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09 Countdown #6: Is Bayer Leverkusen a Bundesliga Dark Horse?
Note: This article was almost entirely written before Bayer Leverkusen's 4-3 defeat against SV Elvensberg in the DFB Pokal. Losing to a 3. Liga side will certainly raise doubts about Leverkusen's ability to make noise in the Bundesliga this season, and will conjure up typical images of'Neverkusen', the Bundesliga's perpetual under-performers who…