made for his club.
Tbh if the stuff that happened to Leverkusen in between 1997 and 2002 happened in the prem everyone would be saying its the most exciting league, the bundesliga was the best league in the late 90s early 2000s
I liked this Leverkusen team had outstanding players from Lucio, Pogatez, Placente, Ze Roberto, Remelow, Basturk, and Neuville, I was heartbroken when they fail to win anything
Michael Ballack suffered the most. He carried Bayer Leverkusen to every single trophy and germany to the 2002 World Cup final and loses it all. Then he loses the ballon dor to Ronaldo, who did NOT deserve it. Ballack deserved it
He missed that 2002 world cup final cause of suspension as well. And in 2008 he finished 2nd in the PL, lost league cup final and UCL final with Chelsea, and lost Euros final to Spain
Bayer Leverkusen was the first team to reach the final of the Champions League without ever having won a national championship. In addition, five members of the Bayer Leverkusen team were also members of the Germany national team which lost the final of the World Cup of 2002. 2001-02 season, Bayer Leverkusen finished second in the Bundesliga and lost in the 2002 DFB-Pokal Final. UEFA Champions League final 2-1 to Real Madrid, which also led to some of the English-language media dubbing them "Neverkusen".
Imagine NEVER winning the title but when you do you go the ENTIRE season unbeaten.. THAT'S how you banish a curse 😅.. I bet Harry Kane feels sick to his stomach 🤢
With Bayer Leverkusen about to be winning the German Bundesliga this season,this video is a motivation for the team to focus on winning the title with a win,good friends!!!They are going to win the league this time and they will do this against Werder Bremen,good friends!!!LONG LIVE BAYER LEVERKUSEN AND GERMAN FOOTBALL!!!🇩🇪
It sucks that it has to be against Werder Bremen of all teams, since we really need the points in the relegation battle... but if it comes to that, so be it. At least the champion won't be Bayern this year.
Leverkusen unlike in 2002 are now one win away from breaking the curse. Until now Bayer Leverkusen has never won the Bundesliga title in their history and now Xabi Alonso are one win away to achieve history. Alonso took over a side that was fighting relegation last season and since then they could become the first team ever to win the treble without a single loss. Incredible.
Not quite the treble with the Europa league instead of the champions league but still if they win all three undefeated that's gotta be up there with one of the best seasons
This is the best football storytelling channel on youtube. There is something about this guy's voice and accent that is very nice to listen to. Still waiting on a Kenny Dalglish video
The curse of Harry Kane is so powerful that it 1) ended Kingsley Coman league winning streak 2) help to lift up Leverkusen curse. This means that England will finish second in Euro24. Bet on it
As, a german i can say. Michael Ballacks career and story is just crazy. Carried Germany for a decade, carried Leverkusen and partly Bayern & Chelsea to great success many times. Yet he was, kinda rightfully proven Germanys performances at WC 2010 & 2014, cast aside. Great player of his time but he was eaten by modern football since people like Lahm, Neuer Schweinsteiger and Kroos took over
That team was soo good back then! Just take a look at the players they had. It was such a shame they didnt win a single trophy, maybe one of the best teams to never win anything.
Botafago last season was a bigger choke. Leading with 13 points half season and finishing outside the important top 4, which qualifies you for South American Champions League.
OMG im getting shivers of how good football was back then! Seeing all these legends and the matches they played! This will never, never, never be the same! :/
Fun fact: The teams that beat Leverkusen in 2002 in each trophy were not that "winners" either. Bundesliga champion Dortmund lost the UEFA Cup final that year against Feyenoord. DFB Pokal champion Schalke failed to qualify for the Champions League, a year after narrowly losing the league title. And Champions League champion Real Madrid (which was celebrating its centenary) lost Copa del Rey final in Santiago Bernabeu and dropped from league leadership in 33th matchweek (finished 3rd).
That Bayer Leverkusen with Ballack, Ramelow, Schneider, Ze Roberto, Lucio and Neuville was soooo fun to watch... one of my favourites ever the team was totally dismantled after the champions league final... a pity.
I was lucky enough to follow the season of this team on champions league back on the day, the team was so good, and was the base of the German national team that they also lost on the final. The champions league final was an amazing match with one iconic Zidane goal. And the debut of maybe the best spain goalkeeper on history. Because of the injury of Cesar. Casillas was a wall in that match
Leverkusen made me know who is ballack and his nickname (Mr. Runner-Up). At first, i didnt understand it. But after i see his carrer, i have sympathy for ballack. The only man who get 4 runner-up in the same season twice (2002 & 2008).
As a Spurs fan I felt I could fall back on calling Leverkusen bigger bottlers than us, but I will probably not be able to do that anymore because one of our own legends joined a team in the same league as them bringing an even bigger curse 😭
I never seen this as a failure. But i remember the importance of their Libero Jens Nowotny....playing phenomenal.... holding the defense together. Then he had a incredibly bad injury....and it all went downhill. Leverkusen was playing above normal level...in the end it was the lack of experience and leadership. But damn....what a year.
Im watching this youtube channel and my son vame into my room and said "i know what are you listening to...its daily dose of football" Even teenage boys watching your channel
In germany, after the season and before the world cup, everyone joked. "They took so many Leverkusen players with them, they go out the tournament second."
Most youngsters are gloryhunters, but I was almost on the other opposite. This season was my 2nd football season overall. I was little child and didn't understood a lot. But when I saw how Leverkusen suffered in the end, they became my favourite team and also I hated Real and BVB a lot back then(because I blamed them for 'stealing' what was Leverkusen's. After a while I stopped hating on BVB because I saw they are not so great and just were lucky that season, but for Real(and some other similar teams) till this day I hate them for so many different reasons. They are just full of them. But that year was so bad for Leverkusen that made me suffer with them in the end like they are my home town team.
Another great video! Please as a portuguese comrade allow me to make a special request since in this video you were talking about German footbal... Please do a video about Sebastian Deisler...
2002 Bayer Leverkusen is also the one of the five teams in history that had players in World Cup top 3 teams in that year. -Gold: Lucio -Silver: Ballack, Neuville, Ramelow, Schneider, Jörg-Butt -Bronze: Baştürk Other teams were 1998 Real Madrid, 2018 Barcelona, 2022 Tottenham and 2022 Atletico Madrid.
And now they have done it. Xavi Alonso brought the bundesliga while being undefeated (yet), and they are still on track for europa and pokal so worst case leverkusen gets the bundesliga, best case they get an undefeated trebble. Regardless, Xavi Alonso transformed neverkusen/wizerkusen to neverlosen and that is a legendary feat :)
Do a video of Benfica's treble tragedy in 2013 as well. I know you'll love doing this because you're a FC Porto fan lol. But try to remain unbiased please, Benfica was playing amazing tiki taka football at that time and honestly deserved all three trophies.
@@franciscopintoleite4371 he was pretty talented tho, for a second when we first signed him I really thought he and Iturbe were going to take over the world lol
Ballack2002, 2nd in bundesliga, 2nd in UEFA CL(everybody knows that goal in Glasgow), 2nd in WC (had to miss the final due to YC in Semi). Ah life can be cruel sometimes.
Can you do a video on former International Serie A & Primera División legend Marcelo Salas, there's just something about el matador that screams swag and epic the way he plays
Ok, it's been 22 years now. I still think I remember that one of Leverkusen's regular players wasn't there for the last few games due to doping rumors (???). I could also be completely wrong
A now in 2024, they have wrapped up their first ever Bundesliga with 5 games to spare, and they could end the season by winning an invincible treble...
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One thing that gets to me is the disrespect for Ballack. Dude was tall/strong, had great technique, could pass/shoot with both feet like they were his natural ones (which is sth thats going missing in todays game), had under appreciated ball control/skills/passing ability, sure he was no mbappe but he had some deceptive pace as well, and man those headers?!?! Michael Ballack was an amazing all around talent.
Not a jack of all trades cuz he was amazing in multiple aspects of the game, not to mention his fight/will to win (despite his many failures to do so which honestly were not his fault).
He literally scored an owngoal lmao
And your point is?
@@wokeaf1337 And? Doesn't diminish how good he was.
I grew up watching Soccer in Germany only with the highlights of the Bundesliga Games as Ballack was playing for Bayern (between 04/06) and i swear he made a Header in every Game😂
I would always choose Ballack over Mbappe!
Thanks to a greater curse in Harry Kane, Leverkusen have broken theirs
Hahaha
Would have been crazy if Dortmund, or some other team were to win the Bundesliga
Kane is a descendent of Ballack
Currently every football fan in Germany except BM celebrates that BM is not champions again. But I would say everyone also feels a bit sad for Kane who was their only bright spot and his greatest season was not crowned. I also like Thomas Müller and he is "excused" for being Bayern Munich because he was made for his club.
Yeah by choking on another final.
Don't forget this was (even despite their UEFA cup win in '88) by far the best season Bayer Leverkusen ever had... until now.
"So listen to this..." will always be an iconic line, I will forever enjoy your content!
I mean we loved football before but the way this guy narrates just makes you fall more in love with it. It’s a passion 🙌🏻
Tbh if the stuff that happened to Leverkusen in between 1997 and 2002 happened in the prem everyone would be saying its the most exciting league, the bundesliga was the best league in the late 90s early 2000s
Serie A was stronger, now its a mess.
I liked this Leverkusen team had outstanding players from Lucio, Pogatez, Placente, Ze Roberto, Remelow, Basturk, and Neuville, I was heartbroken when they fail to win anything
Michael Ballack suffered the most. He carried Bayer Leverkusen to every single trophy and germany to the 2002 World Cup final and loses it all. Then he loses the ballon dor to Ronaldo, who did NOT deserve it. Ballack deserved it
He missed that 2002 world cup final cause of suspension as well. And in 2008 he finished 2nd in the PL, lost league cup final and UCL final with Chelsea, and lost Euros final to Spain
Ballon D'Or is a glorified popularity award.
and missing the chance to play World Cup when Boateng injured him right before this. Must be the most unlucky and cursed player I heard of in my time
@@magivkmeister6166how tf Nedved own over Henry still questions me..
@@RMCF22x because individual performances isn’t the only thing that determines ballon dor
Bayer Leverkusen was the first team to reach the final of the Champions League without ever having won a national championship.
In addition, five members of the Bayer Leverkusen team were also members of the Germany national team which lost the final of the World Cup of 2002.
2001-02 season, Bayer Leverkusen finished second in the Bundesliga and lost in the 2002 DFB-Pokal Final.
UEFA Champions League final 2-1 to Real Madrid, which also led to some of the English-language media dubbing them "Neverkusen".
Imagine how hard it hits to relief this trauma ❤
@@jenzabi Germany and Leverkusen overachieved that season/ world cup.
the squad wasnt deep enough
And Ballack was runner up in the top scorer charts of the Bundesliga.
Visekusen
They will win the Bundesliga this year ⚔️⚔️🏆🏆⚽⚽⚽
Unless...
Imagine NEVER winning the title but when you do you go the ENTIRE season unbeaten.. THAT'S how you banish a curse 😅.. I bet Harry Kane feels sick to his stomach 🤢
Anyone except Bayern was acceptable
Where is the video about Victor Gyokeres
Yes. Done.
Neverkusen was hunting them for so long, probably the worst "Treble" (Petition for a video about Cafu: Week 15, Day 98)
With Bayer Leverkusen about to be winning the German Bundesliga this season,this video is a motivation for the team to focus on winning the title with a win,good friends!!!They are going to win the league this time and they will do this against Werder Bremen,good friends!!!LONG LIVE BAYER LEVERKUSEN AND GERMAN FOOTBALL!!!🇩🇪
It sucks that it has to be against Werder Bremen of all teams, since we really need the points in the relegation battle... but if it comes to that, so be it. At least the champion won't be Bayern this year.
@@segafreak2000 I mean we beat Bayern with a back up squad...
@@attk177 Beating Bayern isn't the achievement it used to be, this season at the very least.
Who is here when Lever Won Bundesliga title
I am
Under xabi Alonso it's BAYER "NEVERLUSEN 😂😂😂😂
ima neverlusen in you
😭😭😭😭😭@@drippyalpha6855
@@drippyalpha6855 ????
@@drippyalpha6855 you made my day fam
@@drippyalpha6855 At least it’s one unbeaten season
Leverkusen unlike in 2002 are now one win away from breaking the curse. Until now Bayer Leverkusen has never won the Bundesliga title in their history and now Xabi Alonso are one win away to achieve history. Alonso took over a side that was fighting relegation last season and since then they could become the first team ever to win the treble without a single loss. Incredible.
👏👏
Not quite the treble with the Europa league instead of the champions league but still if they win all three undefeated that's gotta be up there with one of the best seasons
Alonso realy made every single player better, its amazing
This is the best football storytelling channel on youtube. There is something about this guy's voice and accent that is very nice to listen to.
Still waiting on a Kenny Dalglish video
Second best🌚🌚...
And they finally did It with an unbreakable record. First club to ever win thier first Domestic title with an Invincible season.
The curse of Harry Kane is so powerful that it
1) ended Kingsley Coman league winning streak
2) help to lift up Leverkusen curse.
This means that England will finish second in Euro24.
Bet on it
Leverkusen curse is bigger
England will just make it out of the group and lose in the first knock out game
@@dannyesse3043 meanwhile England in last euro
@@DrRan617 so your logic is that if you finish second you repeat the same result 4 years later?
@@dannyesse3043 no but close
today Leverkusen won the League...i waited since1998 for this moment (became as a 13 year old fan of Leverkusen)
As, a german i can say. Michael Ballacks career and story is just crazy. Carried Germany for a decade, carried Leverkusen and partly Bayern & Chelsea to great success many times. Yet he was, kinda rightfully proven Germanys performances at WC 2010 & 2014, cast aside. Great player of his time but he was eaten by modern football since people like Lahm, Neuer Schweinsteiger and Kroos took over
That team was soo good back then!
Just take a look at the players they had.
It was such a shame they didnt win a single trophy, maybe one of the best teams to never win anything.
Exctaly
3 heart attacks was because he was over 400 pounds mate. We are getting a bit carried away here.
The emotional rollercoaster that he would be on that day triggered it probably. I am a doc and I know what I am talking about
@@sunnyy116 what about the other 2? And no. You’re not.
It was a combination of his weight, and the stress.
But what triggered it?
@@akunwanneprosper7016 hmmm what could it be ? The 400 pounds. He said himself. He had 3. so what explains the other 2?
The day you uploaded the video,Leverkusen won the league
Botafago last season was a bigger choke. Leading with 13 points half season and finishing outside the important top 4, which qualifies you for South American Champions League.
Michael Ballack brought many fans to the joyful game. I'm one. Miss seeing him.
OMG im getting shivers of how good football was back then! Seeing all these legends and the matches they played! This will never, never, never be the same! :/
and this is why 2nd place hurts WAY MORE than last place
Here's a list of interesting videos to make:
Arsenal's Invincible run
Mourinho's 2nd run with chelsea
Dortmund under Klopp
Miracle of Istanbul
I love your Intro! So.. Listen to this.. simply iconic!
Hopefully, history doesn't repeat itself. Victory will shine on Bayer Leverkusen this season.
Fun fact: The teams that beat Leverkusen in 2002 in each trophy were not that "winners" either.
Bundesliga champion Dortmund lost the UEFA Cup final that year against Feyenoord.
DFB Pokal champion Schalke failed to qualify for the Champions League, a year after narrowly losing the league title.
And Champions League champion Real Madrid (which was celebrating its centenary) lost Copa del Rey final in Santiago Bernabeu and dropped from league leadership in 33th matchweek (finished 3rd).
All that is history now. They are the Champions 🏆
It took Kane's curse to break curse on Leverkusen. My man is next level cursed
Well, the curse is broken finally! I'm happy for them! Greetings from a Sporting CP fan
That Bayer Leverkusen with Ballack, Ramelow, Schneider, Ze Roberto, Lucio and Neuville was soooo fun to watch...
one of my favourites ever
the team was totally dismantled after the champions league final... a pity.
u kno its a good day when ts man uploads
I was there at that time. Now I fully enjoy and I am just proud of that whole club with all its people ❤
I was lucky enough to follow the season of this team on champions league back on the day, the team was so good, and was the base of the German national team that they also lost on the final.
The champions league final was an amazing match with one iconic Zidane goal. And the debut of maybe the best spain goalkeeper on history. Because of the injury of Cesar. Casillas was a wall in that match
8:03 “I never thought it would be so easy to bottle a treble” 😘😉
Thank you for the video. Great memories and enjoyable to watch
Leverkusen made me know who is ballack and his nickname (Mr. Runner-Up). At first, i didnt understand it. But after i see his carrer, i have sympathy for ballack. The only man who get 4 runner-up in the same season twice (2002 & 2008).
leverkusen getting save by harry kane curse
Then enter Eric Dier.. Curse completed!
Xabi Alonso really rectified this mess up
Ballack didn't just lost all these finals,he also lost his SON!!
No doubt
ze roberto, Ballack, Berbatov, Lucio, Neuvile... under Klaus Topmoller. Wow wow wow... this was football.
As a Spurs fan I felt I could fall back on calling Leverkusen bigger bottlers than us, but I will probably not be able to do that anymore because one of our own legends joined a team in the same league as them bringing an even bigger curse 😭
Curses exist only if you believe in them.
Roma is up there as well. They finished 2nd 9 times in a row since the last time they won the Serie A.
Whos here after the they lost the UEL Final
Imagine being a GERMAN Leverkusen fan and after that Losing the world cup final to Brazil 😢
The UCL final was a bad day for Leverkusen and the starting of a great career from Iker Casillas.
Alonso and his team have rewritten the history
Who is here after they defeated Werder Bremen and clinched the Bundesliga!!! 🏆
keep up the great work
I never seen this as a failure. But i remember the importance of their Libero Jens Nowotny....playing phenomenal.... holding the defense together. Then he had a incredibly bad injury....and it all went downhill.
Leverkusen was playing above normal level...in the end it was the lack of experience and leadership. But damn....what a year.
You knew you gonna enjoy the video when it starts with : "so...listen to this"
Im watching this youtube channel and my son vame into my room and said "i know what are you listening to...its daily dose of football"
Even teenage boys watching your channel
In germany, after the season and before the world cup, everyone joked. "They took so many Leverkusen players with them, they go out the tournament second."
Most youngsters are gloryhunters, but I was almost on the other opposite. This season was my 2nd football season overall. I was little child and didn't understood a lot. But when I saw how Leverkusen suffered in the end, they became my favourite team and also I hated Real and BVB a lot back then(because I blamed them for 'stealing' what was Leverkusen's. After a while I stopped hating on BVB because I saw they are not so great and just were lucky that season, but for Real(and some other similar teams) till this day I hate them for so many different reasons. They are just full of them. But that year was so bad for Leverkusen that made me suffer with them in the end like they are my home town team.
"So listen to this"
I love that intro 💯
Talk about Tele Santana, and the team that conquer the world twice in 92 and 93!
Another great video! Please as a portuguese comrade allow me to make a special request since in this video you were talking about German footbal... Please do a video about Sebastian Deisler...
added him to the list a few weeks ago
@@DailyDoseOfFootballYT Thanks a lot brother. I hope for see that one! 🙂 Keep the great content!
2002 Bayer Leverkusen is also the one of the five teams in history that had players in World Cup top 3 teams in that year.
-Gold: Lucio
-Silver: Ballack, Neuville, Ramelow, Schneider, Jörg-Butt
-Bronze: Baştürk
Other teams were 1998 Real Madrid, 2018 Barcelona, 2022 Tottenham and 2022 Atletico Madrid.
Sooooo i love this channel ❤😊
Please make a video about Pippo Inzaghi (Month 2)
Need a video of Marcelo the best LB in the World 😭😭
update !! leverkusen won this year league title with xabi alonso !
Who here after the Lookman hat trick?
goated youtuber
And now they have done it. Xavi Alonso brought the bundesliga while being undefeated (yet), and they are still on track for europa and pokal so worst case leverkusen gets the bundesliga, best case they get an undefeated trebble. Regardless, Xavi Alonso transformed neverkusen/wizerkusen to neverlosen and that is a legendary feat :)
Keep it up bro❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
Heartwarming to see them lay a lot of ghosts to rest this year.
Do a video of Benfica's treble tragedy in 2013 as well. I know you'll love doing this because you're a FC Porto fan lol. But try to remain unbiased please, Benfica was playing amazing tiki taka football at that time and honestly deserved all three trophies.
what about a Kelvin video instead? (jk)
@@DailyDoseOfFootballYT Kelvin was literally born to score that goal just like Eder's against France
@@franciscopintoleite4371 he was pretty talented tho, for a second when we first signed him I really thought he and Iturbe were going to take over the world lol
The one curse that could beat the neverkusen curse
The Kane curse
The ‘so listen to this’ is just in every vid I saw
Bro where are u from? Cause ur portuguese is so good.
He is from Portugal
@@TheNVLS yea makes sense
Leverkusen winning now
Stay winning Xabi
You gotta talk about SV Werder Bremen against Hamburger SV back in 2009. 4 matches in the span of 19 days. With Bremen having the better ending
Ballack2002, 2nd in bundesliga, 2nd in UEFA CL(everybody knows that goal in Glasgow), 2nd in WC (had to miss the final due to YC in Semi). Ah life can be cruel sometimes.
Can you do a video on former International Serie A & Primera División legend Marcelo Salas, there's just something about el matador that screams swag and epic the way he plays
They went from Neverkusen to Neverlusen.
Ballack2002年拿了四个亚军，也是个传奇了
This is probably the most compelling episode of daily dose 16:14
i love your videos!
I think they'll win the Europa aswell 🏆🏆
They win all three
It took Someone who had an even Bigger Curse in Harry Kane to Arrive at Bayern Munich, for Bayer Leverkusen to Finally Win the Bundesliga.
Any chance for a video about Matthew Le Tissier?
People forgot Kaiserslautern
If you want to build a choke playlist, don't forget Botafogo in the 2023 Brazilian Championship
They will break the Vizekusen curse tomorrow
I feel so sad for ballack, he was such a great player
Leverskusen should thank Harry kane without him they wouldn't be champions
That's rubbish Pl nonsense. Leverkusen won because of their own positive football. Kane scored 40 goals still lost
Xabi Alonso turned Neverkusen to Neverlusen
Do a story about Hagi!!!
Agreed
Ok, it's been 22 years now.
I still think I remember that one of Leverkusen's regular players wasn't there for the last few games due to doping rumors (???). I could also be completely wrong
Do an episode on Dragan Mance his story is incredible
A now in 2024, they have wrapped up their first ever Bundesliga with 5 games to spare, and they could end the season by winning an invincible treble...
Bro they are called "Vizekusen" not really "Neverkusen" here in germany (at least in the last couple of years)
Can Leverkusen please, please, please win the league undefeated 🙏🙏🙏
Neverkusen + Xabi Alonso = Neverloosen
And the worst part was that some of the players went on to lose the World Cup that year aswell 💀
Expect for Lucio
@@e.l.b6435ye lol
@@e.l.b6435for me one of the best CB growing up...
4:34 this time there are 13 points clear of Bayern
Why did u remove the Zlatan video