Ballack and Bayer's Bad Day versus Bremen in 2002

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Sometimes football just doesn't go the way you want it too. That was the story for Michael Ballack and his Bayer Leverkusen crew on Matchday 32 in 2002. Their match against Werder Bremen derailed their quest for the title. Their 2-1 defeat set the wheels in motion for a second placed season in three competitions - the Bundesliga, the DFB Cup and UEFA Champions League.
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[@nikolaimaharaj2319]

The irony now that they broke the curse against Bremen, the team the foiled them 22 years ago 😂😂

[@abeldecuba]

MIchael ballak, so unlucky footballer, still one of my favorites of all times. Made me love chelsea that man, miss him...

[@BlaugranaFAN]

That's a bad year for Germany. BL lost everything - about it is on the movie. Borussia Dortmund lost UEFA Cup final to Feyenoord and German national team lost World Cup final to Brasil. 2002 is a German second place year.

[@lucypeerboom6259]

Bayer Leverkusen lost the champions League

[@BlaugranaFAN]

@@lucypeerboom6259 also league at finish to BVB and German Cup. So they lost everything.

[@echarts3710]

And Ballack witnessed all of them except UEFA Cup final

[@KingoftheSlavs]

No matter how many Bad Day's Ballack had. He still remains a LEGEND

[@ROL4NDpkmnguide]

Poor Bayer... To many 2nd places and never a Bundesliga win :'c

[@robictibay5747]

i hope they win europa and bundesliga and dfb pokal and super cup

[@SIDYfe4r]

Only 3 Points separating Leverkusen now from breaking the curse! The wait could finally be over next week... I can't believe it! 🖤❤

[@nikolaimaharaj2319]

And the curse has been broken 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@subcouscous5578]

Now broken !!! 💥💥

[@danielpaez4210]

Not anymore.

[@TheAleksandar15]

Balack is one of my favourite players KTBFFH

[@sergeanttentacles1359]

Great to see them beat Bremen to win the title

[@andreowuor5940]

Leverkusen 2024 Bundesliga champions

[@zunayedshams272]

Leverkusen Beat Wender Bremen 5-0 and now the Bundesliga Winners

[@GD-Yurawalu4951]

Hopefully this year will change everything

[@user7fm9ed8z]

Yes, they made history

[@louisostrowski4395]

Bremen themselves have experienced a second place finish in the Bundesliga back after a penalty miss that derailed them when they had a chance to win the league after Kutzop's miss against Bayern back in the eighties. At least they managed to win it eventually :)

[@BladimirButin]

Nah

[@bruhbro1181]

2002: Neverkusen 2024: Neverlusen

[@zunayedshams272]

This Aged Like Fine Milk.

[@matthewcarter4017]

but in 2024 leverkusen won the bundesliga and beat werder 5-0 to clinch the title on april 14th 2024

[@lpfan23]

Pronounced different for Germans, and since Ballack is German the it is acceptable for someone that is speaking English to pronounce or the way Ballack himself pronounces his name. Hope it made sense to you

[@Mirinbreaker]

no difference if 2002 or 2014, bremen still will win

[@werkselffurimmer4239]

Leverkusen > Werder

[@Mirinbreaker]

Forever Bayer 04 Leverkusen Good one!

[@werkselffurimmer4239]

Werder Bremen are struggling to beat teams like Hertha and Hoffenheim and you believe that Werder Bremen can win against Bayer Leverkusen?

[@Mirinbreaker]

Werkself für Immer As you saw Werder came everytime back and its about the opponent not the current situation on the leaderboard

[@werkselffurimmer4239]

Let's see who will get the 3 points on friday!

[@SilentShadowSaurus]

Top 5 goals Edin Dzeko pls

[@GaryMFOak69]

What? Edit:Never mind,I checked aand just found out he DID play in the Bundesliga and won the league with Wolfsburg.

[@mariostrikerschargedenthusiast]

Lel

[@alessandrosylvestre4210]

Neverkusen Nevermore

[@Sakar_]

Werder Bremen break them heart ):

[@THE1gameaddict]

The champions league final wasn't too great either

[@rashidaquily8067]

Shit that is my favorite team

[@seaqu3nc3]

we'll win this season, i believe in Bayer boys

[@dude99844]

Ha No

[@wayn8978]

Neverkusen😂

[@Matias47507]

2024 could be it

[@Offverse]

@@wayn8978neverlusen

[@FarmerMayhem]

Michel Ballack? Michel? Really? It's Michael.

[@IWkris]

doubting the official pronunciation :o

[@FarmerMayhem]

***** Really? I would have thought the German pronunciation of Michael would be more like "Mick-eye-l" than "Mee-Shell". I know some close-to-the-border cities like Mainz have some French sounding dialect but Michael Ballack is East-German, so I doubt that applies.

[@mybitmix]

***** oh now i know. I was like Michelle? Ballack?

[@bkolic]

I always thought it was Mihael

[@yaneyd93]

In German Michael is pronounced Me-sha-el Trust me I'm German.

[@werkselffurimmer4239]

This time we will destroy Bremen in BayArena! #NurderSVB

[@WildwoodClaire1]

Perhaps they should be rechristened Beta Leverkusen.

[@BladimirButin]

lol

[@red_baron_kos]

Say now

[@philipsuskin6843]

12

[@DTNegros]

My team is RB Leipzig

[@bmg_darby]

Ha HAAHHAHHAAHAAHA we gonna win m8 Zlatko Junuzovic Junu will score a hat trick!! #ForzaSVW

[@RedRaye2003]

Under 40 club

[@AtLiveGaming]

:'(

[@seelochniemoonessar4358]

seelochiemoonessar

[@judeclarke3455]

;(

[@pikachu6531]

8th lol

[@michaelparker9952]

2nd

[@ivanvizmeg6434]

3rd

[@santiagosilvestri5706]

Bellarabi > Werder Bremen's whole squad.

[@santiagosilvestri5706]

Mirinbreaker Still Bellarabi>whole Bremen's squad

[@Mirinbreaker]

Santiago Silvestri u know if that would be really true the final result would not be 3-3?

[@santiagosilvestri5706]

Mirinbreaker Don't give a fuck. Leverkusen are still 10 times better and deserved the win, Werder got lucky as fuck.

[@Mirinbreaker]

Santiago Silvestri ah yes very lucky its not because werder played as good as leverkusen in the 2nd half its because of luck

[@aspaholic8687]

First

[@henrystevenson2968]

To get aids

[@jesselando366]

.1st

[@timshelback9412]

To get aids

[@jesselando366]

Yeah!

[@rashidaquily8067]

Shit that is my favorite team