Quote from: Palakka on Today at 05:17:24 PM

There are big doubts looming over us at the moment to see Leverkusen to being able to repeat their success last season, because from the experience so far we have rarely seen a surprise team that was able to win the championship trophy one season and they were able to defend it in the following season, currently Leverkusen has brought in several new players without selling their players so we can say that their squad will probably be better than last season, but we cannot deny that last season they didn't get a lot of pressure from teams like Dortmund and Munich which experienced a decline performance, so apart from their ability to win, of course the poor performance of Munich and Dortmund was one of the factors that made Leverkusen champion.

Next season, Leverkusen will probably still be able to compete in the championship, but they won't be able to get it, let alone repeat their success without being defeated, of course, this will be impossible considering that currently Dortmund and Bayern Munich have strong ambitions and support to dominate the Bundesliga again, but on the other hand Of course next season will be proof and also break the doubts of many people who think that last season Alonso was just lucky.

Look at the results achieved by Leverkusen in the pre-season match where they were beaten by a big score by Arsenal. Even though it was just a friendly match and it didn't have any impact on them, I don't think their journey this season will be as good as last season when they managed to maintain their run without being defeated.
In tomorrow's match, Leverkusen will face Stuttgart in the DFL super cup final.
Even though Xabi Alonso's squad is still very much the favorite to become champion, everything will not be easy because VFB will provide a lot of resistance before they start official matches in the Bundesliga.
I want to see how consistent they are in achieving their targets this season so tomorrow's game will provide the answer.