Quote from: wmaurik on Today at 03:00:53 PM

Quote from: Ifemini on Today at 10:48:42 AM

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.

The pressure will always be there for any team that wants good results this season, but in terms of expectations there is no need to expect too much even though at the start of this season Bayer Leverkusen, coached by Xabi Alonso, has shown quite a charming performance by balancing their number of points against Bayern Munich is at the top of the Bundesliga standings after drawing with Bayern Munich a few days ago. This is certainly enough to give a lot of attention to Bundesliga football fans because before the season started, this had never occurred to everyone.

The performance shown by Bayer Leverkusen at the start of this season was indeed very impressive, Xabi Alonso gave a surprise to all the teams in the Bundes League, this was none other than the hard work done by The match was hosted by the king of the Bundes League, namely Bayer Munchen. and indeed in the previous season Bayer Leverkusen also gave positive signs of improving quickly, but I can't think that Bayer Munchen is as crazy as it is now.

But do we not know that Bayer Leverkusen's performance will last until the end of the season? This is a big question mark for me regarding them, considering that other teams can also observe weaknesses in Bayer Leverkusen in every match.

I think that if there is a lot of pressure about equalizing Bayer Munich and Bayer Leverkusen, it cannot be assumed that it will put negative pressure on the Leverkusen players, it will actually be the opposite, Leverkusen will be very confident in implementing all its strategies this season.