EUROPA: BONIFACE, TELLA’S LEVERKUSEN SET TO BREAK 59-YEAR-OLD RECORD
Victor Boniface and Nathan Tella’s Bayer Leverkusen is set to break a 59-year-old record ahead of Thursday’s Europa League second leg semi-final clash with Roma.
Leverkusen stretched its unbeaten run to 48 games on Sunday after hammering Eintracht Frankfurt 5-1 in the Bundesliga.
The win means that Leverkusen equaled the record for the longest unbeaten run across all top-level matches since the introduction of European competition, according to UEFA.
Leverkusen shares the mark with Portuguese giant Benfica, which set the record between 1963-65.
Leverkusen will now have the opportunity to break the record on Thursday when they host Roma in the second leg fixture.
The all-time mark of 62 games unbeaten was set by Scottish club Celtic from 1915-1917, however, those matches were all in the domestic league.
Meanwhile, Xabi Alonso’s men have already wrapped up the Bundesliga title – the first in the club’s 119-year history, ending Bayern Munich’s 11-year dominance in the process.
Also, they have reached the German Cup final which will be played this month.
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