THE XABI ALONSO EFFECT 🙌 Bayer Leverkusen keep the unbeaten streak alive 😤 | ESPN FC
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- Опубликовано: 4 май 2024
- The ESPN FC panel of Craig Burley and Kasey Keller react to Bayer Leverkusen's 5-1 win over Eintracht Frankfurt and extending their unbeaten streak in all competitions to 48 matches.
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Arsenal fan here and I agree with Craig. The Invincible team drew 12 games in the prem alone (38 game season). And that's to say nothing of their losses in other competitions. This Leverkusen team is 40-8-0! They've drawn 4 less games in 10 more games than the Invincibles!
You and your fellow British deluded fans are downplaying becuz it's not a club from England nor Britain 😂
You're SCARED, jealous and salty that a team from a different league might overshadow Arsenal's overrated iNviNciBLeS 😂
that invincible team lost in other competitions in the same year
And it’s also the way they’ve drawn some of those games.
You are not an Arsenal fan
yes please compare pl to a farmers league
48 games unbeaten is crazy
Yes it is, just like Italy going 37 games unbeaten was crazy.
They lost the last game corrupt ref didn’t give handball
@@Ollyv123 cry louder ... the same referee made a decicion against them in the SAME GAME you are just blind
@@DaxRaider you’re mother cried harder when I was deep in her the dirt bag
@@DaxRaider you look like a pedo
I disagree with Craig: if bayern did this, everyone would claim: "farmers league". Leverkusen has done something here that will inspire many clubs not just just in BL: a team ethos that is ego-free with players willing to play for each other, selflessly, can yield great results
True it would be called a farmers league if Bayern did it 😂
@@dragonofthewest8305 because they do buy every bundesliga talent other teams have. they are vulturing the league and then winning it at pace. that's the definition of a farmers league. but when you do it on a modest budget, against the odds on favourites, it's something else. the farmers are taking over. and they might flawlessly win all 3 competitions they are in.
Rm dont have treble and their fan dismiss anyone who do as lucky
@@BG-mw5pt okay so it's a farmers league if bayern bus the players in their league but when prem teams but bundesliga players, it's okay?
Clown
Watch as Bayern go and win the Bundesliga another 7 consecutive times.
Arsenal lost a bunch of games that season, leverkusen haven’t lost in any competition
That is literally the dumbest argument I have ever heard.
In which european competition did Arsenal play ?
It also depends on which opponents you face !
West Han could have beaten then in the seceond leg hadn't they missed their chances !
If this Leverkusen side win the treble unbeaten it will clear Arsenal’s achievement in 2004 easily.
Xabi Alonso doesn't have the word lose in his dictionary 😂😂😂
He does lol they should of lost their last game lol , handball in the last minute and ridiculous time added on a few times now
@@Ollyv123It was not a handball and the added time was correct because there were some substitutes and the ref has to add 30 seconds for each substitute in added time.
His team has lost a few times just not this season I still reckon they will lose the Europa league but hoping I'm wrong it would be nice for the unbeaten record in a season belong to a team other than Bayern Munich.
To do it against teams like Bayern, Dortmund and Leipzig is crazy, especially since two of those teams are in the CL semi finals. Not to mention a super strong Stuttgart side.
Bayern will invest a lot of money next season, but money alone doesn’t win you titles. Bayer Leverkusen will be hard to beat if Bayern doesn’t invest 100% in the Bundesliga.
You’re right money alone won’t do it, but Bayern have everything else + the money. They will not fall off.
@@finfog4590they need a decent coach first though
Bayer Leverkursen winning the Bundesliiga unbeaten, Europa league unbeaten and the pokal is far superior than Leicester City winning the league. What sort of nonsense comparism is this lol?
But its the premier league
@@hulkderboss91so what it’s the premier league? It’s not the best league clearly. Any English teams in the UCL semi finals? No and that’s my point. English teams are almost always overrated
They cheated lol their last goal was handball in last minute they would of lost !! Corruption
Eh I dunno. It's not like Bayer Leverkursen are some yoyo club in Bundesliga. They been in Champions league final before and some seasons been very competitive in the league. Leicester are a yoYo club coming from Championship to Prem, was predicted to be in relegation battle that season and Won the title in the most competitive league/RICHEST league in the world with the added factor of beating out PEP's Man City among others.
would be the first unbeaten european treble
They will win the Treble UNDEFEATED
Neverkusen are now Neverlosen.
God blessed Alonso & Leverkusen
At this point no Leverkusen player wants to be in the squad that loses their 1st game
Xabi Alonso resume might be better than most modern day mangers by the time he’s retired from management
I think Zidane is holding that record for some time.
@@finfog4590 well, Xabi came to the team that had no foundation and built it. While Zidane joined to coach greatest Madrid team
@@may.b.tomorrowLeverkusen has a strong foundation. When Alonso joined they didnt have a good season but that was an exception. They had top bundesliga players for years and have more financial leverage than most bundesliga clubs.
@@luca7675 Yes and no. They were definitely one of the top Bundeliga clubs, yet financially they were (and are) incredibly far behind Dortmund and especially Bayern. Their wage bill is a mere third of Bayern's.
To put it in perspective: in absolute numbers, the wage bill of Luton Town is closer to Manchester City's then Leverkusen's is to Bayern's. That's why Bayern could win the title 11 times in a row.
So going unbeaten for a team like Leverkusen is an achievement, which simply cannot be overrated.
@@Wafthrudnir According to a quick google leverkussen spends 72mil on wages while Luton spends 35. City and Munich both spend 190 mil. So that's not correct. Maybe my numbers are wrong.
I hate when people try to down play something that non big name team doesn't , if Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester City,Liverpool or Bayern Munich was doing this they would be singing glory glory
Nah they aren't downplaying becuz it's not the big clubs.. They're downplaying becuz it's not a club from England nor Britain..
They're salty that a team from a different league might overshadow Arsenal's overrated iNviNciBLeS
@@eL--RaLvery true
@@eL--RaL you are just a bitter pathetic dotard.
@@eL--RaL you need help
Craig needs to know that he's not upsetting any arsenal fan. Noone in their right mind had Leverkusen to go unbeaten let alone in all three competitions. Even if they just do the double and lose the europa league final it is still miles better than Arsenal's Invincibles since it was never expected. End off. Stop trying to force a narrative
God blessed Bayer Leverkusen and Xabi Alonso
5 goals from 7 shots on Target is crazy.
Heard you but what leverkusen doing this season is a next level stuff u know.
I hear a lot of people talking about Leicester, but you have to remember that at the time, the top English teams were all in the doldrums, and they were ridiculous in Europe. I'd have kept my mouth shut if Leicester had won the PL under the noses of Guardiola's City and Klopp's Liverpool.
But they did 😂😂
also betting on leverkusen winning all three trophies before the season was much less odds than 400:1, I do not think these expert know how probabilitly calculation works. And thats without the fact off doing it potentially unbeaten. No way leicester was more impressive or less likely....
Und respekt von nem Schalker in die verbotene Stadt für eure CL Saison @dradenhaven1549
@@Fschalke1 wait so are you saying that they had a smaller chance than 5000-1 odds? Just wondering what you mean by that
@@nicobailey3264You and your fellow English lads are downplaying this becuz it's not a club from England nor Britain 😂
You're salty that a team from a different league might overshadow Arsenal's overrated iNviNciBLeS 😂
Bayer Leverkusen....the new holy grail of football. Just magic.
I am so confused, how is this not a bigger achievement than leicester? Not taking anything away from Leicester, that was absolutely a fairy tale story. But to go unbeaten, the WHOLE season long, if we do end up winning the treble. That has never ever been done, not even close, and that from a side which was called Neverkusen, because of the historical bottlers that we are, adding to that, our first bundesliga, and first silverware in 30ish years. To go unbeaten in 48/48 games, with not that many draws, is just absurd. I know I might be bias, but I don't see a way in which this is not the most impressive season ever done (keeping in mind, its leverkusen, not prime Barcelona, Madrid, or Bayern). The only way to beat this is to the same with the UCL instead of Europa league.
Arsenal fan here..I am just happy for Xhaka
He seems very happy there. Good for him. Hopefully they will win all trophies.
Xhaka has denied Kane a trophy
There are no comparisons. All achievements are great and can be great in their own context.
Busdesliga has outdone premier league this season.
They have already created History by Winning the Bundesliga winning the Europa league will be iceing on the cake
Don’t forget the German cup. So far in their whole history they won one German cup and one Uefa cup (Euro League). They could win more trophies this year than in their entire history before. That’s crazy!
There's a huge difference between a more surprising achievement and a better achievement.
What you mean bayern not a solid team they in the ucl final. No english teams in it no english team in europa league either so what are u talking about
Semi final mate, one more game to get there
Not true. Aston Villa is in loser cup conference league. 🤣
They aint in the final and they aint getting there lol
@@Scott-vk8cr we dong know that yet;)
Lol worst bayern side of the decade wiped arsenal the epl topper outta UCL. Prem is a joke now
5 more games to go
The Immortals
Sorry but if Leverkusen do it it’s much bigger than the Arsenal invincibles. You also have to factor in that they never won it before. Back in 2004 it was only Utd and Arsenal competing. It’s harder for a team like Leverkusen to win the Bundesliga let alone go undefeated.
Especially after 11 years of dominance by one team. Bayern was the clear favorite but somehow they managed to not only beat them, but absolutely crush them over a whole season.
Why does the bald guy keep interrupting other pundits. I've seen him do this in quite a few videos now. Please stop !
Just Murican manners.
😂😂
It's a better achievement than Arsenals I agree even as a Gooner, however nothing tops Claudio's Leicester winning the PL.
Yeah becuz you're English and JEALOUS that a club from a different league achievement might be BETTER than your country's club😂
Derby County, Nothingam Forest?
Kaiserslautern
Before Leicester, there was Kaiserslautern in Bundesliga.
I swear Archie's Jackets are getting better and better 😂😂😂
Agree 😂😂
Bayer Leverkusen ❤❤❤
Hope they do it!
The next Coach of Spain?!?!?
Best team effort for a season ever.. not the best players but the best Team and Coach.
Xabi would be great as Spain National team coach
Craig stupidly tries to bring Bayern into the conversation to insult them, just to be reminded, that Bayern is still in the semi finals of the CL while no english team is in any international competition and Germany , not England got the 5th CL starting place. Meaning Bayern is still better than any EPL team this season and you will see this at the Euros this summer. Germany with Wirtz, Sane, Musiala, Havertz, Tah , Andrich, Rüdiger , Kroos, Kimmich, Neuer and Gnabry will go far at home while England will probably bottle it again just like Arsenal did in the UCL lol
This is funny because you are doing the same thing Burley is doing but against England and English teams. Respect as both teams and lesgues are good.
Xabi is bi-winning, duh!
Win here, win there, win everywhere!
“All I do is win, win, win, no matter what”. I hope they play that on their parade
Archie bringing back those old school 80's 90's tracksuit tops
Xabi is saying they're trying to improve being unbeaten and on the other hand ETH is hallucinating with his team's performance!
I think xabi alonso carry real madrid spirit to bayer leverkusen they never die they always score 90th + munit goal
The invincible treble. Unbelievable!
(Min 1:27) The table view seems incorrect if it's meant to display the teams qualified for the Champions League. In fact, there will be five teams participating in the Champions League next season.
They're speaking about Leicester as if this was a one time thing, FCK did the same in the Bundesliga, they won the 2. Bundesliga 96/97 and a year later they won the Bundesliga.
A fun fact is that in 1986-87 and 2012-13 Bayern just lost one game all season and that loss was to Leverkusen in both of those seasons.
Can they keep it up next season
Someone check on Jan 🤣
I hope bundesliga give them a special bundesliga title ..
These British deluded fans are downplaying becuz it's not a club from England nor Britain.. They're SCARED and salty that a team from a different league might overshadow Arsenal's overrated iNviNciBLeS 😂😂
The only person deluded is you. Nobody is downplaying Leverkussen achievement. You are just sad little cuntmuscle. Go back to your swamp.
where is YAN please He said they would absolutely lose this game
Leverkusen to win UCL next season
Leverkusen is not just unbeaten in the league, they are unbeaten all season. 48 and counting.
In the end it would be 53 games unbeaten.
Craig speaking facts I couldn't agree anymore.. I know this ain't going to sit well with Arsenal fans but it just simple the truth...
Another person speaking for Arsenal fans.
I know wha Alonso is doing. If he is… each player needs to get paid way more . Do whatever it takes and make it worth their while.
GOAT 🐐 TEAM OF A SINGLE SEASON ❤
Xabi As Thought Bayer Leverkusen How To Play The Real Madrid Way
I pray that Xavi doesn’t have a spectacularly terrible season these next 2 years cuz I know Xabi’s next destination is Real Madrid when Ancelotti’s contract is up. El Classico would heat back up with two club legends at the helm.
Lol when Alonso moves to Madrid it's over for Barcelona. They will never win the league again and it will be complete and utter domination as long as Alonso is the manager.
Kasey Keller needs to listen more and stop interrupting. It's hard for me to watch because I know he'll step on Craig Burley.
Look at the dress of the interviewer though 🤔
Kasey Keller needs to STOP INTERRUPTING PEOPLE !!!
How are Arsenal brought up and not 2011 Barcelona? They barely lost that year…
Imo the best teams ever are the 2009 and 2011 Barca and 2013 Bayern. What these two did in these years was madness.
Xabi will be Real Madrid next coach the season after.He will have Mbappe and vini. Older players like modric will retire so he can bring all his best players from bayer to Real😅
What is mote impressive, winning Bundesliga unbeaten with Leverkusen who almost relegated season before, or Leicester winning PL?
I wrote this question before I heard they asked it. 5000 x 1 for Leicester btw. But if you win treble unbeaten its nore i pressive than Leicester. Hands down.
if they go unbeaten in all comps it's a greater achievement than leicester winning the league. yes that was absolutely insane but that season was the weakest performance by the other title contenders in decades.
You can make an argument that this is Bayern's weakest performance in decades as well as Dortmund's.
@@kageryu311 but it isnt bayerns weakest, last year they would have won the league with the amount of points they have. Leverkusen is doing the unthinkable.
@@kageryu311 yea but the thing is it doesn’t matter, the Bundesliga has very high average quality and no matter how many points Bayern or dortmund got, Leverkusen still would have won the league. In Leicester’s case, Arsenal have more points right now that they did at the end of their title winning campaign
Benfica have a 48-unbeaten streak in all competitions.
Yea in 1963 and the record will fall in a few days..
@@dubadidubadi I am not sure if that's even a record. Celtic hold it with more than a 62-game unbeaten streak in all competitions. Union Saint-Gilloise have a 60-game streak.
@@CharlesOffdensen 110 years ago without uefa competitions and international football. Can’t really compare that.
I am from Leverkusen, we have a Fan Song, , there is a lyric, what means, never win the German league, hurt’s so much, but it doesn’t matter. We will always stay with our team ⚽️.
We never believe, that we will win the league 🤣.
All so players from Brasil, who left our team to Munich, talk the same.
Leverkusen ( Neverkusen ) , will never win the German league.
Now we are more than happy, it is anew live 🙃
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If Bayern poched Leverkusen next season I’ll be furious.
Where's yan😂
They’ve definitely used all their luck for the next 100 years 🤣🤣🤣
What a Perfect way for our Dear Bayern Munich 11:11
Where is Jan ….😂😂😂 He was saying My Frankfort will win over Leverkusen and that will be their first Loss 😂😂😂😂 RIP Jan, he not here today did he got shits/diarrhea seen the score sheet 😂😂
For some reason its so hard to listen to casey bullshitting all the time
2014-2017 premier league was weeak weeeak
I don't know what to make of them!?
Yes they are good but they also have been tremendously lucky too !
That also belongs to the truth !
I don't care what you say, as some say them beeing unbeaten for so long is no luck, but you can't plan for your opponents constantly missing even best of chances and you scoring in the very last second of the match.
Even in the last match as 5:1 seems to sound very clear, Frankfurt missed a few very good opportunities which could have put the game in a very different direction.
You also have to be lucky the referee doesn't blow the whistle 5 seconds earlier
Call me crazy, but i believe they will have a terrible season next year !
They have used up the luck worth 3 seasons.
Leicister win is more , kekw,,,jeah sure,,,,
🎉
Manchester United pls get this guy 🙏🙏🙏
We wish. Impossible though.
Why would Xabi Alonso go to Liverpools biggest rival?
English fans, i mean both Arsenal and rivals in prem are all JEALOUS that a club from a different league achievement might be BETTER than England's club..
At the end of the day, Arsenal fans and rival fans in prem are all English anyways so they'd support Arsenal's overrated iNviNciBLeS
Prem was weak in 03/04 in Europe compared to Bundesliga this season.. Leverkusen is going for 3 trophies while Arsenal won just 1
You belong in an insane asylum.
Can't wait to see the big turnaround next year. Kinda get bored seeing the same thing over and over. Double yawn. Where's the fun in that.
the invincibles arsenal hahhaa jokers in europe give me a break, back then the EPL was a weak league
Get rid of keller, he's an awful plodding pundit,
nice record. HOWEVER, not too many strong clubs currently right there in bundesliga with all those terrible midtable teams. Also, leverkusen play in europa and not in champions league
Just say you don't watch football if you think bundesliga mid table teams are terrible, just because they don't spend 100m a year like prem clubs do
Bayer04 has played BVB and Bayern, and those are not middle teams and both are in the Champions Semifinals.
The Bundesliga is high quality even if you don’t like to admit it. Two champions league semi finalists so far and they even have a solid chance to advance to the final. Not to forget that Stuttgart (a team that is not even in ucl) beat both of them, Bayern and Dortmund. Bundesliga has fantastic teams this year and I dare to say that the teams in the lower half of the table could definitely compete with the prem teams in the lower half of their table.
@@UnknownUser_10 Bayern has just been lucky in the champions league. The best German teams in the CL have been Dortmund and Leipzig
@@yao052 Bayern certainly wasn’t just lucky. They played a good group stage, won at home against Lazio and were the better team against Arsenal in both matches.
Unbeaten in europa and farmasliga, still good but if he wants credit do that in the prem and champions league
Good joke😂😂
The same premier league that has no European semi finalists while the Bundesliga has three and two of them in ucl?
@@UnknownUser_10 they struggled against West Ham hahahahha
@@tonypadd7939 Man, West Ham was not able to defeat a hangover Leverkusen at home
@@UnknownUser_10 imagine struggling to a team like West Ham hahahahaha
Leverkusen can do a treble but it will never be better than the arsenal invincibles
It's already better, by far tbh.
It can never be Better.... These Pundits like Beef Groups better than them. Imagine the Pundit talking, when he evolve from an Inferior Celtic Club in Scotland. Yeye
It better because they achieve with average players...arsenal had top players
@@KarlTitithey lost their last game it was handball for their goal in extra time
@@Ollyv123 And what about chess? Tell me, what's going wrong in your brain? Please take your pills!!! You're talking rubbish
the arrogance of the english, or rather the american propaganda for the premier league, is jsut annoying at this point.
Its true that the PL was the strongest league since about 2018, but these gyus are telling us that since 20 years, when LaLiga utterly dominated Europe. Now we can already see the PL is falling again.