failure in the European league is not a failure to break Leverkusen spirit because Xabi has succeeded in helping Leverkusen get the Bundesliga title which has been dominated by Munich for so long and now still has high hopes of winning the DFB title to recover from the disappointment in the European league which they lost against Atalanta.
even though it looks very strong and still has great enthusiasm, it doesn't mean that Leverkusen can give a big surprise in the UCL as long as the mentality of the Leverkusen players is still the same as in the European League match yesterday, while the competition in the UCL is very tight and the mentality of the players is an important role for Leverkusen to prove a surprise in the UCL next season.
unless there are changes to the attack line which will be replaced with players who are more experienced and have a champion's mentality who can help Leverkusen become even stronger.
this defeat was indeed a bit unacceptable for most fans, but for me this failure must be tolerated because Leverkusen so far does not have the readiness or experience in terms of competing for the European League title and on the one hand, the experience of a great coach like Xabi is also not very good. has great experience of winning a prestigious title like this season.
I do agree that these type of games have a different tone to it and Leverkusen had just one good season so far, which means that they are not going to be all that commonly facing finals all the time, they are good at the league system because it's league and they did alright there but when it's "win or go home empty handed" games, they are not all that experienced in those situations all that commonly. Sure they had some at europa league, which means that they had a little bit of experience this season but all their experiences comes from this season alone and not previous seasons.
I believe that if Xabi keeps staying and keeps playing this game, they are going to get better at European leagues as well, it's just requires some time.