Quote from: Mame89 on Today at 08:35:33 PM

Quote from: eightdots on Today at 04:35:27 PM

Quote from: wmaurik on Today at 04:26:21 PM

Xabi Alonso will definitely not be satisfied with a draw in this week's match because he remembers that the opponent is quite easy for them. But Leverkusen just can't be careless about this because they have to be able to win in order to maintain their position at the top of the standings. Leverkusen's closest rival will continue to try to win in order to get the first position occupied by Leverkusen, so Xabi Alonso must be able to give the best direction to his players to be able to win even though he also has to keep his main players from getting too tired in the match.

Xabi Alonso motivates his team very well. They want to continue this as long as the team wins and they have had a very good run. I think they will win this match too. Darmstadt 98 could not win in the last 12 league matches. The team with these statistics has no chance against Leverkusen.

I don't think Leverkusen will be complacent. The names that Xabi Alonso will choose for the first 11 will also be important because the team always plays at a high tempo and this can tire the players. He needs to rest his players in some matches. This match is one of those matches.

Even though Darmstadt 98 is not a team that Bayern Leverkusen needs to worry about, they should not take this match lightly. Because these three points are important, apart from keeping their distance from Bayer Munich, they will also extend Leverkusen's record of never being beaten in the Bundesliga.

I think Xabi is also aware of this, he has to be smart in rotating players to avoid fatigue and of course injury. The reason is that after facing Darmstadt 98, Leverkusen will face VfB in the DFB cup and then face Bayern Munich. If you look at the next few matches, it looks like Xabi will also rotate players when facing Darmstadt 98. Because the match against Bayern Munich really determines which team will stay in first place until the end of the season and win the Bundesliga title.

Bayer Leverkusen won't underestimate this game for sure, but I like your warning because Darmstadt recently tied their game against Frankfurt at home and I think if they can tie a game against Frankfurt, they can do it with a little bit of luck against any team. And it shouldn't be forgotten that only in last game Leverkusen couldn't manage to score a winning goal against Gladbach at home. So it's always right to plan to go all out instead of looking at the table thinking that this should be one of the easier games. It is the easier games that can break Leverkusen the neck as much as any other game in the fight for the title.