Yes, Xabi Alonso has brought Bayer Leverkusen back to the limelight after a successful season in Germany; and even though Bayer Leverkusen has started the league in good form; i think the coach needs to downplay the comparison the media is bringing between Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich because this will only pile up expectations and pressures on the young Bayer Leverkusen side.
I don't take away Xabi's important role. But Bayern Leverkusen is always in the top 10 at the end of every season. Even they can reach the top 3 at the end of the competition. The last game of the season against Bayern was indeed quite good. They were able to get 1 point and were number 1 temporarily. Xabi came 2022 and he managed to give a performance no less good than the previous coach. But the season is still going to be very long, so Xabi also has a lot to do to keep them at their best.
Wrong, 16/17 they were 12th in the league.
I don't know why everybody here is jumping on the Leverkusen bandwagon here these days? This game has 0 championships, got 2nd place only 2 times in the last 20 years.
This team has no achievements than 1 German cup win 30 years ago and a miracle champions league finals appearance 20 years ago, that's it. Better check the history guys, this team was called "Vizekusen" in the 90s because they never got to 1st place. By the way "vize" means 2nd place.
Anyway, in real news the German national team now has Julian Nagelsmann as their new head coach, the next ex Bayern coach.
Obviously they would have preferred to get Klopp but he is still coaching Liverpool.
Let's see how this plays out. The plan it to keep him until the Euros and then evaluate the results.