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LEVERKUSEN, Germany -- The unwanted moniker of "Neverkusen" that has hung over this club can be shelved.
No longer are Bayer Leverkusen cast as perennial runners-up. The Werkself's class of 2024 exorcised ghosts of painful failure Sunday evening, as they swept to their first Bundesliga title in the club's history with a dominant 5-0 win over Werder Bremen.
As Florian Wirtz rounded Werder Bremen's defense and slotted home for his hat-trick and Bayer Leverkusen's fifth, the pitch was already engulfed in the smoke from red flares blanketing the Nordkurve.