Team Xabi Alonso rewrote the history of German football. Bayer Leverkusen beat Mainz in the home match of the 23rd round of the German Bundesliga . The match at the BayArena in Leverkusen ended with the score 2:1.
Xabi Alonso's team took the lead in the third minute – Granit Xhaka sent the ball into the top near corner with a beautiful long-range strike.
The guests managed to quickly come back – by 8 In the 68th minute, Dominique Cor struck a precise blow.
For a long time, Mainz managed to hold back the pressure from the championship leader, but in the 68th minute Leverkusen finally pulled out victory. After a long-range shot by Robert Andrichvisiting goalkeeper Robin Zentner made a blunder and hit the ball straight into his own goal.
Note that Mainz ended the match in the minority – in the 80th minute, Jessic Ngankam received a straight red card for a hard foul .
Review of the match “Bayer” – “Mainz”
Thus, Bayer set a historical record – for Alonso’s team this match became the 33rd in a row without defeat in all tournaments (29 wins and four draws). No German club had ever had such a series before. Leverkusen beat the achievement of Bayern, which did not lose 32 matches in a row in 2019-2020.
33 – Bayer 04 Leverkusen was left hopeless for the 33rd spontaneous competitive match (29W 4D) – a new record, not far from a Bundesliga team remaining hopeless for a long time. Story. pic.twitter.com/z6V4FX5RRv
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Bayer (61 points) at the top of the Bundesliga increased its lead over closest pursuer Bayern to 11 points , which played one less match. Mainz (15 points) is in the relegation zone, occupying penultimate place.
In the next round, Bayer will play away against Cologne on March 3. A day earlier, Mainz will host Borussia Mönchengladbach.