I'd you remember they only lost the finals in the Europa , every other game in the Europa they played, they didn't loose a single one so I was actually wondering the kind of brilliance could be transmitted from the bundesliga to the Europa because they were like the best team in the Europa after the exit of Liverpool who were considerd to have great potential of winning the Europa before Leverkusen was now prioritized in the consideration because they made it beyond the semi finals where Liverpool stopped at. Leverkusen for me had a complete display of brilliance across all the leagues they did played in last season, they only made the mistake of loosing out in the most important and vital game thst would have crowned their efforts the whole season.

If only Leverkusen was more prepared and didn't get to under estimate the abilities of Atlanta in that final game, I want to believe that they are most possibly going to be able win that finals or even taking it to a draw and hoping to win in penalty shoot out and that was my expectations for that game but interestingly it turned out the other way. For Leverkusen I believe it's a lesson learnt just as you have said, they hoped to make a massive record in football history last season but for Atlanta stopping them but in the bundesliga and the polka tournament in Germany they still made records regardless, a trio I supposed was the target .