Assured of the title of German champion for five weeks, Bayer Leverkusen won 2-1 on home soil against Augsburg on Saturday May 18, becoming the first German club to finish a full Bundesliga season without defeat
Xabi Alonso’s men thus extend their exceptional series of unbeaten matches to 51, in all competitions, and are two matches away from a full season of invincibility, as they face Atalanta Bergamo in the League final on Wednesday. Europa, and Kaiserslautern (2nd division) next Saturday in the German Cup final.
With 90 points, Leverkusen is ahead of Stuttgart by 17 points (73 pts), which won 4-0 against Borussia Mönchengladabach, with a double from Serhou Guirassy, his 27th and 28th goals. The Guinean international finished second top scorer in the Bundesliga behind Bayern’s English striker Harry Kane, who was out with a back injury on Saturday.
The Munich residents, for Thomas Tuchel’s last match as Bayern coach, lost (4-2) at Hoffenheim, after leading 2-0 after six minutes and conceding two goals at the end of the match.
Reus, dreamed farewell with Dortmund
Manuel Neuer’s teammates give up second place to Stuttgart, who will play in the German Super Cup if Leverkusen achieves the Championship/German Cup double in a week.
Two weeks before its Champions League final in London against Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund offered Marco Reuss a dream outing for his last match in the BVB jersey at the Westfalenstadion with an assist and a goal during the victory for the Yellow and Black against Darmstadt (4-0).
For the European places, Frankfurt retained its sixth place, at the expense of Hoffenheim, with a draw at home against Leipzig (2-2). In the race to maintain, Union Berlin saved itself at the end of the suspense by winning against Friborg (2-1). Beaten in Heidenheim (4-1), Cologne accompanies Darmstadt in the 2nd division while Bochum, beaten in Bremen (4-1) will play the play-off against Fortuna Düsseldorf.
