Xabi Alonso has indeed made many news media continue to report on him because of his greatness in making positive changes to the Leverkusen club. Even though he failed in the Europa League final, we still see everyone's appreciation for Xabi Alonso. Because that was the only defeat for Leverkusen in the season that just finished.
The real challenge will be in the UCL next season. And Xabi Alonso must be prepared for a stronger level of opponent in the UCL. And if you look at Leverkusen's current quality, Leverkusen's potential in the UCL is actually quite good. At least I'm sure this team will make it to the last 16 in the UCL. And even if they fail to qualify from the group qualifying round, at least this team can return to the European League. But I'm sure Xabi Alonso will take Leverkusen further in the UCL.
Although he does not have much experience in coaching and Leverkusen is the first senior team he has handled during his time as a coach, but his ability to bring very significant changes has certainly made him gain enormous popularity even compared to Gasperini who won the Europa League this season with Atlanta, if we talk about Leverkusen of course there is no end if based on achievements and also a record of their unbeaten this season, the ability and experience that Alonso has in coaching is of course very little so far, but in fact he was able to surprise us all with everything he did during his time coaching Leverkusen, their incredible achievement of course winning the Bundesliga trophy unbeaten but in Europe league it seems that they do need to improve their mentality in achieving victory in important matches such as the final.
Next season Leverkusen will play in the Champions League and of course the challenges they face are certainly not as easy as in the European league this season, Leverkusen will face the best team that is indeed from the best league league in Europe, so indeed Leverkusen of course needs preparation and also an improvement in their performance to at least be able to qualify for a better round than only the last 16 next season