The Remarkable Rise of Bayer Leverkusen

[@davidbowie5023]

No wonder why Brazil wanted Xabi Alonso to coach them. They reserved this plan in case they could not confirm Carlo Ancelotti to be their coach. Alonso is a visionary.

[@QueerChica]

CBF went for neither, in reality, in spite of the links simply because they can't fathom not having a Brazilian coach x

[@Metalton95]

@@QueerChica Ironically, Carlo would fit their demands for more loose discipline and flair so well, considering how he lets players express themselves rather than demanding strict pressing and defending from attacking players as well - whether it be Vinicius & Rodrygo, Cristiano and Bale or Kaka. If it will prove successful for them or not, is another matter.

[@connorledwith98]

@@Metalton95is Carlo confirmed to be becoming Brazil manager in summer then? Seems obvious Alonso succeeds him if so

[@QueerChica]

@@Metalton95 absolutely correct. He would be ideal for them, but the CBF are incredibly incompetent. It's clear, either way, that Diniz is not the right person for the job x

[@davidbowie5023]

@@connorledwith98 It's reportedly claimed that Ancelotti had agreed to sign a contract, albeit in secret. However, Real Madrid has also been reportedly targeting Lionel Scaloni as their next coach. It appears Real Madrid and Brazil may have secretly agreed in exchange for Ancelotti moving to Brazil.

[@thelastgreataudit8112]

Carving out 10 minutes in the middle of a video on sportsball to talk in depth about the many sins of Bayer AG is peak Alfie and I love it.

[@Naikomi95]

Of which most was made up

[@TheAciddropper]

​@@Naikomi95where do u take your information from?

[@Naikomi95]

@@TheAciddropper studying biochemistry

[@AfifFarhati]

@@Naikomi95 can you elaborate on what was made up and what your sources are? so i can check it out?

[@Naikomi95]

@@AfifFarhati where to start? With the fake glyphosate law suit which was just a hoax by the American state to hurt the german economy?

[@PauloSantos-zi3es]

Grimaldo! I´m a Benfica supporter and i think it's incredible how no one saw how good this player is. Now even the Spaniards themselves are calling him up for the national team. The man spent 8 seasons at Benfica and no one cared. Yes, I know that the Portuguese league is not seen much around Europe, they say it is one of the farmers leagues, but the guy was delivering during 8 seasons like he is delivering now. Nothing new for us. Good luck Grimaldo. ​

[@scientiaestpotentia2007]

One of the best LB in the world currently.

[@mixtv2212]

He leave Benfica for free😮

[@bernhardsonn7758]

Facts. I was so angry when barca didn’t sign him cheao

[@chefdeemusic]

I feel he’s gonna end up at Madrid haha

[@jvillanueva2978]

he was a top LB for like 5 years and never got recognition. luckily barca found balde but i was saying that grimaldo should be the one to replace jordi alba

[@lr-ju1fg]

Can we get an episode about Stuttgart?? From almost relegated to Champions league contender⚪️🔴

[@tdyerwestfield]

That Bayern V Bayer game at the Allianz earlier this season is the highest quality Bundesliga game I've seen for a long time.

[@thepowerofsand6180]

The Bayer vs Leipzig game was also pretty good

[@danielhauser5676]

As someone who was born in Leverkusen and grew up there this video was fascinating to watch. I don't think we will win the league, Bayern will surpass us in the long run, but I hope we will win maybe the DFB-Cup or the UEL this season before Alonso will eventually go to Real Madrid, this is the best Leverkusen I have ever seen and they deserve a title

[@battistoberhoel8839]

if we continue to play like this, not even Bayern can stop us, but I'm afraid of the Africa Cup of Nations. Losing 5 players for multiple weeks and having to play against Leiüzig and Bayern in that time will be veeery tough

[@michiadams]

If you guys don't win the cup this year with Bayern, Leipzig and now Dortmund out as well, you'll never ever win a title again😂

[@liquidorion9250]

@@michiadams Shouldn't discredit the teams that knocked them out. Stuttgart currently have a chance of beating any team over one game, and Saarbrücken and Düsseldorf can also have really strong showings on any day.

[@michiadams]

@@liquidorion9250 I completely agree on Stuttgart, and as someone from Saarland I'd love it if Saarbrücken had a chance, but realistically... nah, they're in the 3.Liga. Gladbach is at a point where you never know what performance you'll get from them, and other that it's all 2. Bundesliga teams. Yes, you should never underestimate underdogs in the cup, but realistically Stuttgart and most of all Leverkusen are the heavy favorites now. Leverkusen hasn't had a better chance at a Title since that Vize-Tripple imo.

[@ginopanthers5070]

What can take Leverkusen a step closer to the title is beating Bayern in the second leg of the fixture

[@domagojhrgovic7419]

3-4-3 system gives them great flexibility and it's hard for other teams to figure out. Xabi Alonso has shown that he is original.

[@patrickstar8933]

Its not always just 3-4-3 because frimpong and grimaldo can always form a 5 at the back

[@domagojhrgovic7419]

@@patrickstar8933 Of course.

[@JoaoVitor-qy3ze]

​@@patrickstar8933that's exactly his point. The flexibility of the system.

[@battistoberhoel8839]

@@patrickstar8933 they never play with a back 5 tho. defensively if they fall back, they mostly form a back four with Grimaldo at LB and Frimpong RM

[@khaitranngoc4176]

We salute Michael Ballack's run in 2002. Not many CM had a better 12 months in the 21st century than him in 2002.

[@Black-Mal]

Lost WC final, CL final, DFB Pokal final and bottled the Bundesliga. That’s brutal ☠️.

[@avgaming4093]

​@@Black-Malfinalist medals> league promotions/none

[@siler22]

Always thought a player like Xavi Alonso would be great manager, gentleman and classy player in his day, also i feel like some like Azpi and Muller would be great coaches if they that way

[@maciejbala477]

Muller will definitely manage Bayern one day

[@josh0g]

Reus?

[@dvdv8197]

Remarkable rise indeed. Not too Xabi, Alonso! 👍👏

[@Jonathanizer]

I see what you did there, nice one. 😃

[@dvdv8197]

@@Jonathanizer 😄 Glad you like it, wasn't sure it was gonna be understood. 😅🤣

[@ursanish]

​@@dvdv8197Not to "Xabi'? Indded

[@Joekuh]

BARS🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@mohammadasyraf813]

I didnt get it

[@diomuda7903]

Also Alfie, you can also make another video about the role of Kazakhstan as the 21st century first sportswashing state and its dark impact. Many people mentioned a lot about autocratic nations using football to sportswash while keep killing people (such as Russia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Azerbaijan) but Kazakhstan's role deserved a lot of attention because their switch from AFC to UEFA in 2002 has been accused as clearly serving for an autocrat (Nursultan Nazarbayev), and human right movements have called for expulsion of Kazakhstan from UEFA due to its authoritarian nature, having successfully campaigned the European Union not to grant Kazakhstan the green light join the EU. But UEFA was unable to find a solution and because of their decision in 2002, this has since become Europe's biggest stain on their reputation as a leading continent of democracy and human rights, and has inspired authoritarian rulers to follow the Kazakhstan playbook.

[@GreekHouseEffect]

they should expel Israel who is doing infinitely worse, yet they love them

[@Timo194]

Leverkusen Fan here. I‘ve never seen such an informatic video about my club and even my city I live in. There were many things in this video I didn‘t even know. Thanks for that🙌🏻

[@thomasrisbjergschrder9341]

Video Idea: The expansion of the World Cup to include 48 teams, and it's impact, for better or worse, on the sport.

[@muharebhussain2405]

In the end of the day, the season will be over, Alonso will become Real Madrid manager, Leverkusen will sell their good players as they always do, and become average next season. Bayern monopoly remains.

[@muharebhussain2405]

@@senorpython2262 There will be no incentive for Alonso to stay because the club will sell its best players. Klopp left Dortmund for the same reason to apply his potential on a club that wants to build and win trophies.

[@Dr.Yakub22]

​@@senorpython2262you do realize that mangers leave before their contract expires all the time in football right?

[@MarioAgger]

Or he will become bayern manager. As i saw some roumors

[@senorpython2262]

@@muharebhussain2405 Fair point

[@nishant54]

Or he will remain in bayer as well as other players

[@francolive5718]

Streets won’t forget their 2001/02 team.

[@nicotarekmaxim8370]

Never!!

[@ottomanosman2463]

Geez I love Xabi Alonso. He was a maestro in his prime and now he is living up as a super manager. Also I think you should mention something about Turkey's management crisis. While we are currently having some success under Vincenzo Montella, we knew clear that it is just an attempt to calm fans. Stefan Kuntz's reign as our team's coach exposed severe weakness in Turkish football system due to our lack of a long term strategy and the inability to entrust on young players and Kuntz sacking, I fear, may not be able to address the inner problems because it is predated for a decade.

[@chrisfraser5088]

Alfie…I just have to say…your videos are incredible! Informative, well balanced and always PROPERLY researched! Keep up the great work, my friend! 👏💪

[@chileanhussar2659]

Please made a video about the downfall of Chilean football. We thought that winning two consecutive Copa Americas would kickstart the new golden age, but instead what we got now is the ongoing collapse of our footballing system. There are increasing calls in Chile to sack the entire members of the federation board as fans accused them of hoarding and corruption.

[@nerendir2038]

Could you make a second: Whats going on at Schalke? I really enjoyed your first video and would love to see your take on our current situation, which seems even worse than 2020/2021

[@CalvinLangatMMA]

I’ve always liked Bayer ever since Stefan Kiessling was firing 30 goals a season for them. I really hope they can win the league this year especially with Alonso as their coach, one of my fav players of all time

[@noeldown1952]

Let's talk about Leverkusen! Me: "Xabi Alonso is a genius, Boniface is a revelation, and Leverkusen are amazing to watch." Alfie: "They poisoned Latin America, they own the Satan-spawn Monstanto, and their former CEO was a genocidal Nazi who designed death camps." God dammit, I should've known better.

[@merobo5066]

In case you need another "fun" fact about Bayer AG, they used to sell a product named "Heroin" (they weren't the first to synthesise the substance but there's a reason their branding became the generic name for it)

[@Naikomi95]

So still better the the Saudi trash that owns the English farmers league

[@paulcharles2457]

​@@merobo5066Oh my god

[@ivrishcon-abarth38]

There is one thing missing, the goalkeeper-captain Lukas Hradecky, incredible shotstopper with lightning reflexes and cool-as-they-come attitude. Known to take a beer with fans after victory, and an after-game showman, who, at least in international games borrow the horn from Pohjoiskaarre -capo, to make crowd chant his favourites. I was with my brother watching Finland-Slovenia Euro-qualifier, where next to us were Lukas´ brother Tomas Hradecky and his stag party, football players famous in Finnish league and then some, and Mr. Lukas Hradecky had the time to wave at us making noise for him. Relaxed as ever, no dip in performance. Ask Leverkusen -fans, they probably love him too! Top2 goalkeeper in Bundesliga, 3rd or 4th season in Leverkusen, I´d guess... As for medicine giants making atrocities knowingly and for fun, and I appreciate that this came up, adding to ones mentioned in the video, Purdue pharma selling oxycodone as a miracle drug with NO SIDE EFFECTS for decades in US, yes, it is a functioning, VERY potent painkiller, for cancer pain, temporarily for broken foot or such, nerve damage pain and so on, but NO side effects? Pharmacy, pharmacology and toxicology are my trade, and I didn´t believe doctors in US went for that. Time and time again, thalidomide, Clinton Foundation´s diluted antibiotics, tests on African children, and just wait for the actual backlash of those, even mandated, coerced "medical interventions" that were forcefully pushed on especially western people to cure "an unknown virus of an unknown origin" as the Critical Drinker says (which was almost as deadly as seasonal flu), with a disclaimer for BigPharma, beforehand... If I was in the business, I´d not put money on pfizer, moderna or johnson & johnson anytime soon. Albeit the corrupt legal system covered the owners of Purdue Pharma, the Sacklers, from any real monetary responsibility in the Oxycodone-case, which is abhorrent and disgusting. At least a century of very bad behaviour and most people still believed pfizer and politicians they funded and media they now own?`If only football fans would have their eyes open and said "NO", world would be a better place, you know there are really a ton of us, EPL alone.

[@lukebartlett704]

As I just happened to catch you this quickly Alfie, just gotta say what an amazing job you do. Your writing is phenomenal and just wanted to say that I must have watched the Neymar GOAT video half a dozen times because you are that good

[@brajeshwarthakur9001]

This time they might just do the impossible. Never say never kuzen

[@MantaRochenHL]

Not a Leverkusen fan but I love their playstyle.

[@BALHAM69]

Very good choice of doing a Bayer Leverkusen video Alfie 😊 Xabi Alonso is cooking as they say. 😮 Bayer the company team are doing well :)

[@depekthegreat359]

Bayer Leverkusen is one of my favourite teams ever and I would be getting updated with their results and they have been extremely so impressive to watch with their brilliant style of play and the manager Xabi Alonso boss deploy his formation as well as their smart signings in the summer,good friends!!!I do hope to see them maintaining their best start to the season and they are going to do wonders,good friends!!!LONG LIVE BAYER LEVERKUSEN!!!🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️

[@mellon4251]

The German word "Die" like in "Die Werkself" is pronounced like you pronounced the first part of Diaby and not like the English "to die". Just a small notice if you wanna improve it as it seems to come up somewhat regularly. If not perfectly understandable, not everyone can speak every language 😊

[@diomuda7903]

Alfie should make a video about Australia's AFC membership struggle. Ever since joining the AFC in 2006, Australia has been prevented from playing in the regional, senior AFF Championship because Southeast Asians deemed Australia as too powerful and culturally not related to any Southeast Asian nations. Then in 2015, Arab regimes in the Arabian peninsula tried, alongside Southeast Asian countries, to remove Australia due to the country's involvement. There were a lot of conspiracies in the Middle East that Australia bribed referees to defeat the UAE and Peru during the 2022 World Cup playoffs to deny the Middle East another Arab team. The resentment against Australia's AFC participation is so deep in many Asian nations, with the exception of Japan and South Korea due to these countries' stronger football reputation.

[@IHSpark7325]

Bunch of Middle Eastern Goat and Southeastern Rice farmer nations irrelevant in the proper world stage.

[@ezraezra2928]

The fact that WAFF and AFF (ASEAN) wanted Australia to be excluded from AFC in 2015 was quite strange, given that it happened after UAE and Iraq's semifinal defeat during that year's Asian Cup. Before the tournament itself, AFC wanted Australia to face either Japan or South Korea in the final. In reality, the Socceroos faced the latter after losing 0-1 on the initial group stage encounter and somehow won 2-1 after extra time. Because of the loss in the group stage, the Socceroos could have faced Japan in the semifinal, but Japan lost to UAE. In turn, when UAE hosted the Asian Cup four years later, the AFC also helped several Arab regimes to get better results, resulting in 3 Arab countries (UAE, Iran, Qatar) making all the way to the semifinal, along with Japan, and Qatar won that tournament.

[@chileanhussar2659]

Interesting with the last sentence. Why are Japan and South Korea not seeing Australia the same like the majority of Asian countries?

[@Rossoneri2]

​@@chileanhussar2659those 2 have the talent to give Australia a challenge.

[@diomuda7903]

@@Rossoneri2 There is another reason. Japan and South Korea developed far more robust footballing systems, though Japan leads by a long shot today. Iran and Saudi Arabia are also another powerful challengers to Australia but, Iran is deeply corrupt and mismanaged, while Saudi Arabia only wants to hoard trophies and also shares similar resentment like their fellow monarchies of the Gulf. The rest of Asia lacks sufficient quality to challenge Australia but Japan and South Korea don't see it a problem.

[@brunogripp]

So Bayer Leverkusen is basically a more successful and less tragic German version of Botafogo.

[@JohnRis-jl9sw]

I'm from Switzerland and I hate Bayern Munich even more than Leipzig with Red Bull, Wolfsburg with Volkswagen and, of course, Leverkusen with Bayer and most terrible Monsanto in the back. I'm a huge Arsenal fan, and they lost again this week against there old enemy Bayern Munich, so that's enough reason to detest the german red-white club. The football of Bayer this season is absolutely wunderful, I've rarely seen a better one. But I'm so glad you've mentioned the hidden corpses from Bayer and Monsanto. In India they control almost the entire crop-seed market. The poor farmers are forced to buy the exaggerated expensive genetigally modified seeds from Monsanto - and still have to use a lot of herbicides causing cancer and misscarriages. The world is very difficult to understand in its own. But you cannot trust big companys with there "studies" about there products!!! Never forget that. North London forever!

[@luishernandezblonde]

Having studied East Asian history and culture myself, I think Alfie should make a unique video about Vietnam national team's neo-cantera football policy that set them away from the rest of Southeast Asian nations. The word _cantera_ means quarry in Spanish, and is the most unique feature of Athletic Bilbao, one of only three La Liga clubs that have never been relegated. However, Vietnamese football makers have radicalised Athletic Bilbao's player policy by propping up a neo-cantera one, during which the national team follows an unwritten law that will never naturalise any player who are not of Vietnamese origin or player (including diasporic ones) who can't speak Vietnamese or have no relatives in the country, and will only prioritise players for the national team that passes these criteria: born or live in Vietnam for five years, having relatives in Vietnam, and speak Vietnamese like a local. This was noticed when I found Vietnam league is the least friendly to signing foreign players as their law only allow signing three foreigners and restrict heavily on naturalised players, and their national team has never employed any naturalised player since 2008, which has resulted in criticism by other Southeast Asian fans over their radical neo-cantera plan. If Bilbao fans stumble to see this, I think they will be surprised as well.

[@DolFunDolhpinVtuber]

This Bundesliga season looks like it might be a very exciting one.

[@Khil-Minao]

Hello Alfie I really enjoy listening to your videos. They're always very insightful and thought-provoking (although this applies mostly to the documentary-type videos) 😁 But if I can be so rude as to make a request to you. Is there any way you could make your videos available somewhere as audio-only? Maybe like a podcast or something like that. I like to listen on the go, but I don't have KZbin premium. If it's too much extra work for you, you don't have to even entertain the thought. It was just that, a thought that just popped into my head. 🙂

[@spazma_]

Who is back after they Won the Bundesliga.

[@rijilvinod6130]

finally my favourite channel dropped a video ❤❤❤

[@Braunbaer01]

Please make a video for the german footballs phoenix VfB Stuttgart. One of the founding members of the Bundesliga, whitch comes out of the darkness to the third place.

[@mattjames6349]

I love your videos Alfie, because without watching them it would be easy to say 'oh he's that football youtuber', research a few tables, job done etc But you obviously do your digging and research and I'm sure you end up finding out about things you couldn't have even guessed at! Keep it up and good luck Hull!

[@omarmainuddin7251]

Been curious on your take on this, thanks Alfie!

[@jotarokujo9164]

Made a video about Thailand football please. Used to be a tourist in this country, like this nation so much, and many Thais are fanatic football lovers. Thailand boasts one of Asia's best and richest football leagues in Asia, and their clubs are largely wealthy and financially capable to buy some major legionnaires and can compete with many top clubs of Asia. Yet Thailand national football team has struggled to live up to the hype and recently they face a daunting prospect to advance to the final round of the 2026 WCQ after suffering a devastating 1-2 defeat to China at home soil, not to mention despite the wealth, Thailand has never appeared in a single World Cup and even they have not even won a match at the final round of a WCQ while their Asian Cup record was quite poor since the 1990s despite frequently making appearances there.

[@AuI00s]

Haven’t they won the 2022 AFF Championship with a final win against Vietnam? I think that is impressive. Although I am not an expert of Asian football.

[@bluengold3443]

10 pts clear of bayern with 8 matches to go, still in europa and dfb pokal while being unbeaten in 38 straight matches. All of this in just a little over a year. Xabi is a miracle worker.

[@docauch5938]

Look…I get it, Leverkusen deserve a lot of love this year. But as a VfB Stuttgart fan it amazes me that a crawl from relegation to holding a Champions League position so far this season hasn’t garnered any attention. Patiently awaiting the video on them.

[@reinrassigerStuhl]

Yeah, it's a lot more impressive than Leverkusen and even City football group owned Girona because of the much more limited financials. I'm just a BuLi fan without any preferred club and I always wondered, when Stuttgart could potentially rise again. They had very talented players for many years, better players than most other relegation candidates for sure. I just wonder, how all that is possible, I don't know that much about VFB Stuttgarts background other than them having some more "restless" times in upper management (which makes their rise even more impressive, other successful clubs are normally pretty stable and well run in that regard).

[@tuppytheducky]

we need a video on just how far and badly Schalke have fallen

[@munaali840]

And bounced back

[@ygrbooks]

Brilliant analysis: thank you so much and 👍👌👏❤!

[@hectorzambrano9411]

They won the Bundesliga and Alonso signed until 2026

[@tombkingsethbattlechannel9419]

Even though they are playing an incredible season so far i fear that they gonna end up 2nd in the end. If the only could have had that season last year when Bayern was really weak they would have won the championsship easily but this year Bayern is so damn strong in the league that it takes A LOT to even come close to them. So probs to Leverkusen that the still manage to stay ahead even though i fear it wont last till the end of the season.

[@langletprolet8378]

Yeah... last season was *the* season to pluck Bayern off the top. Now they have Kane and just playing better.

[@bernardojjjose]

I miss Grimaldo at Benfica, he was different gravy, especially last season where he was one of our main playmakers from the back. Glad to see him doing well, I just wish it was for us.

[@richijung]

we are taking good care of him🖤❤

[@richijung]

you got our old coach instead :)

[@munaali840]

Benfica is always raided I hope you get to a point where you can keep your players

[@jamesthomashtunkyaw5682]

Recently Australia has refused visa entry for Shan United, a Burmese club, on humanitarian ground (Australia has been a critic of the terrorist Tatmadaw regime), and the AFC is getting raged by the decision. Yet this is not the only time Burmese football come to headline but also the downfall of Myanmar as a football nation is also worth mentioning. We used to have a strong football team and for once we were among Asia's finest, but because of politics, we faltered. A video about the tragic collapse of Myanmar national football team and Burmese football in general is also worth a lot.

[@TheMightofDab]

I'm so happy to see Alonso succeed (though it's very early days) as a manager. He was my favourite player growing up when Liverpool fans around me all had Gerrard. I legit stopped watching football when he left for Madrid. Hope to see him one day manage at Anfield but he seems destined for Madrid

[@Cainjaa17]

Small correction - Reus was Dortmund’s captain last season, he would have lifted the trophy. Can was chosen after Reus decided to no longer be captain over the summer

[@drift3426]

Emre can't being chosen as captain should never be forgiven

[@kyriakos02]

I swear to God if Kane doesn't manage to win the league with Bayern..😂

[@simonfujiyama]

greeat documentary as always - keep up the great content mate! :)

[@SyncJr]

They won it. They won the league!

[@seandelap8587]

It would be a huge story though if Bayer Leverkusen win the Bundesliga title preventing not only Bayern Munich from winning the league for the first time in over a decade but also Harry Kane in his first season now how unlucky would that be for Harry Kane if he still ends up trophy less at the end of the season despite moving to perennial Bundesliga winners Bayern Munich it would almost make him look cursed

[@konstancja74]

Great video! I knew some about Leverkusen past, but never did proper research.Two cents though: last season BVB's captain was still Marco Reus, so he would be the one to lift the trophy if they won title.

[@seppokuusinen8595]

Great video, once again! But how did you not mention the captain and goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky? 😳😡

[@MrJakewray]

24:15 just as a fun fact: Liverpools most recent XI are of 10 nationalities. Two Scousers, + 🇺🇾 🇪🇬 🇵🇹 🇦🇷 🇭🇺 🇬🇷 🇳🇱 🇨🇲 🇧🇷 with a bench featuring 🇨🇴 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇯🇵🇫🇷 🇮🇪

[@shafta2010]

The history of Bayer made me feel sick the more I learnt . Thank you history should be taught and never forgotten.

[@1draigon]

Leverkusen have always been an incredible talent seeker. So they always sold them for insane amounts But they NEVER actually held on to their points after that

[@Chorizero2369]

I’m from Mexico and when it comes to European football I’m a Barca and Bayern Munich fan but I’ve always liked Leverkusen especially because of all the Mexican players they’ve had over the years, I’m happy with how they’ve been and hope that they can get another Mexican player soon

[@siler22]

Apart from Premier league Bundesliga has been best league this season,so many rising players with loads of goals and some real competition for Bayern

[@johannweber5185]

They have won the championship.

[@cronoros]

They've drawn 8 games to date, in 5 of them their drawing goal came in the 89th minute or later

[@cronoros]

This comment from 5 hours ago is now out of date after a 97th minute goal against Roma 😅

[@42PalaceOfWisdom42]

Key to really challenging Bayern this season will be surviving Jan+Feb when there will be African and Asian cups Leverkusen will miss 5 important players (Tapsoba, Kossounou, Adli, Boniface, Tella), Bayern only 2 (Kim. Mazraoui)

[@davidleahy933]

Listen on 1.5 always

[@TheBusbyBabes]

im glad you put your title into relation in the beginning because when i saw it, it didnt sit well with me, saying that the overall and historical 4th best team in germany had a "remarkable rise"

[@yutehube4468]

It's crazy that they came that close to a treble in 2002. Leverkusen only has a population of about 170,000 people. I'm English but I can tell, this is no ordinary club. There's obviously a spirit about them, especially now.

[@gregmathurin4670]

Some times too much information is not such a good thing. Good research Alfie ad always.

[@raistormrs]

They are also called "die Pillendreher" which is a pun, since it means Pill-rollers, because Bayer produces pills for a lot of things but it's also the german name for the Dung Beetle... 😅

[@Swrdfshtrmbns]

Roger Schmidt Leverkusen got me into soccer in the first place. I wasn’t really a Leverkusen fan because I have no connection to the place but it seems the club is very well run in its willingness to take innovative risks.

[@liammcdonagh4242]

The Insigne joke got a giggle out of me I must admit

[@Pletzmutz]

Thank you for not leaving out Bayer's history, I wish there was more scrutiny applied to where the money is coming from in football. Btw., "die" in German is pronounced like "dee".

[@kierandoran1565]

The level of homework you must do on the backgrounds of these teams is unbelieveable🙌

[@eoghaininfacundodiarmuid]

Congratulations Bayer Leverkusen 2024 Bundesliga Champion

[@DisasterArtist1997]

The Dortmund Game on Sunday will be crucial for them

[@alexbianchi72]

Great video!

[@MarioAgger]

They are decent. But at the end of the day bayern buys everything good in bundesliga same as will heppend to alonso and any good player there. Its one club league....

[@BrasilianFury]

Wasn’t expecting a vid on the pharmaceutical company team but here we go!

[@paweborkowski6959]

19:54 the sign on the can reads Gift gas. Some gift.

[@datzfatz2368]

"Gift" just means "Poison" in german.

[@datzfatz2368]

"Gift" just means "Poison" in german.

[@SpyralHax]

Going to really hope Leverkusen can keep up their impressive form in the second half of the season, mostly because I'm tired of seeing Bayern just claim the title year after year. Definitely an impressive season thus far, I just hope they don't get completely gutted once the usual handful of clubs start sniffing around for all their talented players.

[@BALHAM69]

#thepeopleschannel a video on the Bangladesh premier league and the rise of Bashundhara kings would be good A team who went into the top flight after promotion and won the last four league titles now! Are they the next Newcastle? Are they a team to keep a eye on next few years? Thanks Alfie 😊

[@senorpython2262]

Why couldn’t they just wait one more season to be good? I want Harry Kane to win Silverware lmao.

[@slou6613]

Hey Alfie a German guy here just watching the video and don't wanna interrupt but neverkusen would be word for word nichtkusen you could not rephrase that in German because of grammatical differences, secondkusen would be zweikusen vizekusen word for word would be easy say Just vicekusen this should fit I think :) and no offense to the Leverkusen guys Bremen fan here you guys do well, hopefully you will be master and not Bayern XD I would definitely like that much more haha :D

[@michamcv.1846]

Since you relate Soccer to Concentration Camps, have you seen the Videofootage from the concentration camps football tournament? the camp leader wrote down that the polish team braught lice into the camp so they ordered gasomat to get rid if the lice.

[@vincentdan629]

Guy guys guys…. The season hasn’t even ended yet!!!! relax. I’m so proud of this team and Xabi Alonso

[@mafcgh]

Chapter 1: Neverkusen Chapter 2: HIV Scandals and Holocaust Chapter 3: Why Leverkusen are good again Absolutely top HITC Sevens content 👏

[@gamingledgens2112]

I come bearing news of Bayer Leverkusen Bundesliga victory!

[@RyuzakiTaiyou]

Best German players in the premier league of all time. (Day 577) I will not give up until the video is made or Alfie himself tells me to stop. Everyone else telling me that will be ignored. If you don't believe my number, just go back to the previous videos. I'm at the bottom most of the time, but I'm there.

[@HamiV]

Can you make a video about the rise and fall and small rise of New Zealand

[@hydrolifetech7911]

27th April 1800hrs GMT+3 and they are yet to lose a match having lifted Bundesliga!

[@aristeia71]

18:42 this took a turn

[@Muckito]

I don't think they are causing Bayern headaches. Bayern are just 2 points behind, only dropped 4 points so far, have a real number 9 now and they get a bit more rest since they are out of the cup.Leverkusen would need to continue this exelent form until the end of the season and we all know that they won't. Just like noone really believed Dortmund would win the league last season, noone believes Leverkusen will do it this time. Sad to say, but in the end, Bayern always wins.

[@datzfatz2368]

Im curious about your opinion about how it currently stands. Are you of the same opinion as you were 3 Months ago or has your Mind changed a bit?

[@fresh3926]

Great video. Just disappointed it took 32 minutes to get to the headache joke 😂

[@AagoMcFly]

Not only injuries can become an issue for Bayer but also the Africa cup

[@senorpython2262]

The Terrific Taste of Grilled Cheese

[@adamczerepinski9575]

Okay, showing Maradona at the moment when you mentioned players not having elite level teammates was just wrong. He joined Napoli when they were 16th and 1 point above the relegation zone...

[@Henriksen1904]

Proud to be a Leverkusen fan!

[@Chorizero2369]

16:29 that’s my local club in Mexico that bayer played 🥲🥹 😂

[@asenkochanov1877]

I was playing chess with this video in the background. I spaced out some time after impossibility to expand stadium because of a river... and was suddenly brought back by HIV-tainted medicine. Never change, Alfie.

[@alexbrown3324]

Don’t forget about Borja Iglesias who came on loan from Real Betis