To win the trophy again does not have to repeat it in the same way, Leverkusen does not have to set the standard to be undefeated throughout the season, that is too heavy for the players and for Xabi Alonso himself.
Indeed, in football, there is no perfect standard every year. Their focus is to achieve the target. And Leverkusen's target is to maintain the Bundesliga title to remain with them. Xabi's work becomes more and certainly harder this season. Because Leverksuen will also compete with top European clubs in the UCL, which is a very tight competition.
Playing in the Champions League will make Leverkusen's path to winning the Bundesliga title even more difficult because they will have to divide their focus on both equally important competitions unlike last season where they only played in the Europa League where the obstacles were not as difficult as now, but I think my prediction about Leverkusen is that they cannot go further in the Champions League I mean not to the final or semifinals because to achieve that they have to face tougher top clubs such as Man City, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Arsenal.
Anyway, regarding Leverkusen and Bayern Munich, before the transfer window closes, it seems they have to make a decision soon regarding the player involving both teams, Jonathan Tah.
Leverkusen's center back is still adamant about moving to Bayern Munich. And de Ligt's departure makes the way smoother. But, will Leverkusen let it go?
This is quite a difficult decision for Leverkusen on the one hand they still want to keep their players from last season but on the other hand the player seems not to want to stay and this will affect his performance this season if he forces himself to still play at the club so I think it is better for Leverkusen to let him go even though it is difficult.