Topic: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread - page 514. (Read 668551 times)

There was an interesting interview with Xabi Alonso where he answered that finishing a season without a defeat is more valuable than breaking the 91 points record from Bayern Munich. I was thinking about that and I guess I agree. Of course it is just a numbers game then, but finishing a season without a single defeat is an achievement in and of itself. It's amazing that they pulled it off and never stepped back until the very end. The fact that they won the last game again was the perfect finish and in my eyes the perfect preparation for the Europa League final and the DFB Pokal. Knowing that nobody has beaten them will only make them stronger. Amazing performance.

In the end, Leverkusen managed to win the title after going unbeaten. Out of 24 matches, Leverkusen team has drawn only 6 matches and Leverkusen has managed to win 28 matches. The Leverkusen team ended a memorable and best season in their history. On the other hand, Bayern Munich cannot keep the second place in the table. Munich finished the season third in the table. Bayern Munich team has lost 8 matches this season.

After winning the Bundesliga title, Leverkusen's target is to win the Europa League and DFB Pokal titles. A win against FCK in the DFB Pokal match will not be a difficult task for Leverkusen. However, it will be difficult to beat Atalanta in the Europa League final.

Bayer Leverkusen has been truly extraordinary this season, they have successfully won the title without defeat. This success is clearly a great history in the Bundesliga and it will probably be very difficult for any team to achieve this in the future. Currently Alonso and the players are enjoying the championship party which will increase the players' self-confidence. The next two finals will be a shot at the DFB Pokal trophy and the Europa League will be the next target. I see Alonso has big ambitions to achieve that. Yes, Atalanta might be a tough opponent and Alonso must really be wary of the Italian representative. Alonso must re-analyze Atalanta's match against Liverpool so that they don't suffer the same fate.

The first game is currently listed as follows:

2.16 - 3.65 - 3.25

Bochum is the nominal favorite, but the advantage is very small; in fact, it’s a random game. Apparently, if Bochum does not win the first game, then Fortuna will be the favorite in the return match. I can’t say that I like any of these teams more than the other, but probably Bochum in the Bundesliga will be more profitable for me since I participate in prediction competitions and this team is more understandable to me than Fortuna.

Now Xabi Alonso has made history with Bayer Leverkusen, where up to now they have not been defeated since the start of this season, now they have succeeded in stopping Bayer Munich from winning the Bundesliga, but there are still two more finals that Bayer Leverkusen must go through to write their name in the history of a club that has never lost. in one season, and also made history for Bayer Leverkusen by becoming the club's triple champion this season.

However, Bayer Leverkusen will meet Atalanta in the European League Final, if you look at Atalanta's performance they are a tough opponent, this will be a very interesting match of course considering that these two teams will be fighting for the European title this season, but if you look at Bayer Leverkusen with Xabi at the moment It is very difficult for Atalanta to beat this team, because Bayer Leverkusen has very high motivation in this Final, but it is not impossible for Atalanta, everything is still open between Atalanta and Bayer Leverkusen to win the Europa League, This is a match we should look forward to because both teams are in good form.

Xabi Alonso has really made a big difference in the Leverkusen squad this season, it's a new history starting with a squad that could hardly get a win in the Bundes league and finally got a win, then in some other leagues also in the completion stage, in just one season, it's fitting that Leverkusen supporters consider Xabi Alonso a prophet for football in their city, fostering the spirit of football.

For next season with UEFA, I'm looking forward to seeing how Leverkusen performs against the world's biggest clubs, it will give us an answer to how far they've come and how scary Xabi Alonso is with the world's best teams with an amazing coach to keep competing who has accumulated a wealth of experience in the world of soccer, we'll see what tactics can be done, whether it will be like Napoli or shine even more and raise the name of Leverkusen and himself even higher.

It seems that no team has recorded success in achieving a treble winner by going undefeated in all competitions (Bundesliga, Europa League and DFB Pokal), Leverkusen record looks like it will last forever without any team being able to compete with it. It's true, there are several teams that have recorded an unbeaten record, Xabi Alonso is on his way to making that record with Leverkusen. We are very entertained by their performances this season, everyone is very surprised by their overall performance, Leverkusen absolutely refuse to accept defeat.

The next two finals will determine history, earning everyone involved in the club praise and respect, a season full of fortunes for Leverkusen. Of course facing Atalanta will not be easy, because the pressure in the final match is very different from other matches. On paper, there is no doubt that Leverkusen will be able to win the Europa League trophy, unless a miracle moves to Atalanta. Likewise in the DFB Pokal final, Leverkusen will look like a giant for Kaiserslautern.

The 'curse' narrative on Harry Kane is quite shameful. This is what makes many great players didn't get a proper recognition, because their teams didn't won trophies. Harry Kane has played for Tottenham for a long time, and it's not his fault that Tottenham didn't win any trophy since a quite long time. He has played for Bayern for one season, blaming him for Bayern not getting any trophy is so unfair.

People tend to exaggerate a bad side of a player, and this is not a good vibe in a sport world. Harry Kane can be said as the best striker at the moment, is even better than Erling Haaland, because he has all-around ability as a central forward. The team's fate shouldn't be attached on him, because the ability of palyers can't not be measured by the team's achievements.

Jose Mourinho one time said good thing about Xabi Alonso even before he jumped into the football managerial business. He has worked with the best coaches and also played with the best and that he will be successful in his career same way he was during his playing days.

I know he will definitely go on to win the treble at the end of the season his first job has been successful in his first eighteen months. Bayern Munich will have to level up them performance to catch up with them next season. So much hate on Harry Kane even when he is doing something well and right.
I'm even shocked because they did with Jesus in the bible. Lol

The exit of Serhou Guiraissy will be felt by Stuttgart,  he is the closet player that scored good goals to Harry Kane. Premier league clubs are strongly chasing after him.

I don't know if there is a team that has won 3 trophies without defeat, but I can say that there are very few teams that have won the league championship without defeat. Already Milan did it in the 91/92 season, Arsenal in the 02/03 season, and Juventus in the 11/12 season. Now Bayer Leverkusen has done it. Xabi Alonso won the league title without defeat and made history with his team. Now they have the UEFA Europa League ahead of them, but Atalanta will not be an easy opponent for them. I will be looking forward to watching this match in 2 days.

That is always the "curse" he had, it is not just about not winning any trophy, of course he would love to win a trophy and he would be happier than any other player in the team but the reality is that his curse is not losing.

His curse is that both at Spurs and also at Bayern Munich now, he has been a top goalscorer and provided so much for the team, but because those teams loses, he is considered cursed, he does everything he suppose to do, he does more than what is expected of him, and yet he still is considered a curse for the teams by the fans. That is his real curse, we have seen him not deserve all of this mocking he is getting, he has been great everywhere and he is still getting mocked by the fans because of it.

But at least, if you check the existing head to head records, at least Dusseldorf has a better winning record compared to Bochum. But indeed, perhaps the head to head record will not have a big impact on their future results because after all, at least Bochum also has the same final points as Union Berlin. Although it is true, Bochum conceded more goals than Union Berlin, so Bochum has to go through the play-off round to be able to return to playing in the Bundesliga next season and not to be relegated. Indeed, on paper at least Bochum is capable of competing in the Bundesliga this season, so Bochum should be able to beat Dusseldorf this moment.

Mainz got lucky they escaped relegation after they were able to defeat Wolfsburg in their last game of the season thst got them to 35 points, before the game they had just 32 points which kept them within the relegation zone in the table and that would have possibly caused them their chances of an appearance in the bundesliga by next season but they got really lucky they were able to stay ahead of Wolfsburg by three goals by the end of the game.

Wolfsburg didn't get affected that much because the loss didn't cause them their position they were still able to maintain their position on the table and still didn't stand the risk of been relegated. Wolfsburg were the host team and still had the host advantage but probably they didn't get to win because they didn't prioritize the game as it's the last game of the season and loosing it wouldn't do them much neither will winning get them to qualify for the champions league or Europa so that could probably be a reason they didn't invest much effort but they got a goal by the end of the game.

Bochum still have a chance to get back in the bundesliga if they are able to win their play off game and this is their only chance to redeem their hopes to be in the bundesliga next season, they are definitely going to be able to appear in the bundesliga again if they win this game but they will make sure they improve after now so if they make it to the bundesliga, they wouldn't have to struggle next season to escape relegation again.

I don't know friends, we don't know what really happened to Bayern Munich at this time which suddenly their performance dropped drastically, even in the last 10 seasons I see if Munich has never experienced a slump like what happened this season, Kane who has been the top scorer at Tottenham came at the wrong time, so indeed he was linked to the failure of Bayern Munich this season which is considered by Kane as a player who has zero champions,  For now we cannot deny this assumption if indeed Kane is not able to lead Bayern Munich to win the Bundesliga next season, next season is an opportunity for Kane to break all bad perceptions from fans towards him by winning the trophy with Munich.

Not only at the club, Kane also had bad luck in the England national team because he had never won a championship, and this season reportedly Kane also regained a place in the national team squad, but I think it seems that Kane will miss a long time and will miss euro 2024 due to his injury, reportedly Tuchel before being sacked he has confirmed,if Kane will be absent due to his severe injury and of course it is very detrimental to the England national team which will soon be Compete at Euro 2024.

For those that dont know , the relegation first game will be played this week on Thursday (May 23, 2024) 8:30 pm german time.
Here will be play VfL Bochum against Fortuna Düsseldorf , and i hope that Bochum will ein there first match.
The second game will then take place on Monday (May 27, 2024) 8:30 pm german time again.
I would be love to see Bochum next season again in the german league.

Source : https://www.bundesliga.com/de/bundesliga/news/relegation-alle-infos-termine-modus-abstieg-aufstieg-3008

I say his job is now finished, even though he still has 2 more matches to play, and both of them are finals which will really determine whether they become champions or not.
I want to see them next season, whether Xabi can be consistent with what he showed this season, or vice versa. they will be in the Champions League, and that's what I'm waiting for, because there they will have tougher opponents, because the Champions League is the place for the best teams this season and they will be there.
There are many rumors that Xabi is just lucky this season, he should be able to silence the people who say that by performing well in the Champions League or Bundesliga next season. He must have heard things like this too, and I hope it can be a motivation for him to be able to produce something really good. He already has good capital with his current team, and also he can make some improvements if he needs to.

He is a world class player, no club doubts his sharpness but unfortunately so far he has not had the luck to win a title even when many people advised him to move and he did but his new club failed to win a single title, it would be a shame if he experienced the same thing next season, but I doubt that will happen, Bayern Munich will recover and try to do better next season.
In the last fifteen years, Bayern Munich failed to win the Bundesliga twice in a row in the 2010-2012 season because Borussia Dortmund became champions but after that this team always dominated, is it possible that Bayer Leverkusen will match Dortmund's achievements by successfully defending the title? If that happens Harry Kane will certainly be very disappointed, there may be a lot of jokes about him, but his personal statistics are extraordinary

Yes, it is absolutely true. They were lucky in this season. Otherwise, it could easily have been a relegation for them. when they were actually performing well consistently sometime ago, I think that was actually skill. Well, to be honest, it was not on skill, it was probably 50% skill and 50% luck. when the luck ran out, they were not able to perform consistently.

I still remember them performing really well towards the start of a certain season. I cannot remember which season. But after almost like 15 matches, they started to fall down through the table. I did not think they were going to fight so hard to stay out of the relegation zone so soon. But anyway I agree that they will have to spend some good amount of money to actually stay out of the relegation zone and at least stay towards the upper half of the table.

Next season, the Bundesliga will welcome two new teams from the Bundesliga 2, St. Pauli and Holstein Kiel. St. Pauli will return to the top flight after a 13-year absence. Their fans definitely will be eager and anticipating their comeback, hoping that the team can establish themselves and avoid a quick relegation. For Holstein Kiel, their promotion is historic, marking their first-ever appearance in the Bundesliga.

 However, their main goal will be survival, which will require strengthening their squad to compete with the already established teams in the top league. The playoff stage will see Bochum, who finished 16th in the Bundesliga, face off against Fortuna Düsseldorf. The first leg will take place at Bochum's home ground, giving them an opportunity to the host advantage. Also, it will not be an easy task, as Fortuna Düsseldorf have been very impressive in the Bundesliga 2 this season.

 Bochum will need to be extra cautious of Fortuna's top scorer, Christos Tzolis, who has been in top form, including a hat-trick in their recent victory over Magdeburg. Bochum's home advantage could be really important, but they'll need to be at their best to outdo a strong and confident Düsseldorf side. The outcome of this playoff will determine who earns a spot in the Bundesliga, making it a high-stakes encounter for both teams.

So these bad results resulted from a lack of comfort throughout the team? If that's the case, it doesn't seem completely true considering whatever the reason, the team's victory is the main thing. Who knows what happens to Tuchel's future is no longer the club's responsibility and instead Tuchel must be responsible for the results he has produced throughout this season.

It is very strange if we talk about a team's unpreparedness for a match and even though the results are not good, there is clearly no good reason to describe the poor performance of a big team like Bayern Munich. In the end, Bayern Munich finished in 3rd place in the standings, which is something we rarely see even in the last decades. This is a red note for a club that has dominated the league for many years.