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Rebuilt Leverkusen hope to reignite Bundesliga rivalry at Bayern

Bayer Leverkusen's players celebrate scoring vs SC Freiburg in the Bundesliga on October 26, 2025.  [INA FASSBENDER / AFP]

Bayer Leverkusen will resume their recent Bundesliga rivalry at Bayern Munich on Saturday but are almost completely unrecognisable from the side who struck fear into the hearts of the Bavarian giants in past seasons.

Under Xabi Alonso, Leverkusen went toe-to-toe with Bayern for more than two seasons, pushing them harder than any German side had done since Jurgen Klopp's Borussia Dortmund more than a decade before.

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