Relive how Xabi Alonso broke Leverkusen's Bundesliga curse

A look back at how exit-bound Alonso turned Leverkusen into the Bundesliga's first 'Invincibles'.

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00:00It justifies all logic, all belief, all we know about football.

00:06This team just do not know when they're beaten.

00:09Leverkusen show that they are invincible.

00:20Will it be 2-2? Oh yes it will. Palacios likes to take penalties against Bayern.

00:30Oh, it's a sensational strike!

00:34He has a goal!

00:36And now it truly is party time!

00:38Leverkusen 3, Bayern 0.

00:41We didn't want to talk about the Meisterschaft in the cabinet,

00:46but we all hoped that this year could be the Meisterschaft.

01:00They've done it again! Extraordinary! Absolutely extraordinary!

01:05And the flag come on!

01:07And they always, they always find a way, don't they?

01:12What a pass for Wietz, who's never scored a senior hat-trick!

01:16He has now, Bayern 0-4 Leverkusen,

01:21a German football champion!

01:25Total well-dient for this team, this fans, this team.

01:31The first time it's always special for everyone.

01:36So, to say that we are a part of this moment in Bayern Leverkusen,

01:42it feels super.

01:59We are doing this part of this story,

02:04this part of this story in European football.

02:07So, yeah, in 20 years, we are going back and we were there.

02:12When a Bundesliga-Mannschaft is doing this again.

02:16The Meisterschale in Leverkusen's hands, for the first time!

02:22I think that we can be happy, we can be proud of what we have achieved during this time.

02:42Different moments, but always with a good feeling that we're taking the club in the right direction,

02:45and we could do the great things as finally happened.

02:52Mixed emotions, but very thankful from the first day till the last one.

02:57The last one!