Yes, but as good as they did in the Bundesliga, it is still difficult to take over Bayern Munich's dominance as the top standing. And that means, this season, Leverkusen will not lift any trophies. This is the consequence, I thought yesterday they would be successful in the DFB Pokal because their opponent was a small club whose performance was who knows what, but in fact, Xabi and the team could not optimize it and missed so much. so they failed and there is no hope anymore.
Yes no doubt that Leverkusen played very well in Bundesliga but it is still hard for them to beat Bayern Munich who are usually best team. Because of this Leverkusen can not win any trophies this season. You thought they might win DFB Pokal especially since they were playing smaller team that was not doing very well. But Xabi and team did not take advantage of this chance missing many opportunities and ultimately losing. Now that they have lost they can not be able to win trophy.
Leverkusen is indeed unlucky this season, even though they have the opportunity to win one trophy, namely the DFB trophy, Leverkusen cannot take advantage of it well. This may be because Xabi Alanso underestimated his opponent because their opponent was a team that was only from division 3. Leverkusen's elimination from the DFB Cup made Leverkusen end this season with zero trophies because it is certain that the Bundesliga trophy is impossible for them to get because Bayern Munich's game under Kompany is getting better so that it is likely that in the remaining matches they will not lose any more points.
Leverkusen is also not bad this season because they can still compete with Bayern Munich and are in second place. However, Xabi Alanso has a lot to learn this season, and must realize that with the current squad it is impossible for them to compete for next season. Alanso must bring in players who have quality for next season, especially attacking defenders in order to compete and one more thing, don't underestimate every opponent even though they are facing a weak team. Because I still believe Leverkusen will be stronger in the hands of Xabi Alanso because he has one outstanding advantage, his ability to instill new knowledge to his players. This is because he was trained by various coaches so he knows which parts the players do not understand and he fixes it there.