Quote from: len01 on Today at 08:05:37 AM

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There are many things that need to be evaluated by Xabi Alonso, especially for the defense position because this weakness is the most crucial point. The strategy can be used like last season, but there must be a few changes so that the opponent cannot easily read it. The international break is a point of evaluation that needs to be improved and if not many Leverkusen players strengthen the national team, it will make it easier for Xabi Alonso to see the weak position. Against Hoffenheim, they really have to get full points because if they find unsatisfactory results again, Leverkusen will lose the opportunity to be in the top five of the standings.

No, Xabi doesn't need to do much, believe me if the defeat in yesterday's match was just a small mistake when Xabi used the wrong goalkeeper. I don't know whether my opinion is right or not but Leverkusen still has a very good appearance from the attack line and even the defense line is still very stable. However, I support your opinion if even though last season was successful using what Xabi used, it would be better to still have other alternative strategies so that they cannot be defeated by opponents in the next match.
In the upcoming match Leverkusen doesn't need to try too hard to get 3 points but remains consistent without being defeated even though it's only 1 point but that's much better than losing points. Against Hoffenheim should be an easy task for Xabi.

If in the defeat against Leipzig with score of 2 - 3 it is true that this defeat was the goalkeeper fault then that is true because Leverkusen managed to take the lead with 2 goal in the first half.
After Leverkusen advantage showed Leipzig got their first goal and this was Matej Kovar fault who was unable to read the direction of the ball from Kevin Kampl header and then the second goal was obtained with kick from Lois Openda who directed the ball and managed to enter Matej Kovar leg gap until Leipzig third goal was obtained again thanks to Lois Openda from kick outside the penalty box, but speaking of which, if there was no offside, Leverkusen might have lost by conceding 4 goal.
But seeing how Matej Kovar plays with Leverkusen also shows that he is not the main goalkeeper considering that last season he only played lot in the Europa League and for the Bundesliga itself Matej Kovar often sat on the bench and became second-string player.
I prefer to see Lukas Hradecky who became Leverkusen goalkeeper and his performance for last season was really amazing, I think he was one of the best goalkeepers in the Bundesliga for last season.
For the next match, Leverkusen remains the favorite and I sure Leverkusen can win to increase their points tally.