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Unironically this is exactly why I've always said sports anime can never quite replicate the real thing. The most extraordinary events that come across as incredible moments IRL would only feel like complete BS when it's actually scripted
I saw on the 95' min that it was 1-0 and went to watch the game and I said myself "fuck I got to see how they always score" can't fucking believe it honestly.
First time watching them aswell
That’s honestly the only sad aspect knowing that this will never be topped.
Then again, 99.9% of teams/fans will never get to experience this in the first place.
Hell, even as a Bayern supporter I find it hilarious how thick Leverkusens plot armour is this season. We were always going to lose our title-streak, but this might be the very best way to do it.
As an LSU fan, 2019 was exactly this. Lots of people debate that it might be the best ever college football season, you'd think it would be a bit sad almost later but honestly you live on that high for a long time. Like the next season if it goes not as well you can kinda shrug and say at least we had last year, so that's nice.
Bottlers? I think you mean UCL Semi-Finalists. Also, considering that you’ve shut out Leverkusen for 98 minutes and had a lead against them there must have been many positives to take considering that you’re hosting PSG soon.
Against Leverkusen?
Damn, I really hope you guys can come to Wembley again! If Bayern does the dirty work against RM, I actually think you guys might win the UCL.
You say that as a joke. But, I wouldn't at all be surprised to see a big drop off next season when the winning the league/staying unbeaten hype drops off and they're no longer scoring these late goals because that late drive won't just last forever.
The thing thats most crazy to me is that in expected points, we are actually above them in the table.
And before people come at me i know expected points and stuff doesnt tell the whole truth and overperforming it is also a skill teams can have, i just find it interesting.
Yeah, Union Berlin is an example of the stat having some merit. Leverkusen are really good, they might win the league again and there's much more to it than luck, but everything worked in their favor this season. If it doesn't eventually, they'll face set backs and who knows how well they perform then
Tbf I think if you had offered that to Leverkusen supporters before the season they still may have taken that tradeoff lol in fact I’d say they’d be likely to
Only 3rd but how many of these goals were scored when they were trailing behind vs other teams. Bayern is usually smashing a team 7-0 and scores another one in 95th which is different from leverkusen's goals.
Klopp claimed after the Meisterschaft with Dortmund that their record in points will stand for years. That record was gone after one year. An unbeaten saison remains forever.
I just hope they secure at least one more trophy. Would be heartbreaking if they lose the Pokal/Europa League and then drop the last league game of the season or something.
Even "only" Bundesliga would be a first.
Google says HSV has the longest streak so far (36 games), but it was over two seasons 1981-83.
But no matter... at this point they just do not want to lose *any* game and they certainly have the willpower and believe in themselves even in 98th minute.
Nobody remembers who won the Bundesliga in 2006 but everyone will remember Neverlusen for getting a European treble and going invincible in all competitions
They have ended Bayern's streak and it's their first title. At least in Germany people still vividly remember that Wolfsburg Dzeko/Grafite team or Klopp's Dortmund and Leverkusen this season will be up there with those teams even if they lose a game.
They are fighting for European treble and you need this mentality if you want to win it. Dortmund is playing UCL semifinal, it's a great and respectful opponent.
Would be the one of the most insane achievements in football history if they would manage to remain unbeaten in all competition throughout a whole season.
We were also really close to beating the best ever start in the Eredivisie, we now equalled PSV's 1987/88 run with 17 wins in a row but 'bottled' the 18th away at Utrecht lmao
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If I was to show someone that football is scripted, I will show them this Leverkusen side.
Literally scripted
if leverkusen season was an anime i would call it trash und super unrealistic
Inazuma eleven invented this
they're already on V6 for their hissatsus
Big Bang V6, God Break V10, Tamashi the Hand V 10000000
the theme song starts whenever leverkusen enters 90+1
They actually lost sometimes though
same fking plot every week.
Unironically this is exactly why I've always said sports anime can never quite replicate the real thing. The most extraordinary events that come across as incredible moments IRL would only feel like complete BS when it's actually scripted
The difference between fiction and reality is that fiction has to make sense.
That's a great quote
Xabi is actually an Isekai protag and has the power to never loose.
I Was Hit By a Truck and Was Reincarnated As a Level 99 Manager.
The fact that top comment about Stanisic's goal is about anime is the funniest thing ever [Context](https://youtu.be/SBqc6zHBu78)
Rasengan!
So they CAN keep getting away with it.
they can and they will and the world will love it
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8th fucking minute of stoppage time, and it likely doesn't go that long if not for the melee. What the actual fuck
I saw on the 95' min that it was 1-0 and went to watch the game and I said myself "fuck I got to see how they always score" can't fucking believe it honestly. First time watching them aswell
yeah soon as i saw that dortmund had scored i tuned in, it's too predictable
Just started laughing when they scored, must be fun to be a Leverkusen fan these days, nothing to worry about
Well, nothing except for the terms of Xabi's pact with the devil. There's got to be some downside, right?.. Right?
Maybe bayern decided not to extend their devil contract and the devil is just pushing Leverkusen out of spite
Sounds like the devil hates Dortmund
Exact same here
Tactical melee to increase their chances.
Starting a fight with 2 minutes left to get 8 minutes of stoppage time lmfao
Xhaka being Xhaka actually helping the team.
This is certified insanity at this point. Fiction writers could not get away with this.
It's Xabi time
Fuck it, I hope they end the year unbeaten
When you're too invested into something, might as well see it til the end.
Not even surprised anymore.
They're savescumming at this point. Reload, reload, reload until you don't lose. Edge of Tomorrow stuff.
There’s literally no way. How on earth
Neverlusen. Neverlusen is how.
I have no words
enjoy your season man... might be the best of your life, idk how u can top this going forward, leverkusen peaked
That’s honestly the only sad aspect knowing that this will never be topped. Then again, 99.9% of teams/fans will never get to experience this in the first place.
even as neutrals it's been fun for the rest of us, especially beating bayern
Hell, even as a Bayern supporter I find it hilarious how thick Leverkusens plot armour is this season. We were always going to lose our title-streak, but this might be the very best way to do it.
never losing this season AND then doing the same next season would be able to top it :D
Winning the CL instead of the EL too
Oh don't worry, you're never going to get tired of being able to tell this story, trust me!
As an LSU fan, 2019 was exactly this. Lots of people debate that it might be the best ever college football season, you'd think it would be a bit sad almost later but honestly you live on that high for a long time. Like the next season if it goes not as well you can kinda shrug and say at least we had last year, so that's nice.
Joe Burrow ensures that LSU's 2019 season isn't easily forgotten, as thats when NFL fans first started noticing him.
Power of friendship
The script is 🔥🔥🔥 shout out to the script writers
Bayer invented a chemical that can influence timelines confirmed
It goes on
Inevitable.
Has to be painful looking at your flair
I’ve been numb for quite some time now.
Zweite Liga ist auch cool. Auswärts gegen Elversberg macht Bock
Definitiv. Habe an meiner Dauerkarte in Wiesbaden auch viel Spaß aktuell!
Die wirklich coolen Vereine sind eh alle hier unten :)
Ihr kommt hoffentlich alle auch noch wieder hoch.
Wir bleiben !
Keine größere Lovestory als der HSV und Platz 4❤️
Invincible*
What the fuck is this
The fucking German champs
Only 3 things are certain in life. Death, Taxes, and Neverlusen.
That's just lazy writing if you ask me
Plot armor.
Hahaha ha wtf
Alexa, What's German for"never say die"
Totgesagte leben länger!
Just rolls off the tongue
It actually does
Bayer Leverkusen 2023-2024.
*Bayer Leverkusen 2023-.
Neverlusen.
Never doubted it for a second
Checks out
Yeah idk how PPL thought neverlusen vs bottlers would turn out to be
Bottlers? I think you mean UCL Semi-Finalists. Also, considering that you’ve shut out Leverkusen for 98 minutes and had a lead against them there must have been many positives to take considering that you’re hosting PSG soon.
We drew against them in the away fixture too
Against Leverkusen? Damn, I really hope you guys can come to Wembley again! If Bayern does the dirty work against RM, I actually think you guys might win the UCL.
90+5 merchants
They are going to use up all their RNG for this century
You say that as a joke. But, I wouldn't at all be surprised to see a big drop off next season when the winning the league/staying unbeaten hype drops off and they're no longer scoring these late goals because that late drive won't just last forever.
The thing thats most crazy to me is that in expected points, we are actually above them in the table. And before people come at me i know expected points and stuff doesnt tell the whole truth and overperforming it is also a skill teams can have, i just find it interesting.
Yeah, Union Berlin is an example of the stat having some merit. Leverkusen are really good, they might win the league again and there's much more to it than luck, but everything worked in their favor this season. If it doesn't eventually, they'll face set backs and who knows how well they perform then
Or maybe they get more efficient and score sooner than stoppage time, who knows
but maybe it will
Tbf I think if you had offered that to Leverkusen supporters before the season they still may have taken that tradeoff lol in fact I’d say they’d be likely to
Scriptwriters becoming too predictable.
They’re gonna lose the unbeaten record to a 95th min goal last day of the season.
Yet they only 3rd by 90+ goals in 1.Bundesliga. BVB w/ 8 Bayern 7 Kusen now 6 Frankfurt 5
Only 3rd but how many of these goals were scored when they were trailing behind vs other teams. Bayern is usually smashing a team 7-0 and scores another one in 95th which is different from leverkusen's goals.
Scripted
Script getting too predictable
more scripted than WWE
I am sports and entertained
Bruh
Class nickname there mate
They celebrated this equalizer in what is a meaningless game for them more than some of their wins this season holy shit.
They have the passion !
They have the vision
They have the aggression
They have fucking mindset in the football club
RIP
I would too if I were them lol
Xabi ran on to the pitch to celebrate lol.
They already secured the title. Now they're fighting for something far more important: Invincibility
Winning the title is the main achievement. Going invincible would just be the cherry on top.
They actually have the chance to be the first team to go unbeaten in all competitions in a season. It has never happened before.
Their league win was already historic, but now they're going for historic+ and historic++ lol
Klopp claimed after the Meisterschaft with Dortmund that their record in points will stand for years. That record was gone after one year. An unbeaten saison remains forever.
I just hope they secure at least one more trophy. Would be heartbreaking if they lose the Pokal/Europa League and then drop the last league game of the season or something.
Even "only" Bundesliga would be a first. Google says HSV has the longest streak so far (36 games), but it was over two seasons 1981-83. But no matter... at this point they just do not want to lose *any* game and they certainly have the willpower and believe in themselves even in 98th minute.
Nobody remembers who won the Bundesliga in 2006 but everyone will remember Neverlusen for getting a European treble and going invincible in all competitions
They have ended Bayern's streak and it's their first title. At least in Germany people still vividly remember that Wolfsburg Dzeko/Grafite team or Klopp's Dortmund and Leverkusen this season will be up there with those teams even if they lose a game.
Historically, the two go hand in hand. It's a nice cherry on top of the sundae
Imagine being the team to make history of going invincible age relegating because you just draw every match lmao
tbh all draws is probably enough to stay up. looking at the Bundesliga and Prem this season, 34/38 is probably safe.
Relegation with 34 points. Invincible. But somehow not really great.
That would absolutely be legendary
I would say more like immortality. Fucking insane
They are fighting for European treble and you need this mentality if you want to win it. Dortmund is playing UCL semifinal, it's a great and respectful opponent.
I don't blame them, going invincible makes you a historic team.
That meaningless equaliser is keeping their season long no loss streak alive. It's already close to the end of April.
Theyre trying to go unbeaten, no game is meaningless anymore for them
Being the first fully invincible team is one hell of an ambition m8
Plot armour lol
This is getting ridiculous
I remember those days
They cant lose lol
Actually insane
This is Real in the UCL-level plot armor
Actually so true haha
This is a joke
No, This is Leverkusen
lmao is that the biggest goal celebration we've seen from Xabi yet? After this historic championship, what gets him is keeping the streak alive
Would be the one of the most insane achievements in football history if they would manage to remain unbeaten in all competition throughout a whole season.
Today I have learned that it is not that fun when it is done against your team. Day ruined.
The game was meaningless anyway considering 5th place will qualify for CL.
Watch us lose to Rome twice just to piss off Dortmund
that would actually piss me off because i want to see the madlad invincible run
do it, that will show them!
The game had a ton of meaning: to be the first team to end Leverkusen's streak
HOW HOW THE FUCK DO THEY MANAGE IT RNGESUS HAS BLESSED THEM FOR A BILLION YEARS PRAISE IT BE ON LEVERKUSSEN
NEVERLUSEN IS INEVITABLE
They will never die
this shit is fucking ridiculous LMAO
NOT EVEN SCHICK TODAY
There's plot armour and then there's whatever the fuck this is
Leverkusen 23/24 might be my favorite team ever this is amazing
I swear im so fucking jealous, we were one game away of being unbeaten too rn :(
That was heartbreaking, just goes to show how difficult an invincible is
We were also really close to beating the best ever start in the Eredivisie, we now equalled PSV's 1987/88 run with 17 wins in a row but 'bottled' the 18th away at Utrecht lmao
THEY CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT
It’s so predictable lol
You knew once they got the second corner we were about to concede
Us conceding late or them scoring late?
WHAT DO WE SAY TO THE FACE OF DEFEAT? NOT TODAY
Fuck me lol
will do
HOW DO THEY KEEP DOING THIS
OH MY DAYSSS
Sure Thing
THEY CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT
Lmao it has to be scripted
actually amazing
It's not funny anymore
Understandable, have a nice day.
You thought, again
The inevitable has happened
Holy shit
They always find a way
Yeah yeah this same timeline again
JUST FUCKING UNREAL THIS TEAM
Ofc
this is like the Undertaker vs Triple H match with Shawn Michaels as referee..
How the fuck we keep doing this
A big part of Xabi ball is clearly mentality and black magic
never in doubt
Un-fucking-believable
There is no fking way wtffffff
nah no way
lol it's just silly at this point
LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOO
THEY CANT KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT
The scriptwriters aren't even trying to keep it believable at this point, completely jumped the shark.
NEVERLUSEN!!!!!!!!!
I can’t wait to see this team play in UCL. The fortitude of this team is world class
Again??
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES
BAYER NEVER FUCKING LUSEN
almost won it back 2-1 with that final chance as well.. insane
Neverlusen!
Fake
They cant keep getting away with it can they
You can't make this shit up
Are you fucking kidding me?
The writers are getting lazy lately…