There are five games left until the end of the Bundesliga, with 16 points ahead of Bayern Munichwhose reign has lasted 11 years, and is unbeaten, both in domestic competition and in the DFB Pokal, where he was a finalist, and in the Europa League, where he has a two-goal advantage against West Ham ahead of the second leg of the quarterfinals which takes place on Thursday in London.
In addition to being historic, because of its 119 years of history it has not reigned in Germany, the Bayer Leverkusen of Xabi Alonso He is a champion at last. In an attractive and bold proposition, Xabi Alonso In just a year and a half, he turned a team that was in the relegation zone into a contender for the perfect Triplet.
A choral team if ever there was one, with up to four players reaching double figures in goals and assists. Two of them -Alejandro Grimaldo and Victor Boniface- joined last summer, in a transfer window in which also arrived other important pieces in achieving the league title such as Granit Xhaka, Jonas Hofmann either Josip Stanisicprovided by Bavaria.
The best Grimaldo ever
What happened was especially surprising Grimaldosigned at zero cost after concluding the contract with Benfica. The Valencian, who has a past in the youth academy Barça, has 11 goals and 16 assists this season. The numbers for a left back are unheard of but they are not far from his counterpart on the right wing: Jeremie Frimpong.
The Dutchman, more intense than a wing-back, scored another goal (12) and gave five less (11) than Grimaldo. Two real daggers that never tire of supplying balls BonifaceIt’s still ‘Pichichi’ Leverkusen (18 goals and 10 assists in all competitions) despite being sidelined for more than two months with an adductor injury.
Wirtz, 35 goals were scored in 41 games
Immediately behind the Nigerian is, at the level of the director, Florian Wirtzpresent and future of ‘Mannschaft‘and certainly the most unusual footballer of the aspirin team. The wizard from Pulheim, only 20 years old, scored no more and no less than 35 goals – 17 scored and 18 conceded – in 41 games.
Some unusual numbers that complete the ‘double-double’ poker that may be joined, shortly, by the aforementioned Hoffmann and Amine Adli, both with eight goals and 11 assists, respectively. The best example of perfect gear ever Xabi Alonso in Bayer Leverkusen.
Source: La Verdad
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