As a german, the difference between Bayer Leverkusen and RB/Hoffenheim is that Leverkusen has history and tradition as a "Arbeiterverein", a worker's club. Leverkusen also never skewed the competition in lower leagues, they promoted fairly and without huge budgets. I definetely wish that Leverkusen's members finally get their fair share of the club, but I'd rather have RB and Hoffenheim out of the league before that.
@@rogue14k Germans love their "fan owned club" system. RB and Hoffenheim isnt fan owned. They dont care that their fan ownership structure has ensured that the Bundesliga has been 90% Bayern Munchen since 1985. Bundesliga is clearly falling behind most other leagues, and is way less competetive. However they are clearly free to have Bayern win every year if thats enjoyable to them.
juventus won 9 straight in a private owned league, city win every year in england and psg in france. has nothing to do with ownership models. football today is built to benefit the big clubs@@F-Tier_Physique
@@jimothypersson8306 Compare the PL winners since 1985 to Bundesliga winners since 1985. Compare how teams in italy, spain and england have done in international competitions for the last 5 years. The Bundesliga is being left behind fast, its honestly Ligue 1 level or lower.
You know there's more than one guy who works on these vids right? Any youtube channel of a decent size has a whole team of people or third parties that they pay for things like graphics and title cards.
Im a BVB fan and im obsessed with watching Leverkusen this past year. Theyre so exciting to watch, do great business, and they play gorgeous football. I really hope they find success in the form of hardware soon.
same. lets just hope they win the euro league. .... or just the bundesliga, we dont seem capable of doing it, last game of the previous season still hurts
@@applepeel1662 As of right now I really do not see that. I have been a BVB supporter for years and our defenses are often a hit and miss. Yes, I do love to see Schlotterbeck making superb moves towards the midfield but he often lacks on the defensive side and if you are a CB, your job is to secure the defensive side, not think you are a midfielder. I am glad we still have Hummels and even though people say he's past his prime, the last few weeks have been great because of him. Süle is another problem. Sometimes good, sometimes great but often terrible. Leverkusen as of right now is a serious contender for the title. Our BVB team not so much.....
@@rikkidgermano9640 I think our team is average overall but can be v strong as a unit if we get our shit together In Klopp's side there wasn't 1 main superstar (Except maybe Lewa at the end) but the rest of the team was full of pure hardworkers like Piszcek Kuba Subotic Gosskreutz. I think with some more time and not having 1 super standout player like we've had in the past few seasons like Haaland or Jude - we can do amazing things. The football still has room for improvement obv but I believe in Terzic
The club actually has the nickname "Vizekusen" in German, "vize" meaning "vice" or "runner-up" (i.e. Vizepräsident = vice president, Vizemeister = runner-up in the league, etc.), especially after their 2002 season, where they were runner-up in all competitions. Never heard the term "Neverkusen" before, really interesting =).
Fun fact: In german it is Vizekusen, which translated literally means "Runners-up-Kusen". Bayer even managed to have the runners up-treble in 2001/02, in the Bundesliga 1 point behind Dortmund lost the final in the domestic cup against Schalke lost the final against Real Madrid 🥲
Germany also lost that year's World Cup Final against Brazil, with 5 Leverkusen players being involved. One of which was Michael Ballack, who didn't play during that game due to the suspension relating to the yellow card during the previous game. However, this doesn't mean Leverkusen literally cursed the whole German Football. Another player, Lucio, was a part of Brazil's World Cup winning squad.
@@sehu1291 Iker Casillas also made an unorthodox saves after the initial keeper, Cesar, got sidelined because of injury, which only happened after Zidane's goal.
I just realized Bayer Leverkusen's existence last night. Their history is tied up in Bayer aspirin, finishing in the top half of the Bundesliga to avoid relegation for over 40 years, and being five-time runner-ups in the league. Always the best men and never the groom.
Everyone is talking about Leverkusen but not Stuttgart though, they have played Relegation Play-offs like yesterday and they are now second in Bundesliga table
As a Dortmund Fan my emotions regarding Leverkusen right now are fear and jealousy. We might be getting the results in the league, but Leverkusen is just on another level right now. Everything is working together perfectly, every single position in their starting 11 looks ridiculously strong
I love the matches between Dortmund and Leverkusen. At least in my opinion the last 2-3 years they were kinda similar in strength. Was always fun to watch because there wasnt a real favorite
Es ist einfach nur krank wir sehr unsere Fans mittlerweile mit unseren Gegnern einstimmen, wenn es darum geht uns klein zu reden. Hast du den Anfang des Videos nicht gesehen? 2023 16 Punkte mehr als Leverkusen. Die sollen das erstmal länger als 10 Spiele halten. Wir sind seit 10 Jahren die Nummer zwei und jetzt ist auf einmal jeder der mal 5-6 gute Spiele macht besser als wir?? So ein bullshit
As a Bayern fan, I'm really delighted about both Leverkusen and Xabi! Proper competition in the league can't do any harm, and 'kusen being this exceptionally good makes them a proper threat, creating a fascinating 4(+1) race. We have our surprise team of the season so far in the form of Stuttgart (the +1, as they probably won't be able to maintain this level whole season long). BVB is right there with the same amount of points as FCB, although the football they play hasn't convinced me at all. The caffein merchants from Leipzig aren't that far either. It's the most interesting BL start since eternity 😅 And it's not even about Bayern being worse - I'm not entirely satisfied with the performance of the team but it's still the most points in the first 8 matches since I think 2016/7. That time it was easily enough for the 1st spot - now we only get the 3rd spot by goal difference. It would be great to see Xabi as Bayern manager sometime in the future, when he gains more experience!
Actually when analyzing leverkusens start to last season, it has to be mentioned that from how they played, they were not bad at all. They had more possesion, more shots and a higher xg than most of their opponents even before xabi came in. They lost a lot of games in an unfortunate way, also due to their really young squad. When that trend continued the players self-belief obviously went down and they started to play bad. That‘s when seoane was sacked. But it has to be mentioned that from those stats, xabi already inherrited a reallly good team. The main thing he had to do was instill the belief again in the players. That he did and to this season he also evolved their playing style.
On FM22 I got Boniface for my Palermo save. He wasn’t rated highly in all metrics of the game but he performed every season. It’s great to see he’s doing well IRL. It’s funny having a connection to a player from a video game and then seeing them get good in real life.
Iam born in Leverkusen 1983. I followed soccer since 20 years. I agree with you that the misconception from Seoane and the bad influence from outside get more and more trouble in the team. The tence and the spirit was not good enough anymore. I have deep respect for Bayer 04 Leverkusen about the buisness modell they are representent. The investations always are well balanced and the pressure was never to high for good growth. I am thankful for everyone who support because Bayer never has the lobby like munich or Dortmund have. Thankfully there are so many good reporters who honnors now the good clubpolitic. I hope that more and more fans recognized the good work in the youth and the respectful behaviour.
Unfortunately, some of your words are incorrect and to agree would be naive as within the ranks of employees there are issues. Trust and faith are clearly not always apparent and their are signs of weakness, pretentiousness, disrespect, bias and possibly prejudice in certain areas. What might be seen from the external position by the innocent onlooker is quite commonly not the real picture.
Recently got to cross off a lot of bucket list stadiums while studying abroad in Austria. I was lucky enough to see Leverkusen's home league win over Bayern in the spring, and it was a phenomenal atmosphere I would highly recommend! One thing that shocked me was how big the football team's reputation is relative to size of the city of Leverkusen itself. Really spoke to the passion of the supporters and the global image of the club given I had been fairly familiar with the club even as an American.
@@GermanCubeGirl cool!! I was to the right in the upper level on that side. I had always been impressed by the design of the stadium and the roof was really cool because it was raining kinda hard and we were totally dry 🙂.
Xabi was, most likely, my favorite player ever. He is the reason why i always liked to play the DM position and his long passes were a thing of beauty. I am sure he will do very well as a coach and i think Mourinho said that he is one of the most intelligent players he has ever coached. He will definitely succeed
If Xabi keeps this up, the real question would be: how long can Leverkusen keep him? Personally, I would love a Xavi vs. Xabi Classico in the new future. Winner gets to decide the correct spelling of their name 🤣
Not true anymore since the run for Europe when Alonso came in, last season the atmosphere has changed dramatically when I went to the stadium for a few games at the end of last and beginning of this season, I was amazed at the amazing and loud atmosphere. It’s so good that even commentators on TV pointed the amazing atmosphere out a few times this season.
I recommend that you make a video on Serhou Guirassy as he has had a phenomenal start to the season with 14 goals in his first 8 games (13 goals in his first 7 and 10 in his 5) and about Stuttgart in general as so far this season they've been flying high.
I still remembered the day when I heard Xabi is out from Liverpool. My heart breaks, I know we are heading to a difficult path after Alonso is gone, and I was right. What a player, really love his work ethic, and has a very reliable face, even when we goals down, he never show any sign of giving up.
Good video. Leverkusen have been on my radar since late last season with their turnaround under Alonso. Tifo football recently made a video about their rise too. They're an interesting team and one to look out for. Kind of like Arteta's Arsenal in 2022.
The new editing and animation styles look slick and do help the video but there was something nice about the static style you had before. Either way good video as usual
They're the team I follow in the german league simply bc of Xhaka and wow they're so good what Xabi has done is insane and the players are balling out it's amazing to watch
The annual table caught me off guard no cap.... The astrix pointing out it's an annual table would have been nice, but great vid Incredible quality too
I like love the english term for Leverkusen as Never-kusen. I think this season will be even more surprising than the last one, Leverkusen is back in form, Stuttgart is outperforming almost everyone, Dortmund win their games, Union is quite underperforming. It's going to be a fun season to watch. Ah before I forget great video as always.
As a diehard Leverkusen Fan: This Team always had Potential but in the 14 seasons I've watched them the squad was never that good. If there is a perfekt year to win sth its this year with that players and that Coach. PS: Thank you for making that video, can't believe how much recognition B04 is getting rn ❤❤❤
Love the new editing style! Though if I had to provide any feed-back, I would say it's a bit too "Mr. Beasty" if you can say that haha. Mostly at the beginning with transitions and sfx. Too fast paced for a doc-style video. Love your content as always though, Tinashe❤
Leverkusen never looked doomed for relegation , they just had a horrendous start . They had the asbolute second best squad in the league last season and they just underperformed with it ,what Xabi has done is great , but it's thanks to Rolfes' scouting and squad building even more than Xabi magic
All those clubs probably don't even play the same football today. That's not how football works. Bro spend years learning being a manager and combining it with his player skills.
Mourinho onve said in interview even before xabi becoming manager that he will become really good manager as his fsther was manager.he played under himself(mourinho),guardiola,rafa benitez,del bosque,so eventually he will also be a successful manager.special one is special one when it comes to predictions about players
I’m a relatively football fan, only seriously interested in it right before the European season started, and German football has a different feel to me than any of the other leagues. I decided to follow Leverkusen just before the new season started because I heard that Sardar Azmoun (one of my favorite players from before I’d really known about football) was on the team. I was disappointed to find out he had been loaned to Roma for the season, but I decided to just watch Leverkusen anyways because the research I did on them kind of endeared them to me. Really enjoying the season so far, and I have a real knack for following teams right before they do something big from the shadows, and it might shape up that way again
Xabi Alonso was my favourite player ever! I always knew how brilliant he was - he captained Sociedad to a 2nd place in Laliga, went to Liverpool and you know the rest. One of the most underrated football player. and thank you for pronouncing his name right. half of these football channels don't even know how to pronounce his name and 90% of football fans. 10% thinks he's Xavi😅
I've always been in love with 3-4-3 (3-4-2-1 fits the bill), as long as you have wingers willing to stride the field and a rock solid CB, the counter attacking possibilities are insane and beautiful to watch.
Very good video. I love it to watch Leverkusen play this season and hopefully they run through the league - even in the europa league I got my stocks, that they will be in min. the semi finals!
Klopp is the only manager i can think of that seemed like maybe he couldn't turn it around but he has proven those doubts wrong, and has reinvented Liverpool
An Addition to why this step was making Sense for Xabi: Leverkusen HAD an amazing team, which just Had Not the Momentum. He saw the Potential of this team, which in 2122 Played a very good season
great video. I have been watching every Leverkusen game this season from Canada. I actually placed $15 bet on them to wiin the Bundesliga this season at very nice odds. Fingers crossed!
Leverkusen squad is insane Alex Wirtz (20 years, 80 Million and insane goal last matchday. With Musiala Germany’s best talent) Jeremy Frimpong,(22, 45 mio and a playertype like Davies.) Schick (27, 25 mio, Silver boot Euros, Silber boot Bundesliga) Bonifcace (22, 40 mio, 8 goals and 2 assists in 10 Bundesliga games) Tabsoba (24, 40 mio, CB) Kossounou (22, 28 mio, CB) Amine Adli (23, 25 mio, LW) Grimaldo (28, 25 mio, former La masia Player, Benfica Legend, sensational freekickgoal vs Bayern) Palacios (25, 35 mio, World Champion, Copa America winner, Copa Libertadores winner, Finalissima winner and last minute equalizer vs Bayern this season) Hincapie (21, 35 mio) Stanisic (23, 12 mio, RB, loaned from Bayern who would like to end the loan in Winter, big talent, WC bronze medal winner) Hlozek (21, 18 Million, big future talent) Xhaka (31, 20 mio, 225 PL games for Araenal, 127 Bundesliga games, more than 100 international games) Tella (24, 23 mio, offensive midfielder) Hoffmann (31, 13 mio, 51 goals and 53 assists in just 214 Bundesliga games as a midfielder, also German Nationalplayer) Tah (27, 20 mio, German Nationalteam CB) So many insane talented youth player and also some experienced players and with Alonso the most talented coach in Europe.
Hope he stays and creates his own legacy for a while. Talk of him going elsewhere will destroy whats started out so good. It’s time to bring back those long storied careers that start and happen in one place. He and Arteta have a chance to be future greats of the game. Teams like Man Utd and Chelsea, only wish they had the patience or could find a manager and give them time.
No chance can any manager build long-term at any club in Germany. All of their best players will be taken each season, if not by Bayern then the PL. Also, Liverpool need a manager at the end of the season..
It almost always works because it is very difficult for the goalkeeper to get down quick enough to stop the shot or even get down at all. Simple, but very effective! I love it.
Leverkusen was a competitive side challenging for top 3 each season with Bayern and BVB. They started crumbling once the quad of Son, Leno, Calhanoglu, and Papadopolous left. The year that Kießling retired was the start of their modern decline.
What sort of subjective truth is that? Leverkusen ended up 12th in the 2016/17 campaign, Kießling's penultimate year, and never went below #6 after that, landing a top 3 finish in 2021/22. Also, the players you named played together collectively only in one season, 2014/15, in which they finished fourth. The Leverkusen of Havertz, Bailey, Diaby, later Frimpong and Wirtz arguably had a higher playing quality than their predecessors and therefore I think it unfit to state that the club was crumbling or in decline. Finally, don't forget the arrival of a rival top 3 challenger (RB Leipzig) in 2016 with higher financial and infrastructural capacities.
@@Bluemerant Agree with you on the arrival of Leipzig, but I have to disagree and say the players I mentioned gradually leaving the club (they didn't leave all at the same time) shook the foundation backbone of what Bayer could have built upon. From the days of Lewandowski and Schmidt, they were consistently placed 3rd, 4th, 4th, 3rd then dropped dramatically to 12th, as you mentioned, after the season Son left to Tottenham :(
Yeah i must agree with the formation..it is well balance in the pitch..with the formation of defensive and not to forget with mind set attacking, i m looking forward for leverkusen achievement in the up coming years ahead 👍👍
Let's just say I think even Bayern Fans are at this point ready to give one title to another team and wouldn't it be great if Leverkusen could be that team this year with this once in a lifetime coach. We all know that he won't stay there long but I am here for it.
Got damn Spain and their Xavi's. Got one winning leagues in a bankrupt Barca raising a pair of some badass young midfielders. The other took a bottom of the barrel "Never"kusen to a spot in Europe last season and now top of the table this seasons. Super fun to watch. It's like watching highlight reels. Hoping for a battle of the Xavi's v2.0 in the champ league one day.
Tuchels first match for Bayern was btw the last defeat for Dortmund in the Bundesliga. They are much more constant. But Leverkusen by far the best team in Germany at the moment. Boniface, Wirtz, Frimpong and Hoffmann are from another planet this season
Well they aren't first, are they? It would be a lot more impressive if Leverkusen finally broke their "eternal bridesmaids" nickname, Stuttgart have won the league a couple of times, on the other hand.
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A Midfielder who is coached by Guardiola, Mourinho, rafa benetiz and Ancelotti it's obvious that he'd be an amazing Technician on and off the field.
Sneaking Benitez in between those greats is insulting
@@HHmz-rp8hthe won a champions league he’s not a bad coach
Benetiz underrated manager don’t get multiple top clubs being a bad manager
@@HHmz-rp8htbenitez was a pretty good manager
@@HHmz-rp8htBenitez is better than English managers in their own league
As a german, the difference between Bayer Leverkusen and RB/Hoffenheim is that Leverkusen has history and tradition as a "Arbeiterverein", a worker's club. Leverkusen also never skewed the competition in lower leagues, they promoted fairly and without huge budgets. I definetely wish that Leverkusen's members finally get their fair share of the club, but I'd rather have RB and Hoffenheim out of the league before that.
Purely out of curiosity, why the hate towards RB and hoffenheim?
@@rogue14k Germans love their "fan owned club" system. RB and Hoffenheim isnt fan owned. They dont care that their fan ownership structure has ensured that the Bundesliga has been 90% Bayern Munchen since 1985. Bundesliga is clearly falling behind most other leagues, and is way less competetive. However they are clearly free to have Bayern win every year if thats enjoyable to them.
juventus won 9 straight in a private owned league, city win every year in england and psg in france. has nothing to do with ownership models. football today is built to benefit the big clubs@@F-Tier_Physique
@@jimothypersson8306 Compare the PL winners since 1985 to Bundesliga winners since 1985. Compare how teams in italy, spain and england have done in international competitions for the last 5 years. The Bundesliga is being left behind fast, its honestly Ligue 1 level or lower.
@@F-Tier_Physique 99% of supporters accept that. we rather have a club and sport with a soul, and not be owned by a repressive dictatorship
Bro is out here getting top tier animations for his videos, respect the grind bro.
Fr bro his consistency is amazing
You know there's more than one guy who works on these vids right? Any youtube channel of a decent size has a whole team of people or third parties that they pay for things like graphics and title cards.
@@Jayfive276he literally implied that in his comment. “getting top tier animations” not making top tier animations.
I dunno I prefer the old style. Feels simpler and less jarring
cringe
As a Leverkusen fan, thanks for the coverage, for the first time in 20 years as a fan it feels like anyone cares about us^^
Every big account is too focused on chelsea finally entering the top half of the table
Der Alonso Faktor
Don't worry bro all the channels i follow that have a deeper understanding of football they all talk about Leverkulsen and Xabi rn 😂
The universe shines on this team mate. I think the trophy is coming home this time
Name of the channels?@@wa5x5on
Im a BVB fan and im obsessed with watching Leverkusen this past year. Theyre so exciting to watch, do great business, and they play gorgeous football. I really hope they find success in the form of hardware soon.
same. lets just hope they win the euro league.
.... or just the bundesliga, we dont seem capable of doing it, last game of the previous season still hurts
As a spurs fan, me too, if it means silencing the "kane leaves to win trophy" memers.
I hope BvB can outclass Leverkusen. We have a v strong team and def can beat em
@@applepeel1662 As of right now I really do not see that. I have been a BVB supporter for years and our defenses are often a hit and miss. Yes, I do love to see Schlotterbeck making superb moves towards the midfield but he often lacks on the defensive side and if you are a CB, your job is to secure the defensive side, not think you are a midfielder. I am glad we still have Hummels and even though people say he's past his prime, the last few weeks have been great because of him. Süle is another problem. Sometimes good, sometimes great but often terrible. Leverkusen as of right now is a serious contender for the title. Our BVB team not so much.....
@@rikkidgermano9640 I think our team is average overall but can be v strong as a unit if we get our shit together
In Klopp's side there wasn't 1 main superstar (Except maybe Lewa at the end) but the rest of the team was full of pure hardworkers like Piszcek Kuba Subotic Gosskreutz. I think with some more time and not having 1 super standout player like we've had in the past few seasons like Haaland or Jude - we can do amazing things.
The football still has room for improvement obv but I believe in Terzic
Here after Bayer Leverkusen won the Bundesliga
The club actually has the nickname "Vizekusen" in German, "vize" meaning "vice" or "runner-up" (i.e. Vizepräsident = vice president, Vizemeister = runner-up in the league, etc.), especially after their 2002 season, where they were runner-up in all competitions. Never heard the term "Neverkusen" before, really interesting =).
I could be wrong but I read somewhere that Uli Hoeneß was the one who coined the term "Neverkusen". It does sound like sth he would say though.
Same
Never heard that
5 Leverkusen players also played for Germany, who finished as runners up of World Cup that same year.
@@BananaflankI highly doubt Uli Hoeneß is capable of understanding English
No one called them ever Neverkusen in Germany. It’s Vizekusen
Fun fact: In german it is Vizekusen, which translated literally means "Runners-up-Kusen".
Bayer even managed to have the runners up-treble in 2001/02,
in the Bundesliga 1 point behind Dortmund
lost the final in the domestic cup against Schalke
lost the final against Real Madrid 🥲
Germany also lost that year's World Cup Final against Brazil, with 5 Leverkusen players being involved. One of which was Michael Ballack, who didn't play during that game due to the suspension relating to the yellow card during the previous game.
However, this doesn't mean Leverkusen literally cursed the whole German Football. Another player, Lucio, was a part of Brazil's World Cup winning squad.
And real won only because of a dream goal of zidane. Leverkusen had a good chance to win
@@sehu1291 Iker Casillas also made an unorthodox saves after the initial keeper, Cesar, got sidelined because of injury, which only happened after Zidane's goal.
At least Lucio won the World Cup 😅
I just realized Bayer Leverkusen's existence last night. Their history is tied up in Bayer aspirin, finishing in the top half of the Bundesliga to avoid relegation for over 40 years, and being five-time runner-ups in the league. Always the best men and never the groom.
Everyone is talking about Leverkusen but not Stuttgart though, they have played Relegation Play-offs like yesterday and they are now second in Bundesliga table
Yea Stuttgart is wilding at the moment BUT we should wait for at least another 5 games until we celebrate them too early 😂
The signings from Leverkusen were TREMENDOUS!
Hofmann, Boniface, Xhaka and escpecially Grimaldo... this is a full on Title-Team!
As a Dortmund Fan my emotions regarding Leverkusen right now are fear and jealousy. We might be getting the results in the league, but Leverkusen is just on another level right now. Everything is working together perfectly, every single position in their starting 11 looks ridiculously strong
I love the matches between Dortmund and Leverkusen. At least in my opinion the last 2-3 years they were kinda similar in strength. Was always fun to watch because there wasnt a real favorite
@@fhsvsoxifdv well, it mostly went in our favour, except 1 or 2 games.
I fear that this season it might be much different
Es ist einfach nur krank wir sehr unsere Fans mittlerweile mit unseren Gegnern einstimmen, wenn es darum geht uns klein zu reden. Hast du den Anfang des Videos nicht gesehen? 2023 16 Punkte mehr als Leverkusen. Die sollen das erstmal länger als 10 Spiele halten. Wir sind seit 10 Jahren die Nummer zwei und jetzt ist auf einmal jeder der mal 5-6 gute Spiele macht besser als wir?? So ein bullshit
My God the editing!!! We are seeing a 2012 Messi type run here from FI.
As a Bayern fan, I'm really delighted about both Leverkusen and Xabi!
Proper competition in the league can't do any harm, and 'kusen being this exceptionally good makes them a proper threat, creating a fascinating 4(+1) race.
We have our surprise team of the season so far in the form of Stuttgart (the +1, as they probably won't be able to maintain this level whole season long). BVB is right there with the same amount of points as FCB, although the football they play hasn't convinced me at all. The caffein merchants from Leipzig aren't that far either. It's the most interesting BL start since eternity 😅 And it's not even about Bayern being worse - I'm not entirely satisfied with the performance of the team but it's still the most points in the first 8 matches since I think 2016/7. That time it was easily enough for the 1st spot - now we only get the 3rd spot by goal difference.
It would be great to see Xabi as Bayern manager sometime in the future, when he gains more experience!
Guirassy the beast
Actually when analyzing leverkusens start to last season, it has to be mentioned that from how they played, they were not bad at all. They had more possesion, more shots and a higher xg than most of their opponents even before xabi came in. They lost a lot of games in an unfortunate way, also due to their really young squad. When that trend continued the players self-belief obviously went down and they started to play bad. That‘s when seoane was sacked. But it has to be mentioned that from those stats, xabi already inherrited a reallly good team. The main thing he had to do was instill the belief again in the players. That he did and to this season he also evolved their playing style.
On FM22 I got Boniface for my Palermo save. He wasn’t rated highly in all metrics of the game but he performed every season. It’s great to see he’s doing well IRL. It’s funny having a connection to a player from a video game and then seeing them get good in real life.
My favorite Leverkusen player is Exequiel Palacios. Super underrated
Best player in my squad in the online manager game that I play with some friends :D
World Champion, Copa America winner, Copa Libertadores winner.
Iam born in Leverkusen 1983. I followed soccer since 20 years. I agree with you that the misconception from Seoane and the bad influence from outside get more and more trouble in the team. The tence and the spirit was not good enough anymore. I have deep respect for Bayer 04 Leverkusen about the buisness modell they are representent. The investations always are well balanced and the pressure was never to high for good growth. I am thankful for everyone who support because Bayer never has the lobby like munich or Dortmund have. Thankfully there are so many good reporters who honnors now the good clubpolitic. I hope that more and more fans recognized the good work in the youth and the respectful behaviour.
Unfortunately, some of your words are incorrect and to agree would be naive as within the ranks of employees there are issues. Trust and faith are clearly not always apparent and their are signs of weakness, pretentiousness, disrespect, bias and possibly prejudice in certain areas.
What might be seen from the external position by the innocent onlooker is quite commonly not the real picture.
Recently got to cross off a lot of bucket list stadiums while studying abroad in Austria. I was lucky enough to see Leverkusen's home league win over Bayern in the spring, and it was a phenomenal atmosphere I would highly recommend! One thing that shocked me was how big the football team's reputation is relative to size of the city of Leverkusen itself. Really spoke to the passion of the supporters and the global image of the club given I had been fairly familiar with the club even as an American.
I was there! I stood in the part where the Leverkusen supporters always stand. I have a season ticket for Leverkusen :)
@@GermanCubeGirl cool!! I was to the right in the upper level on that side. I had always been impressed by the design of the stadium and the roof was really cool because it was raining kinda hard and we were totally dry 🙂.
This new editing style isn’t getting enough love bro! Love seeing this upgrade in your work
Xabi was, most likely, my favorite player ever. He is the reason why i always liked to play the DM position and his long passes were a thing of beauty.
I am sure he will do very well as a coach and i think Mourinho said that he is one of the most intelligent players he has ever coached. He will definitely succeed
Love the new type of editing, so enjoyable to watch.
If Xabi keeps this up, the real question would be: how long can Leverkusen keep him?
Personally, I would love a Xavi vs. Xabi Classico in the new future. Winner gets to decide the correct spelling of their name 🤣
As an Englishman, I need to head over to Leverkusen to watch one of their games. Their team is insane and the atmosphere will be amazing
As another Englishman I am totally in agreement with you! I wanna see Leverkusen, would be great to see them win the league
Unfortunately they don‘t have a good atmosphere. But great football at the moment.
Not true anymore since the run for Europe when Alonso came in, last season the atmosphere has changed dramatically when I went to the stadium for a few games at the end of last and beginning of this season, I was amazed at the amazing and loud atmosphere. It’s so good that even commentators on TV pointed the amazing atmosphere out a few times this season.
I recommend that you make a video on Serhou Guirassy as he has had a phenomenal start to the season with 14 goals in his first 8 games (13 goals in his first 7 and 10 in his 5) and about Stuttgart in general as so far this season they've been flying high.
your humor is great! keep on going ;) great video as alwasys
I still remembered the day when I heard Xabi is out from Liverpool. My heart breaks, I know we are heading to a difficult path after Alonso is gone, and I was right. What a player, really love his work ethic, and has a very reliable face, even when we goals down, he never show any sign of giving up.
Good video. Leverkusen have been on my radar since late last season with their turnaround under Alonso. Tifo football recently made a video about their rise too. They're an interesting team and one to look out for. Kind of like Arteta's Arsenal in 2022.
Loving the new editing style! Keep it up!
Always love it when you make videos about our incredible league. Keep it up man
Xabi along is a genius. As a bayern fan i'm not surprised by his success with the iq he was playing throughout his career.
The new editing and animation styles look slick and do help the video but there was something nice about the static style you had before. Either way good video as usual
They're the team I follow in the german league simply bc of Xhaka and wow they're so good what Xabi has done is insane and the players are balling out it's amazing to watch
The annual table caught me off guard no cap.... The astrix pointing out it's an annual table would have been nice, but great vid
Incredible quality too
I like love the english term for Leverkusen as Never-kusen. I think this season will be even more surprising than the last one, Leverkusen is back in form, Stuttgart is outperforming almost everyone, Dortmund win their games, Union is quite underperforming. It's going to be a fun season to watch. Ah before I forget great video as always.
As a diehard Leverkusen Fan:
This Team always had Potential but in the 14 seasons I've watched them the squad was never that good. If there is a perfekt year to win sth its this year with that players and that Coach.
PS: Thank you for making that video, can't believe how much recognition B04 is getting rn ❤❤❤
Wow a video to the bundesliga. Now we need a vfb stuttgart video
Love the new editing style! Though if I had to provide any feed-back, I would say it's a bit too "Mr. Beasty" if you can say that haha. Mostly at the beginning with transitions and sfx. Too fast paced for a doc-style video. Love your content as always though, Tinashe❤
Love new editing style ❤❤❤
Leverkusen never looked doomed for relegation , they just had a horrendous start . They had the asbolute second best squad in the league last season and they just underperformed with it ,what Xabi has done is great , but it's thanks to Rolfes' scouting and squad building even more than Xabi magic
Bro played in 4 high class club, coached by literal legends, of course he's gonna destroyed any team.
Xabi know their weakness
All those clubs probably don't even play the same football today. That's not how football works. Bro spend years learning being a manager and combining it with his player skills.
Ay new edits are always welcome and appreciated
This is a huge step up in quality. Your videos are usually high quality but damn this is a huge step up.
Great content, as usual. I had no idea about the Arteta-Alonso connection. Good luck for the Bokks on saturday!
Your presentation is 🔥. Much love. Keep it up
Love the edits so much! It changed a lot!
where is the liverpool vid (also love the new editing)
Next week🔥
I love the new style, keep up the good work 👍🏾 👏🏾
I always had a soft spot for Leverkusen and seeing them play amazing makes me happy.
bro leveled up the animations 🔥
Mourinho onve said in interview even before xabi becoming manager that he will become really good manager as his fsther was manager.he played under himself(mourinho),guardiola,rafa benitez,del bosque,so eventually he will also be a successful manager.special one is special one when it comes to predictions about players
As an Arsenal fan it makes me both happy and sad that Xhaka is doing so well
From Neverkusen to Neverlusen
Production value has gone up on these videos. Looking good man. Loving the content here in the US
Nice editing
I’m a relatively football fan, only seriously interested in it right before the European season started, and German football has a different feel to me than any of the other leagues. I decided to follow Leverkusen just before the new season started because I heard that Sardar Azmoun (one of my favorite players from before I’d really known about football) was on the team. I was disappointed to find out he had been loaned to Roma for the season, but I decided to just watch Leverkusen anyways because the research I did on them kind of endeared them to me. Really enjoying the season so far, and I have a real knack for following teams right before they do something big from the shadows, and it might shape up that way again
Good video! Very fun to watch and informative!
You got a new editor?
The feel and the visuals of the vid are absolutely incredible.
Xabi Alonso was my favourite player ever! I always knew how brilliant he was - he captained Sociedad to a 2nd place in Laliga, went to Liverpool and you know the rest.
One of the most underrated football player.
and thank you for pronouncing his name right. half of these football channels don't even know how to pronounce his name and 90% of football fans. 10% thinks he's Xavi😅
You should do a video on Ajax and the way they are in the relegation zone after 7 matches and failed to win a match of their last 8
Bald Arteta (Pep style) is something I wasn’t ready to see today 😂😂😂
Fabulous video, Mr. iconic! It’s nice to hear positive stories once in a while. Thank you for all of your hard work!
🙏🎃👻🐈⬛🌒
thanks for this awesome and well presented content, mate :)
I've always been in love with 3-4-3 (3-4-2-1 fits the bill), as long as you have wingers willing to stride the field and a rock solid CB, the counter attacking possibilities are insane and beautiful to watch.
The animations have elevated the experience 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
The only youtube soccer critic i respect. Best voice to go to sleep! Its a compliment❤
I love the new edit style, keep it up mate.
Very good video. I love it to watch Leverkusen play this season and hopefully they run through the league - even in the europa league I got my stocks, that they will be in min. the semi finals!
Klopp is the only manager i can think of that seemed like maybe he couldn't turn it around but he has proven those doubts wrong, and has reinvented Liverpool
Nobody talks about Palacios, but he's crucial for this team. He's probably the best midfielder in German football atm
Kimmich?
@@truechaosmulala3831 I said atm, which means on current form. Of course Kimmich is better and has been more consistent throughout the years
Wirtz and Sane playing Basketball
@@vanillenille3975 Sane is a winger and Wirtz plays a more offensive role
Great video, really hope Xabi does well there.
Fantastic watch as always 👊🏿
Top Video as always mate, maybe do one on VfB Stuttgarts rise?
We did it ❤️🖤❤️🖤
Loving the new visual ❤
Great video. But the image of Arteta at 7:32 is Guardiola and Arteta love child.
Always love your Bundesliga content!
An Addition to why this step was making Sense for Xabi: Leverkusen HAD an amazing team, which just Had Not the Momentum. He saw the Potential of this team, which in 2122 Played a very good season
great video. I have been watching every Leverkusen game this season from Canada. I actually placed $15 bet on them to wiin the Bundesliga this season at very nice odds. Fingers crossed!
Leverkusen squad is insane
Alex Wirtz (20 years, 80 Million and insane goal last matchday. With Musiala Germany’s best talent)
Jeremy Frimpong,(22, 45 mio and a playertype like Davies.)
Schick (27, 25 mio, Silver boot Euros, Silber boot Bundesliga)
Bonifcace (22, 40 mio, 8 goals and 2 assists in 10 Bundesliga games)
Tabsoba (24, 40 mio, CB)
Kossounou (22, 28 mio, CB)
Amine Adli (23, 25 mio, LW)
Grimaldo (28, 25 mio, former La masia Player, Benfica Legend, sensational freekickgoal vs Bayern)
Palacios (25, 35 mio, World Champion, Copa America winner, Copa Libertadores winner, Finalissima winner and last minute equalizer vs Bayern this season)
Hincapie (21, 35 mio)
Stanisic (23, 12 mio, RB, loaned from Bayern who would like to end the loan in Winter, big talent, WC bronze medal winner)
Hlozek (21, 18 Million, big future talent)
Xhaka (31, 20 mio, 225 PL games for Araenal, 127 Bundesliga games, more than 100 international games)
Tella (24, 23 mio, offensive midfielder)
Hoffmann (31, 13 mio, 51 goals and 53 assists in just 214 Bundesliga games as a midfielder, also German Nationalplayer)
Tah (27, 20 mio, German Nationalteam CB)
So many insane talented youth player and also some experienced players and with Alonso the most talented coach in Europe.
Thank you for being willing to risk demonetization to include video footage of games and not just photos, makes it much better 👌🏼
Hope he stays and creates his own legacy for a while. Talk of him going elsewhere will destroy whats started out so good. It’s time to bring back those long storied careers that start and happen in one place. He and Arteta have a chance to be future greats of the game. Teams like Man Utd and Chelsea, only wish they had the patience or could find a manager and give them time.
No chance can any manager build long-term at any club in Germany. All of their best players will be taken each season, if not by Bayern then the PL. Also, Liverpool need a manager at the end of the season..
Great video man!
Xabi does everything with class.
Thanks for the Bundesliga content!
Great video! I would be more careful about player positions, though: CB, CM and AM are flipped: Tapsoba plays to the left, and so do Xhaka and Wirtz.
It almost always works because it is very difficult for the goalkeeper to get down quick enough to stop the shot or even get down at all. Simple, but very effective! I love it.
Dude video’s just had a glow up
Leverkusen was a competitive side challenging for top 3 each season with Bayern and BVB. They started crumbling once the quad of Son, Leno, Calhanoglu, and Papadopolous left. The year that Kießling retired was the start of their modern decline.
What sort of subjective truth is that? Leverkusen ended up 12th in the 2016/17 campaign, Kießling's penultimate year, and never went below #6 after that, landing a top 3 finish in 2021/22. Also, the players you named played together collectively only in one season, 2014/15, in which they finished fourth. The Leverkusen of Havertz, Bailey, Diaby, later Frimpong and Wirtz arguably had a higher playing quality than their predecessors and therefore I think it unfit to state that the club was crumbling or in decline. Finally, don't forget the arrival of a rival top 3 challenger (RB Leipzig) in 2016 with higher financial and infrastructural capacities.
@@Bluemerant Agree with you on the arrival of Leipzig, but I have to disagree and say the players I mentioned gradually leaving the club (they didn't leave all at the same time) shook the foundation backbone of what Bayer could have built upon.
From the days of Lewandowski and Schmidt, they were consistently placed 3rd, 4th, 4th, 3rd then dropped dramatically to 12th, as you mentioned, after the season Son left to Tottenham :(
Yeah i must agree with the formation..it is well balance in the pitch..with the formation of defensive and not to forget with mind set attacking, i m looking forward for leverkusen achievement in the up coming years ahead 👍👍
Let's just say I think even Bayern Fans are at this point ready to give one title to another team and wouldn't it be great if Leverkusen could be that team this year with this once in a lifetime coach. We all know that he won't stay there long but I am here for it.
The fact they are still undefeated now 3 months later is crazy
Got damn Spain and their Xavi's. Got one winning leagues in a bankrupt Barca raising a pair of some badass young midfielders.
The other took a bottom of the barrel "Never"kusen to a spot in Europe last season and now top of the table this seasons. Super fun to watch. It's like watching highlight reels.
Hoping for a battle of the Xavi's v2.0 in the champ league one day.
It was always a privilege watching Alonso play from His Liverpool days to Bayern. I hope he gets silverware with Leverkusen. Long Live The Red Beard!
Tuchels first match for Bayern was btw the last defeat for Dortmund in the Bundesliga. They are much more constant. But Leverkusen by far the best team in Germany at the moment. Boniface, Wirtz, Frimpong and Hoffmann are from another planet this season
This Channel is 🔥!
I like your analysis bro
As a Bayern fan, Leverkusen is easily the most threatening team to us in 10 years.
Xabi Alonso's got this Leverkusen team looking like they can beat anyone.
Everyone is talking about Leverkusen but nothing about how Stuttgart is doing a Leicester city.
Well they aren't first, are they? It would be a lot more impressive if Leverkusen finally broke their "eternal bridesmaids" nickname, Stuttgart have won the league a couple of times, on the other hand.
Not really.. Stuttgart is really a one man show by Serhou Guirassy and when he is injured, Stuttgart's entire trajectory would change
@@sreehari7467 I doubt it's a one man show
But I honestly want to know HOW????
@@wweghorstgoldbridgesgreatestEternal bridesmaids?? 😂
@@timothytumusiime2903 Ghirassy is the BL top scorer as we speak, and that by a good distance. Dude's been scoring at a rate similar to prime CR7
Love the new edits, but If it takes too much time, I don’t think it’s a lot better than before. PLS show ur face more, I think it’s better