After 51 games, and almost a year, Bayer Leverkusen's unbeaten run was ended in the Europa League final. Coach Xabi Alonso admitted this one "hurts" but his side have a chance to make amends, and a bright future.
Ahead of the DFB Pokal final, the narrative has been all about Leverkusen. But Kaiserslautern believes that they can make the impossible possible in Berlin.
Cologne needed a minor miracle to survive going into the last game of the season, with no guarantee that a win would be enough to save them. Instead, they collapsed in the first half and lost 4-1 in Heidenheim.