Leverkusen breaks Benfica’s unbeaten record

Two-goal draw against Roma, with 2-2 reaching 90+7′, in the 49th consecutive game without losing; If Leverkusen wins the Europa League final, Benfica will enter directly into the group stage of the 2024/25 Champions League

48 games later, they were (once again…) very close to Bayer Leverkusen’s first defeat, but it wasn’t this one yet and the Germans actually broke Benfica’s unbeaten record (including national and European competitions), which under The command of the Hungarian Lajos Czeiler and later the Romanian Elek Schwartz, between 1963 and 1965, went 48 consecutive matches without knowing the taste of defeat.

As has been customary this season, the German champion’s equalizer came at the end of the day, this time by Josip Stanisic, at 90+7′, after the Romans entered the last 10 minutes leading by 2 -0 and leaving a ‘smell’ of extra time at the Bay Arena.

If they beat Atalanta in the final, scheduled for May 22, Leverkusen will provide a great help to Roger Schmidt’s team, as Benfica will enter directly into the group stage of the Champions League, without having to go through the 3rd pre-match. qualifier and play-off. Furthermore, this could also happen if the Italian team wins this Europa League, but, in addition to that, Atalanta will have to be among the top four in Serie A. At this point, Gian Piero Gasperini’s team is in 5th, four points behind Bologna, but with a game behind, with three rounds remaining until the end of the championship.