Before the last game in Mainz
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In the table for Bayer 04 Leverkusen on the last matchday, the game of the Werkelf at FSV Mainz 05 still has a special meaning: if the eleven of the outgoing coach Xabi Alonso does not lose a new away record in the Bundesliga – 34 games without defeat in a foreign place.
14 victories and three draws were already available for the German champion 2023/24 last season as an away balance sheet, so Bayer clearly launched the guest table with a 14 points ahead of VfB Stuttgart. There are nine threesome and seven draws in the current season, only the upcoming title holder FC Bayern has a counter in the away table. However, the Munich -based company also conceded a defeat – in December 2024 at Mainz 05. The FSV is also likely to demand everything on Saturday, the 05s are still concerned with important points in the battle for international business.
Leverkusen hired the previous away record of Bayern, which did not lose 33 games in a row between 2012 and 2014 in a row. Now the sole record. A motivation that Alonso gratefully takes in his last game for Leverkusen: “We want to have a good conclusion, with a good feeling for everyone. It would be very meaningful if we achieved it. Two complete seasons without an away defeat, that would of course be a record and it is really impressive that we have the opportunity to do it.” The Spaniard had already provided a novelty with his team in 2024 and completed an incredible series that Bayer made the Bundesliga the first German champion without defeat in 61 years.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen: Poker around Wirtz employs works club
In addition to Alonso’s farewell game, Leverkusen continues to employ the poker for the future of international Florian Wirtz. FC Bayern, Manchester City and most recently on FC Liverpool vouch for the 22-year-old, whose contract is dated to Bayer 04 until 2024. The called transfer demands of Bavaria are around 150 million euros, here is the last stand. While Manchester City’s Coach Pep Guardiola is addressed on Friday in the run-up to the FA Cup final against Crystal Palace (Saturday in the TM ticker from 5:30 p.m.) (“Now is not the time to talk about it”) Future question at his still protégé.
“Flo has a very mature spirit. I think the people around him, his parents, want the best for him. They are at an important moment of his career. Whatever he does, I will be happy for him. We wait a little more. There are always rumors in football. And with such a special player there will always be rumors-today and in the future. You don’t always have to deal with it seriously.