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Bayer Leverkusen’s Dramatic Comeback Seals Crucial Victory, Xabi Alonso’s Side Remains Undefeated – Bundesliga News

After Hoffenheim took the lead for 88 minutesBayer LeverkusenThe latter turned the tables on his guest and turned his loss into a win. Leverkusen fell behind to a goal by Hoffenheim player Maximilian Bayer in the first half (33rd), and waited before the final whistle to score two goals in three minutes thanks to Robert Andrich in the 8th minute) and Czech striker Patrik Schick in the 90th+1 minute.

Leverkusen raised its score in first place to 73 points. 13 points ahead of runner-up Bayern Munich who receives Borussia Dortmund At the end of this evening in the strongest matches of this stage.

Leverkusen’s 23rd win in the league this season, compared to 4 draws, comes after its Spanish coach, Xabi Alonso (42 years old), stated during a press conference held yesterday, Friday, that he will stay next season, after rumors raised the possibility of his departure to Bayern Munich or Liverpool.

Leverkusen did not taste loss in the 39 matches it played in various competitions this season, as its last loss dates back to May 27, 2023.He is preparing to celebrate his first league titleIt is also competing on more than one front, as it reached the semi-finals of the German Cup, where it will play against Dusseldorf from the second division, and the quarter-finals of the European League “Europa League”, where it will face West Ham of England.

Hoffenheim’s goalkeeper shined

And the keeper shined Hoffenheim Oliver Bowman in today’s match blocked several balls, most notably by Swiss Granit Xhaka twice (11 and 43), while Florian Wirtz’s shot passed the German goalkeeper’s left post (18).

Bowman continued his series of saves in the second half against Leverkusen, who was rushing to adjust the score. He stopped in front of a Wirtz shot that collided with defender Tim Drexler and diverted its course (54), while Alonso made a substitution 4 minutes later to revitalize his team. Moroccan striker Amin Adly Instead of midfielder Jonas Hofmann.

Bowman showed off and made two saves in front of strikers Sheik and Adly (76), only to return and save a miraculous ball from Spaniard Borja Iglesias (87).

Andrich put an end to the goalkeeper’s arrogance, by scoring the equalizer after a pass from Jonathan Tah inside the area, followed by the midfielder shooting a shot “on the fly” with his right foot that hit the ground and scored (88), before Leverkusen added the second goal from a second cross pass from Tah, which was converted by a check with his left foot. In the goal in the first minute of stoppage time.

Hoffenheim suffered its third loss in a row, after having previously lost before the international window to Frankfurt 1-3 and Stuttgart 0-3. Photo from: Hasan Bratic/TSG 1899 Hoffenheim/IMAGO

Hofheneim suffered its third loss in a row, after having previously lost before the international window to Frankfurt 1-3 and Stuttgart 0-3.

AndLeipzig fell into the trap of a goalless draw with its guest, Mainzand regained fourth place from Dortmund on goal difference, awaiting the latter’s match against the Bavaria giants.

In his first match with him on the coaches’ bench, Ralph Hasenhuttl led his Wolfsburg team to victory over a defunct Werder Bremen 2-0. Bremen played the second half with ten players after their defender Anthony Young was sent off in the 43rd minute, before the visiting French defender Maxence Lacroix, who scored the first goal, was sent off in the 76th minute.

Freiburg, led by its historic coach Christian Streich, who announced his departure at the end of the current season after 13 years at the club, approached the European ranks by defeating its host Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-0.

Eintracht Frankfurt tied 0-0 with its guest Union Berlin.

The twenty-seventh stage of the Bundesliga concludes tomorrow, Sunday, with Augsburg playing against… ColinStuttgart with Heidenheim, and Bochum with Darmstadt.

AJ/AJM (AFP, DPA)

The most expensive transfer deals in the German Football League

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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

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Erling Haaland: 75 million euros

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Lucas Hernandez: 80 million euros

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Jadon Sancho: 85 million euros

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Josko Gvardiol: 91.5 million euros

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Kai Havertz: 100 million euros

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Harry Kane: 100 million euros

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Jude Bellingham: 103 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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