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For this season Xabi Alonso has brought big changes to Leverkusen and thanks to him Leverkusen are now in sixth place for this season.
If Alonso continues to use some good strategies, it is possible that next season he will be in the top four, but this is not only from Alonso, because the Leverkusen players themselves are very influential in getting to that position.
Even though it is felt that it is very unlikely for Leverkusen to have the top position, at least there is hope for them to reach the top four positions next season.
Leverkusen have been much stronger since being coached by Xabi Alonso, the peak of which was that he was able to bring Leverkusen to reach the semifinals of the Europa League last season, his steps were stopped after being eliminated by Roma 0-1 on aggregate. Leverkusen's potential is getting better, changes in quality are increasingly visible in the last season. Finishing in 6th place is not too disappointing for Leverkusen, at least they can compete in the Europa League next season.
Leverkusen must walk slowly to give competition in the top four positions, speaking of the top position is still very far and difficult to achieve at least for now. Being able to finish in the Champions League zone is already a proud achievement for Leverkusen.
It is undeniable that Xabi Alonso brought Leverkusen to get up after they had difficulties at the start of the season, Xabi's work was not as smooth as that because they also experienced ups and downs and in the end Xavi was slowly able to push up to a better rank than before.
Xabi Alonso has done a good job so far and if he is given free rein I think he will be able to improve Leverkusen's form even better than he has this season. There is no coach who can perfectly bring his club to quickly achieve something extraordinary, but at least they can show a good process so that it makes us believe in the process that is being carried out.