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Xabi Alonso makes it a double! Granit Xhaka is the hero as Bayer Leverkusen beat Kaiserslautern in DFB-Pokal final to end historic season with just one defeat

Bundesliga

Bayer Leverkusen

FC Heidenheim

2. Bundesliga

Kaiserslautern

Eintracht Braunschweig

<p>Xabi Alonso's side put the Europa League defeat behind them as they completed the domestic double by beating Kaiserslautern 1-0 in the final courtesy of a first-half strike from Granit Xhaka. The former Arsenal star netted the winner with a brilliant curling shot from the edge of the box.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="fr" dir="ltr">CHAMPIONS x2! 🏆🖤❤️ <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FCKB04?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FCKB04</a> |&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bayer04?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Bayer04</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DFBPokalFinale?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DFBPokalFinale</a> <a href="https://t.co/BZfenNjNDm">pic.twitter.com/BZfenNjNDm</a></p>— Bayer 04 Leverkusen (@bayer04_en) <a href="https://twitter.com/bayer04_en/status/1794458495007248719?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 25, 2024</a></blockquote>
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WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>With the win, Leverkusen brought the curtains down on a historic season which saw them <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/bayer-leverkusen--xabi-alonso-finish-bundesliga-season-unbeaten/blt08fd2a02dbf933b6" target="_blank">lift the Bundesliga title for the first time in their history</a>. This was also their first DFB Pokal trophy win since the 1992-93 season. The German side could have completed a historic treble, however, they went down against Atalanta 3-0 in the Europa League final earlier this week.</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>Alonso's men played 53 matches across all competitions this season out of which they won 43 games, drew nine times and lost just once, which was against Atalanta. </p>

DID YOU KNOW?

<p>It has already been confirmed that <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/xabi-alonso-decision-rejects-bayern-munich-liverpool-bayer-leverkusen-stay/blt3f58b772b9b209a9#cse20b3959cdbcc5de" target="_blank">Alonso will continue to remain the manager of the club</a> after he rejected Bayern Munich's advances earlier in the season. Under the Spaniard's tutelage, the club would aim to defend their league title in the 2024-25 campaign.</p>

WHAT NEXT FOR BAYER LEVERKUSEN?

Xabi Alonso makes it a double! Granit Xhaka is the hero as Bayer Leverkusen beat Kaiserslautern in DFB-Pokal final to end historic season with just one defeat | Goal.com

Bayer Leverkusen completed the domestic double as they beat Kaiserslautern 1-0 to lift the DFB-Pokal title on Saturday.