Xabi Alonso guides Bayer Leverkusen to first Bundesliga title in club’s history

Ayomikun Elemikan Leading Stories, Sports 14/04/2024

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Bayer Leverkusen have won the German Bundesliga title for the first time after beating Werder Bremen 5-0 on Sunday, NRTC reports.

The club, unbeaten in all competitions throughout the season, wins it with five games to spare. Bayer Leverkusen are also celebrating a first Bundesliga trophy in the 120th year anniversary of the club’s establishment.

Bayer Leverkusen have won the Bundesliga title for the first time in their history (Image: Bayer Leverkusen on X)

Xabi Alonso’s side have won 24 out of the 29 league games played so far, drawing five.

Leverkusen’s season have been largely filled with iconic performances featuring emotional scenes of impossible comebacks.

The BayArena was thrown into frenzy after Bayer Leverkusen won the German Bundesliga crown for the first time ever. (Image: @AfroSportTV on X)

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Meanwhile, Leverkusen are eyeing a historic treble. They hold a 2-0 advantage over West Ham ahead of Thursday’s Europa League quarter-final return leg. Also, a German Cup final against second division side Kaiserslautern is in sight.

Boniface, Tella 🇳🇬 help Leverkusen secure Bundesliga trophy 🏆

Parading the likes of Nigerian duo Victor Boniface and Nathan Tella, they were always going to be majestic. The former is the club’s top scorer this term and that’s despite the 22-year-old being out for a long spell due to injury.

Victor Boniface celebrate scoring a goal as he’s chased down by compatriot Nathan Tella (Image: PoojaMedia)

Boniface also opened the scoring at the BayArena against Bremen for his 11th league goal. He converted a 25th-minute penalty after Jonas Hofmann was fouled in the box by Julian Malatin.

Following an array of attacking adventures, Leverkusen finally got their second through former Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka. The 31-year-old released a left-footed shot from 25 yards out on the hour mark.

Eight minutes later, Florian Wirtz – who only came on at the start of the second half – scored the first of his three goals. His rifled shot into the net was followed by another strike in the 83rd minute.

20-year-old Florian Writz has scored 11 goals and registered 10 assists in 29 Bundesliga games this season. (Image: Marca.com)

First-ever Bundesliga title for Bayer Leverkusen

The German made it 5-0 as he completed his hattrick after being set up by Alex Grimaldo.

Xabi Alonso has led Bayer Leverkusen to an unprecedented first Bundesliga title (Image: @AfroSportTV on X)

Alonso is a hero in Leverkusen after guiding the team to a maiden German league title. (Image: @AfroSportTV on X)

Wirtz, Grimaldo, Jeremie Frimpong, Hofmann, Jonathan Tah, Patrik Schick among others have been so instrumental to Bayer Leverkusen’s historic success.