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.
Yes that's right, before the arrival of Xabi Alonso, at the end of the season Leverkusen could also always enter the top ten of the standings and had also occupied a position among the top five at the end of the season, so I wouldn't say that the previous coach was bad, but maybe the previous coach was not really able to bring Leverkusen to perform better to pursue the highest position in this Bundesliga competition, and now with the arrival of Xabi Alonso this squad seems to get new energy and it is proven that they can perform better than the previous season until now as we see Leverkusen is in the top position of the standings, honestly this is not easy because there are always big teams that threaten them like Bayern Munich who can always dominate the title at the end of the season and also maybe Dortmund.
Honestly seeing their match yesterday against Bayern Munich was satisfying, they were able to survive until the last minute with many sharp attacks from Bayern Munich even though it ended in a draw, but I say this is a very good improvement for Leverkusen. Yes that's true, however it's certainly not the time to relax because the season is still very long, they must be able to continue to maintain their position, and I hope Leverkusen can continue to perform consistently with their best performance like this.