VIDEO. Scenes of incredible jubilation even before the end of the match in Germany: Bayer Leverkusen wins the first title in its history by becoming champion

The supporters invaded the pitch even before the end of the match. X beIN SPORTS screenshot

Bayer Leverkusen ensured that it won the first title in its history by becoming German champion thanks to its large victory against Werder Bremen (5-0), causing the invasion of the pitch even before the end of the match during the fourth and fifth goals.

By outclassing Bremen 5-0 at the end of the 29th day of the Bundesliga, Xabi Alonso's men, still undefeated, secured a 16-point lead over Bayern Munich and Stuttgart. Five days before the end of the season, they can no longer be reached and seize the "Schale", a trophy awarded to the champion which was the exclusive property of Munich between 2013 and 2023.< /p>

🇩🇪 #Bundesliga
🏆 Le Bayer Leverkusen est champion d'Allemagne pour la 1ère fois de leur histoire !
🤯 Les supporters envahissent le terrain ! pic.twitter.com/YbeAZSVY8f

— beIN SPORTS (@beinsports_FR) April 14, 2024

To win the title on the 29th day, the third earliest coronation after those of Bayern in 2014 (27th day) and in 2013 (28th day), Xabi Alonso's men had to win on Sunday. It was Leverkusen's top scorer, Victor Boniface, who opened the scoring in the 25th minute from the penalty spot, after a foul on Jonas Hofmann punished after using video assistance.

Wirtz Triple

At the hour mark, Granit Xhaka doubled to offer thirty minutes of pure euphoria. Florian Wirtz in the 68th minute found himself at the conclusion of a superb collective movement with a magnificent strike from 30 meters. Wirtz scored his hat-trick at the end of the match, causing the pitch to invade before the final seconds, in an exceptional atmosphere.

🚨🚨🚨GOAL

Bayer Leverkusen [4]-0 Werder Bremen

83’Florian Wirtz strikes again much to the delight of the fans#Bundesliga #xabialonso #BayerLeverkusen #Bayer04 #Championshttps://t.co/cNad8D5k7I

— Olt Sports (@oltsport_) April 14, 2024

And the end of the match took place with a light red cloud, coming from the smoke bombs of the Leverkusen ultras. Leverkusen played its 43rd match of the season on Sunday without losing (38 wins, 5 draws), thus equaling the performance of Juventus Turin in 2011-2012, with the difference that the Bianconeri did not have a Cup of Europe to be contested at the time.

Still in contention in the German Cup and Europa League

The harvest of Werskelf (the "factory eleven", nickname of the club team founded by the chemist Bayer in 1904) can continue in the next weeks. In the Europa League, they will face West Ham in London on Thursday in the quarter-final second leg, after a 2-0 home success three days ago.

In view of this meeting, Xabi Alonso also left three of his best players (Florian Wirtz, Alejandro Grimaldo and Jeremie Frimpong) at the kick-off ) on the bench for the title match. And Lukas Hradecky's teammates will close their season with the final of the German Cup (scheduled for May 25, three days after the final of the Europa League) against Kaiserslautern, residents of the second division.