Leverkusen win first Bundesliga crown, breaking Bayern’s 11-year run

Bayer Leverkusen lifted the Bundesliga title for the first time in their 120-year history yesterday, a 5-0 victory over Werder Bremen , breaking Bayern Munich’s 11-year stranglehold on the German top flight. — AFP pic LEVERKUSEN , April 15 — Bayer Leverkusen lifted the Bundesliga title for the first time in their 120-year history yesterday, a 5-0 victory over Werder Bremen , breaking Bayern Munich’s 11-year stranglehold on the German top flight.

Leverkusen’s maiden title, coming after five second-place finishes in their history, keeps their dream of a remarkable treble alive while shedding their unwanted ‘Neverkusen’ nickname for good.With 10 minutes to go, the long-suffering fans began making their way to the sidelines and a few jumped the gun, storming the pitch with the match still ongoing.

“It was when we started winning some matches, with a dominant style of play, that’s when I realised we could do a little better than just making the Champions League.”The Leverkusen bus arrived at the stadium 90 minutes before kick-off, wading through a sea of fans clad in black and red on the way to the 30,000-capacity BayArena.

Piero Hincapie, Grimaldo’s replacement, had an early effort at goal saved but it would be the fit-again Boniface, making his first start since mid-December, who put the home side in front. Hofmann was almost the provider again shortly before half-time, his pass finding Amine Adli who fired against the crossbar.

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