Bayer Leverkusen continued a series of 41 matches in various competitions during which they did not taste a loss (36 wins versus 5 draws), after… Victory over Union Berlin with a clean goalHe now needs to win one of his remaining six matches To decide the title of the German Football League – Bundesliga In his favor after raising his score to 76 points.
Thus, Leverkusen is 16 points ahead of Bavarian giant Bayern Munich, who won the title in the past 11 seasons, and is threatened by third-placed Stuttgart, who are now equal with them on points (each of them has 60 points) and are behind them on goal difference after their victory. Borussia Dortmund .
The Borussia Dortmund team lost to its host Stuttgart in the 28th round of the German Football League, today, Saturday (April 6, 2024), with an unanswered goal scored by Serho Geraci in the 64th minute.
One win separates Leverkusen from the title
And it is possible Leverkusen To be declared a champion of the “Bundesliga” after occupying second place five times, at its home stadium and in front of its fans, if it wins over Werder Bremen next Saturday.
Spanish coach Xabi Alonso’s men are still struggling on three fronts, in addition to being close to a solutionLeague titleThey qualified for The German Cup final, where they will face Kaiserslautern From the second division, they reached the quarter-finals of the European League, “Europa League”, where they will play against West Ham of England.
In the German capital, he received… Union Berlin A morale blow when midfielder Robin Gosens was sent off after a serious foul on Nigerian Nathan Tella (45+3), after which Leverkusen won a free kick and after a tackle in the home team’s penalty area, Ivory Coast’s Odilon Kosounou turned the ball into the goal, but the referee blew the offside whistle.
But after returning to the Video Assistant Referee (VAR), it became clear that Union captain, Austrian defender Christopher Tremmel, touched the ball with his hand, and a penalty kick was awarded, which Florian Wirtz successfully converted in the minute (45+8).
Heidenheim started the second half with two stunning goals within two minutes. Photo: Tom Weller/dpa/picture alliance
Heidenheim turns the tables on Bayern
600 kilometers south of Berlin, Heidenheim turned the tables on Bayern and inflicted on them their second loss in a row After losing at home to Borussia Dortmund 0-2 in the last stage.
And received morale Bayern Munich With his coach Thomas Tuchel, who had previously announced his departure from Bavaria at the end of last season, a severe blow before his continental qualification in the Champions League competition after three defeats against English club Arsenal in the first leg of the quarter-finals.
Bayern waited until the 38th minute of the first half to open the scoring after a pass from Serge Gnabry inside the area to Englishman Harry Kane, who controlled the ball and shot it with his right into the left corner in the first opportunity for the Bavarian club.
Kane raised his tally to 32 goals in 28 league matches this season. Gnabry added the second goal after 7 minutes with a header following a pass from Canadian Alphonso Davis (45).
Heidenheim began the second half with two stunning goals within two minutes, initially reducing the gap through substitute Kevin Sessa, who opened his first goal in the “Bundesliga” after being alone with the goalkeeper (50), and equalized thanks to Tim Kleindienst (51), who returned and added his second personal goal and the third for his team, taking advantage of From the fragility of the Bavarian defense and from a creeping pass from Marvin Berner (79).
In other matches today, Leipzig defeated its host Freiburg with a score of 4/1, raising its score to 53 points in fourth place, while Freiburg’s score froze at 36 points in eighth place. as Mainz swept its guest Darmstadt With a score of 4-0, Cologne narrowly won over Bochum with a score of 2-1.
The 28th stage of the Bundesliga competitions opened yesterday evening, Friday, with the match between Eintracht Frankfurt and its guest. Werder Bremenwhich ended in a 1-1 draw.
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The most expensive transfer deals in the German Football League
The transfer of English Premier League top scorer Harry Kane to Bayern Munich is the largest purchase in the history of the German League, which is 60 years old. A photo tour through which we learn about the largest buying and selling deals in the Bundesliga.
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Dominik Suboszlai: 70 million euros
The 22-year-old dead-ball specialist moved in the summer of 2023 from RB Leipzig to Liverpool for 70 million euros. Reds coach Jurgen Klopp describes the Hungarian as “essential to our present and our future.” Suboszlai had moved with a deal worth 36 million euros from Red Bull Salzburg to Leipzig in 2021.
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Naby Keita: 70 million euros
Leipzig playmaker Naby Keita moved to Liverpool in the summer of 2018, but talk of that transfer had been reported long before that. The Reds club transferred 70 million euros for the Guinean to join its ranks.
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Kevin De Bruyne: 74 million euros
For a record amount in the German League at the time of 74 million euros, Wolfsburg playmaker, Belgian Kevin De Bruyne, signed a contract with Manchester City in the summer of 2015. Although Wolfsburg became richer than before due to this huge deal, the team He lost an irreplaceable support in the green rectangle.
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Erling Haaland: 75 million euros
The deal to transfer outstanding center forward Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund to Manchester City stipulated the payment of 75 million euros in the summer of 2022. At that time, the Norwegian was considered one of the best strikers in the world. As for his salary, it is reported that the English club pays him 30 million euros annually.
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Lucas Hernandez: 80 million euros
It is the most expensive purchase in Bayern Munich’s history up to that time: Lucas Hernandez, who won the World Cup with France in 2018, came for €80 million in the summer of 2019 from Atletico Madrid. The deal was the most expensive purchase in the history of the German League, and Hernandez was at the time the most expensive defender in the world.
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Jadon Sancho: 85 million euros
For a sum of 85 million euros, the young England national team player, Jadon Sancho, who was at the time 21 years old, moved in the summer of 2021 from Borussia Dortmund to Manchester United in the English Premier League. A good deal for Borussia Dortmund: Four years ago, the team bought the young talent for around 7.5 million euros from Manchester City.
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Josko Gvardiol: 91.5 million euros
Although he was a centre-back, a goal scored by the Croatian, Josko Gvardiol, put him in the heart of Manchester City coach, Pep Guardiola. Gvardiol (right) scored that goal in February 2023 in the Champions League for RB Leipzig against Manchester City. Half a year later, the English Premier League champions sign the player and make him the most expensive defender in the world.
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Kai Havertz: 100 million euros
Chelsea paid Bayer Leverkusen 80 million euros in the summer of 2020 to obtain the services of Kai Havertz, who was 21 years old at the time, and the value of the deal, with incentives and other compensation, amounts to about 100 million euros. From a sporting point of view, the transfer brought great benefit to the “Blues” team: in 2021, the German player led Chelsea to victory in the Champions League.
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Harry Kane: 100 million euros
After long negotiations, the Premier League top scorer joined Bayern Munich, after spending his entire football career at Tottenham. The deal, worth €100 million plus incentives, is the most expensive buyout in the 60-year-old history of the Bundesliga.
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Jude Bellingham: 103 million euros
After three years with Borussia Dortmund, the Englishman moved in the summer of 2023 to Real Madrid, signing a contract until 2029 with the “Royal Club”. It was agreed that the value of the deal, part of which goes to Birmingham City, the club where he started his career, would rise through bonuses to 133.9 million euros.
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Ousmane Dembélé: 105 million euros
FC Barcelona transferred Borussia Dortmund €105 million in the summer of 2017 to acquire Ousmane Dembélé. This French attacking hope impressed critics at Borussia Dortmund, but was dogged by setbacks and injuries at Barcelona. The African-American player had cost Borussia Dortmund “only” 14 million euros. Recently, the player moved to Paris Saint-Germain for a deal amounting to only about 50 million euros.
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