On Friday, 23 February, the first match of the 23rd round of the German Bundesliga was played. Bayer Leverkusen hosted one of the league outsiders Mainz (2:1).
Bundesliga, 23rd round
"Bayer" - "Mainz" - 2:1
Goals: Dzaka (3), Andrich (68) - Kor (7).
"Bayer": Gradecki, Kossunu, Ta, Tapsoba, Frimpong (Tella, 83), Andrich, Dzaka, Grimaldo, Hofmann (Schick, 56), Wirtz (Glozek, 90), Adli (Incapier, 83).
"Mainz": Centner, Widmer (Gilavogi, 60), Kasi, van der Berg, Kor, Mwene, Amiri, Barreiro, Lee Jae-Sung, Gruda (Ngankam, 65), Onisivo (Kraus, 83).
The hosts won the match 2-1. The teams exchanged goals from Granit Jaqui and Dominic Cora at the start of the game, before Robert Andrich scored the decisive cursory goal midway through the second half.
This result allowed Xabi Alonso's side to continue their incredible unbeaten streak. Now the Leverkusen team does not know the bitterness of defeat in 33 official matches in all tournaments.
This is an absolute record of German football, the previous longest series had Bayern Munich, which in the period from 2019 to 2020 did not concede in 32 consecutive matches. During this stretch, Bayer won 29 victories and 4 matches ended in a draw, the team scored 97, and conceded only 24 goals.
Note that now the team of Xabi Alonso leads the standings of the Bundesliga, ahead of the nearest pursuer "Bayern" on 11 points (Munich has one match in reserve), reached the semifinals of the German Cup and 1/8 finals of the Europa League.
