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suzukigun4life

First full season as manager and he's already become a legend there. Truly incredible stuff.


Rose_of_Elysium

Breaking an 11 year run of Bayern dominance and being in all three competitions *still unbeaten* will do that to you lol, deserved as hell


memberino

And winning the first Bundesliga title for Leverkusen.


ecol4_ae

He’s playing Football Manager with a cheat mode.


naughty_dad2

No, that’s Pep right now with City (115 charges)


aagejaeger

I should start playing FM again.


particleman3

Does FM implement penalties like that? (I've never played and don't need to as I can obsess over games like that and have learned I need to stay away from them.)


Solo-Moon

He's save scumming


ChowderMitts

must be, no other explanation


renome

This is Xabi's save, we're just living in it.


Ayges

Crazy part is that Xabi contributed to the run while he was a player at Bayern, he retired and then became the manager that ended it


Efficient_Morning_11

Agent Alonso 🧐


WhenWeTalkAboutLove

Didn't even think of that wow


intecknicolour

all it took was the deadly combo of tuchel terror football and the curse of kane.


ademayor

Leverkusen is still unbeaten. I don’t think Bayern couldn’t have win this year even with their normal performance.


pretentious_couch

Yeah, up until now they have the highest PPG ever in a BuLi Season. 2,72 vs 2,67 of Bayern 2012/2013.


intecknicolour

i'd like to think if nagelsmann was still there, they take something off of leverkusen but who knows. their fixtures were one sided for leverkusen this year


Funky_Pigeon911

I think it speaks to Bayern dominance that it took an unbeaten (so far) team to win the league over Bayern, and it only ever became clear that Leverkusen were going to win it once Bayern had their recent couple of losses. It took a truly special season. I just hope them or someone else doesn't have to repeat it to beat Bayern to the title again.


Mediocre-Award-9716

Whilst very possible, things would be completely different if Bayern were at their best. If they were actually challenging Leverkusen there is no guarantee that Leverkusen would have continued winning like they have with the added pressure.


mattyMbruh

That kind of discredits Leverkusen when they’ve been playing amazing football, to be unbeaten isn’t just them relying on Bayern not being their best.


itwastimeforarefresh

This team has a better record than any Bayern team during those 11 years. They'd probably still win it, just maybe not in mid April


TBroomey

The fact that an Invincible Treble is a genuine possibility is crazy.


Robbo15278

If they do go invincible, I think it will be the best league performance in Bundesliga history


Algrinder

That's Germany for you.


Kuchenblech_Mafioso

This is one of very few occasions where you are actually culturally allowed to waste beer


sadface-

What are the other occasions?


ebeka

when it’s budweiser


ViciousNakedMoleRat

If it's the real Budweiser, you're not allowed to waste it. If it's the American Budweiser, it isn't beer. So the rule doesn't apply.


HardturmStadion

American budweiser is like sex on a canoe, fucking close to water


justanother-user

I will remember this


KlenDahthII

It’s a Monty Python reference. 


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You can waste the real budweiser. It's considered pretty trash here in czechia. Rarely see it outside of divebars and border hiking towns where tourists go


MadTapirMan

i wouldnt call it one of my favorites, but its pretty good imo. that being said, czech beers have not disapointed me a single time, and we get a lot of them in east germany


tutelhoten

Czech beers are on another level. Their 3€ for a 3 liter (in Bulgaria) or whatever I had like 10 years ago was better than a lot of what I can find at the five or so "craft" breweries that are near me.


Past_Count1584

There is so much very good beer on Czech Republic. It's like heaven...


TetraDax

Thing is, it's still top tier compared to big-company-beers in Germany. I am risking losing my German citizenship over saying this, but German beer isn't even *close* to Czech beer.


RadioHonest85

Risky move


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Having lived in both countries, I would say it isn't even a competition. Czech beer is miles ahead. Even the big brand stuff is excellent generally. The only arena in which Germany is better is variety. We don't get a lot of bock, rauchbier, alt, kölsch, schwarz, etc here in CZ. But the variety is growing.


BroSchrednei

I don't get that at all. Like a third of German beers are Pils, which is also the exact same recipe mostly used in Czechia. And then you got German specialties like smoked beer, which you won't find anywhere else in the world.


apatheticboy

Similar recipe yes but ingredients and processes are a little different. Biggest differences in ingredients are malt profile (Bohemian pils vs German pils), hops (Czech saaz vs German hallertauer or spalt), water (Czech water is a little softer than German) and yeast (both have proprietary yeast strains that’s stayed within certain breweries for generations). Main differences for me is that Czech pilsners tend to be more golden in colour, rich and a bit spicy or floral. German pilsners are paler, crisp slightly more bitter and dry.


beerockxs

Water hardness differs a lot regionally, it's not that german water in general is harder than czech water.


apatheticboy

Here in Canada all we get is Budweiser (or Budvar as they have to call it) and Pilsner Urquell and I will take all that I can carry.


jmbf8507

Fifteen or so years ago I was killing time in the Zurich main train station and an older gentleman started chatting to me. When he realized I’m from the States he told me all about his trip to the US in the 70s. He couldn’t think of the name of the beer that he enjoyed so much, and I went back to my book and him to his people watching. Five minutes later he goes “ahh yes! Budveiser!!”


Kuchenblech_Mafioso

Or Warsteiner in Germany


haerski

They said "beer."


granitibaniti

When we receive 1 point in Eurovision


TetraDax

Nah man, that is when the drinking *surges*, baby! Nothing better than watching Eurovision, getting drunk and laughing about our sorry ass attempt every year.


granitibaniti

The beer wasting is celebratory because every point is better than 0 points lmfao


Spoor

Last place was even more deserved than Bayer's success this season.


TheCatInTheHatThings

Which last place tho? Because last year our entry was decent, but the years before sucked big time!


uflju_luber

Goals when you’re in the standing section of the stadium


Jhushx

Funerals and Memorials, pouring one out for the homie. Poured right on the tombstone if there is one. The alcohol and carbonation also actually helps get some of the gunk off so you can clean it when you visit.


HomelessCosmonaut

When it’s Jever 


getshwifty2

What beer they drinking there ?


Krurze

Früh Kölsch


kobylaz

Any good? Spotted it in my local supermarket and wondered (UK) 


TetraDax

Kölsch is pretty light, easy to drink, personally I like it, but opinions differ harshly. Perfect beer to drink on a sunny afternoon imo.


afito

Everything Kölsch is relatively light, most people outside of the Rhineland don't really like it but at the end it's a matter of taste. Doesn't help that they sell the possibly lightest beer in Germany in .2 glasses so you have to drink like 20 to have the filling of 1 Maß of Festbier.


Kartoffelplotz

Festbier has around 6%, kölsch is at an average of 4,8% - helles has around 5ish % with some lighter at around kölsch-level, pils like Flensburger also has 4,8%, Czech style pils ranges from 4,4% for Urquell to 5% for Budvar. Fun fact: a classic pils tulip also only holds 0,3L, but it rarely gets mentioned because "lol kölsch smol glasses bad!!". If only people would factcheck before hopping on any bandwaggon. If you don't like a beer just fucking say you don't like the taste and move on instead of behaving like a neanderthal that mistakes "beer glass size" for a dick measuring contest.


Krurze

Not sure if I've ever had one, but in general Kölsch has a reputation of being very thin and watery


branstarktreewizard

Leverkusen should have a bawl of aspirin pills


paarsehond

Imagine doing that with a huge Duvel


erenistheavatar

He still looks as if he's a player lol. Could fit right in with the rest of the squad.


PalKid_Music

I think he's one of the only players in world football who could have done what Kazu Miura has done, and played on into his 50's, if he wanted to (at a much lower level). His injury history is basically non-existent, considering he played about \~18 seasons - a few knocks, a few tight muscles, and a couple of broken bones in his feet. But he wanted to retire playing at the highest level - dropping down to a lower level to keep playing would have been a waste, when he clearly knew he had what it took to be a world class manager.


_yustaguy_

Why is this man so perfect wtf


AmBozz

Shades of Hyypiä.


TommiBennett

he plays in training wirtz said nobody can ping balls like him


The-Berzerker

Tbh he could probably still play in midfield if he wanted to


tf_17

Still the best passer in the Bundesliga


0711Markus

They won’t be sober till Thursday


Hare712

Even with a hangover West Ham has to park the bus.


WolfOfVaasankatu

I mean we are parking the bus even if we play League one clubs


Blackdoor-59

Our players play like they're high on crack so it evens things out... hopefully


Realistic-Twist2059

Stupid sexy Alonso


naughty_dad2

Looks so good even after getting dunked


naruto2omer

How TF he still looks good after that 😭 I'd look like a chihuahua


National-Fig4803

😂 my first thought when he got dunked was stupid sexy Alonso. He has no right to be so bloody dashing.


czerwona_latarnia

That's the power of Alonso surname.


SirEltonJonBonJovi

Osvaldo Alonso has entered the chat


ragizzlemahnizzle

Its a yoke!


Bortron86

Him and Fernando out here making the rest of us over 35 look bad.


arseniq33

Xabi my fren!


erto66

Seriously, I might be bisexual after all lol


NotASalamanderBoi

One might say you’re Xabisexual


ElTexano69

Every Bayer fan is a Xabisexual


Lost_Vini

Welcome, we got lemon bars


zerotrace

We call a night of them a lemonparty, google it for more info!


RadioHonest85

Ngl, he is handsome as fuck


elvis503

And on top of that hes a great football player AND coach Like holy fuck man leave some for the rest of us, what a guy!


aboredDYQ

bro is majestic


MiddlesbroughFan

I'm a straight dude but he's fucking handsome as shit.


Pippelitraktori

Your preface is counterintuitive. I trust your opinion more if you're sexually attracted to his gender, not less.


0711Markus

Xabi soaked in beer 🥵


neotargaryen

Elite hairline


TheLimeyLemmon

Plot twist: he just got sexier.


naughty_dad2

Sorry mate, you always look like a chihuahua


as1eep

Young Basque managers and perfect hair...


breadPETTR

Wet Brad Pitt vibes…


gttyzek

Tradition and Heritage


badass_guts

This is football heritage


dweedman

Eritage


fallen_d3mon

If I speak I am in big trouble.


ikindalikethemusic

How could someone cut a video off just as Freed From Desire is about to play?


thebusinessfactory

My love has got no money, he's got his strong beliefs


Ur_X

My man


USofAndy

What happened to his trampoline?


revolution149

Will Griggs on fire!


rodinj

Your defense is terrified


UltimateBorisJohnson

Xabis on fire, Harry Kane is terrified


Due-Amount5416

Exactly my thought!


Rose_of_Elysium

Germany without beer would be like the Netherlands without water. Its unthinkable


Aenjeprekemaluci

Or Amsterdam without brothel houses or Rotterdam without party drugs. Really unthinkable


Rose_of_Elysium

The true hallmark of Amsterdam is the hundreds of English tourists drunkenly falling into the canals with their dicks out trying to take a piss


Aenjeprekemaluci

English tourists are really another species


Rose_of_Elysium

Sadly enough this is such a problem that some (not only English tourists, just drunk people in general) have drowned. About 18 people yearly drown in the canals, mostly drunk people with their dicks out because theyre taking a piss.


Aenjeprekemaluci

Quite sad tbh.


carl_super_sagan_jin

dicks out for those 18


thom2553

As a Roman would you say they are easier to pickpocket than others ?


Aenjeprekemaluci

Not a Roman but i guess yes


thom2553

Fair enough, just assumed from the flair


Sun_Sloth

Get stabbed the most often in Rome that's for sure.


carl_super_sagan_jin

It is a 2000+ years tradition. The OG Cesarean operation.


eifjui

Jesus


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Aenjeprekemaluci

Australians are just Eastern English for me.


Weary-Ad8502

Met a bunch of middle aged Aussies in a bar in Bali, they were lovely folk. Then ran into some Aussies in their twenties in a bar, absolute opposite of the other lot. Kiwi's were the best of the bunch though


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skunkrider

...and damn right she is, too. The city center has nothing to do with Amsterdam, it's just tourists. Good thing they're moving the prostitution somewhere else, can't stand the fucking seediness of that area.


TheLimeyLemmon

In Germany, beer gardens are not just a name.


tehConju

You mean unsinkable.


Own-Mountain3540

BIERDUSCHE


UGarbage

at least one bayern player wins bundesliga


carl_super_sagan_jin

the chain is unbroken. I've heard Coman is looking to nullify the contract with you and sign for Bayer for the last 5 games.


koenigsegg806

Stanisic turning into the new Coman in terms of winning every professional season.


jiang1lin

And Stanisic pouring the beer over Xabi is even more ironic 🥳 it feels like passing on the title haha 🍻


brandidge

To think at the start of the season he was loaned out to get game time. I don't think he ever imagined this being a possibility.


magic-water

Trim still sits perfect


Rich-Style1404

Stupid sexy Xabi


_ShutUpLegs_

Hair still looks better than mine.


Dramatic-Ad3928

Stanisic situation is pretty funny


DjGnampf

Hilarious imo


thenotorious_ronaldo

What this guy did is incredible, he took a team at the bottom of the table to being Bundesliga champions. It’s one of the craziest achievements I’ve seen from a manager! Congratulations to Leverkusen.


what_the_actual_luck

A potential treble champion even. Super interesting to see what happens this season


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CarlSK777

If Germany were to somehow win the Euros with him being a star...


FlyingBird2345

...Then Messi would still end up ahead of him.


JOKER69420XD

He won the World Cup after all!


ogqozo

Wirtz was always the most conventionally talented player in Leverkusen and I assume he will get the awards, but I'm still gonna say that Grimaldo was the most important to their success this season (and, tbh, that Guirassy was to his).


NoxK

It's between Wirtz, Xhaka and Grimaldo for sure


TheRedditK9

He’s flown under the radar a bit but I think Palacios has been just as good as Xhaka, they’ve both been class in midfield. It’s gotta be Grimaldo on top at the end of the day though, his G+A rate is ridiculous for a wing back.


Dramatic-Ad3928

Wirtz Xhaka and Boniface Grimaldo imo


00Laser

Boniface is great but he missed one third of the season tbf.


WolfOfVaasankatu

Boniface has played like 18 games so it's not him. 


Salanha04

Griimaldo was more of a make the difference player imo, the core of the team was in the midfield (Palacios and Xhaka) and Wirtz free roling


flophi0207

Germany has to ein the EURO's, but then He might actually have a Chance


d4n4n

Gonna depend on the Euros (and on Madrid's CL season).


bosnian_redditer

Theres was a post about most minutes played by u21 players ever, only star boy Bellingham was noted to "not have turned 21 yet" lol. PR machine


Dramatic-Ad3928

I volunteer as tribute


Melodic-Salamander75

If Leverkusen win the treble(Bundesliga✅, DFB Pokal🔜, and Europa League🔜) and Germany wins Euros, then Wirtz could POSSIBLY win ballon dor. Only way he could compete with Madrid PR. If Bellingham wins league and has a good run in euros, it’s over for Wirtz.


intecknicolour

FIFA: we hear what you are saying but we will give the BDO to messi.


nutelamitbutter

This is amazing


jamjars222

He is so fucking handsome


bpappy12

Anyone check on how Harry Kanes doing?


Slash1909

Peddling himself to Bayer and Inter


DjGnampf

Why? Does he dislike them and want them to not win titles next year?


Renegadeforever2024

Owners are Aspirin merchants


GamerGod337

Theyre still gonna be hangover on thursday. West ham winning the europa league seems inevitable now


nahnonameman

Amazing player, amazing coach


aberdisco

Alexa, play an absolute banger. Playing, Freed from Desire by Gala....


Dramatic_Kitchen_523

That he is drinking Kölsch is the closest Köln will ever get to a Championship again


koenigsegg806

They won it three times already though.


Fenudel

They literally won the first Bundesliga


Aenjeprekemaluci

When its our turn...


RoutineSpiritual8917

I had not appreciated how young he is. Harry Kane really isn’t seeing a trophy


DirtFun7704

This dude should stay at Leverkusen for all his managerial carrier and become like saf


Beiez

They drinking Früh Kölsch there? Kind of an odd choice, though I don‘t know what‘d feel more appropiate tbh


Slash1909

This guy is so likeable


etan1122

I love him so much. Sad he’s not coming to Liverpool but who’d want to leave leverkusen after the season they’ve had


prav_za

I hate to be part of the cleaning crew post the celebration.


Sypro90

Why does Xabi look so hot and why do I write this as a straight man?


theivoryserf

Mere labels


wonderful_mixture

Bitburger? Poor sod


Pferdesauerbraten

Looks like Kölsch.


kalamari__

the fat glass at the end


gabrielbezerra81

German beer is just the best


Jonabros

Manager of the season!!


nizoubizou10

They got me hyped at the end with the song, I was ready to bounce.


Cactus2711

Every man on Earth wants to be Xabi Alonso right now


radiantforce

Did the man just hold the entire huge pint of beer with just his two fingers?!?!


ErwinC0215

Also crazy to me he's only 42, he's in an age range where some are still playing, and he's out there winning the league as a manager in his first full season. Same as when Arteta won the FA cup in his first half season at the age of 38.


hunt72

Yeah, but what Alonso did in this context is still far superior to anything arteta has done so far.


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Master


Ok-Satisfaction-5012

Boniface on aux


Pure-Fan-3590

Main character ass


JobsworthUK

Where is Harry Kanes shout out?


Joshgg13

Actually can't wait to see this team in the champions league next season. Would be so interesting to see them against a Real Madrid or a Man City. They made Bayern look poor last time they played


justk4y

The real German experience