Those football fans who have been saying that Xabi Alonso and Bayern Leverkusen players won the Bundesliga title this season because of Bayern Munich's poor performance in the Bundesliga, have they seen the great performance Bayern Leverkusen pulled out in the Europa League competition? Yesterday, Bayern Leverkusen visited AS Roma at home and beat them by 0-2 without AS Roma scoring any goal against Bayern Leverkusen. This season is for Bayern Leverkusen, and they are halfway to qualifying for the Europa League finals this season.
Leverkusen success in winning the Bundesliga had nothing to do with Bayern Munich poor performance, Leverkusen really showed above average quality. So far Bayern Munich has always dominated the Bundesliga, unlike what Leverkusen just achieved, the quality is very different. Leverkusen unbeaten record this season makes them the team that has collected the most points in this competition, they are also very consistent in maintaining their performance in other competitions.
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Dortmund will now definitely concentrate all their efforts on the Champions League, because in the Bundesliga not top 4, but top 5 are now also vying for a place in the Champions League, which for Borussia Dortmund practically guarantees a place in the Champions League. And of course, after winning the first match, they still have a chance to reach the final, and even if they cannot beat Real Madrid there, then participation in the final of such a tournament is very prestigious. It’s strange that the top 5 places in the Champions League went to Italy and Germany, but Spain still had the top 4.
Full attention will of course focus on the second leg of the Champions League. After winning the first leg, they must remain focused and play according to plan in the second leg because PSG will try to catch up in order to snatch tickets to the final from Dortmund. Even though Dortmund failed to advance to the UCL final and were unable to finish in the top four, they automatically qualified for the UCL next season even though they finished in fifth place because the UCL is starting to use a new format for next season with the number of participants becoming 36 teams. UEFA provides special additional quota for the two leagues that achieved the highest coefficient values in the previous season. Dortmund's victory over PSG in the first leg of the semifinals made the Bundesliga's coefficient rating second behind Serie A.