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Leverkusen has a tougher challenge next season. This season they managed to surprise many people because they managed to become Bundesliga champions and became undefeated in the Bundesliga. No one expected Leverkusen to succeed in setting a crazy record. But next season will be different. Bayern Munich and all the teams in the Bundesliga will be wary of Leverkusen and try to expose its weaknesses. The defeat to Atalanta showed Leverkusen's weakness in 1vs1. I am very impressed with Alonso who managed to build a solid squad with average quality players. Next season other teams will improvise. And it would be best for Alonso and the club management to spend some time on players to make the team more solid.
Leverkusen will try to maintain what they achieved last season, but maintaining an unbeaten record is something that will be difficult to achieve again. Leverkusen strength will increase much more after the change of season, they will take advantage of the transfer market to improve their quality. The presence of Xabi Alonso will also make Leverkusen more confident in facing competition, they will also not experience any problems in their team.
Rivals such as Bayern Munich and Dortmund are in the process of adapting to new coaches, a change of coach will leave several gaps that will make it difficult for the team to maintain its best performance. Xabi Alonso will try to make Leverkusen continue to collect trophies, his decision to continue staying with Leverkusen proves that he still really wants to develop Leverkusen into a big team that will continue to grow in the future.