Of course, Xabi Alonso has made a big contribution to Leverusen, because he has succeeded in making Leverkusen better this season and even very well by becoming a very different team because it underwent drastic changes which surprised many football fans. Even though they lost to Atalanta, of course it was detrimental to them, but I think the achievements of Leverkusen managed by Xabi Alonso are a very good achievement and should be appreciated. I think it surprised a lot of people with their failure against Atalanta because Atalanta was the first team to beat Leverkusen this season. I myself was surprised that Atalanta was able to beat Leverkusen.
With next season I think Xabi Alonso will do his best for his team. It is true that defending the title will be difficult because the competition will definitely get tougher in the new season. Also, with Leverkusen being a very good team at the moment, I think they will maintain it and become an even bigger team, but it will be a difficult journey for them.
Xabi Alonso performance with Leverkusen was quite perfect because Xabi succeeded in making Leverkusen quite strong this season. He managed to bring two trophies to Leverkusen and now he is a coach who is much talked about and has attracted big European teams to him. However, we have seen that he is more comfortable with Leverkusen and Xabi also has full support from all groups, both fans and the Leverkusen board. Failure in the European league is certainly very disappointing but it is not a big problem because Xabi success in bringing Leverkusen to become champions in the Bundesliga is more than enough if he succeeds in bringing about changes in his performance.
In the next season, Xabi Alonso will definitely face the biggest challenge again because next season Leverkusen will play in the Champions League where the competition will be even fiercer. And also in the Bundesliga where Bayern Munich will try hard to win trophy again, of course next season will be more interesting than this season. We'll see whether Xabi Alonso will recruit well-known players with the best quality to help him bring Leverkusen to compete in the Champions League.