With almost no time to get to know his players, Xabi Alonso will make his debut tomorrow as coach of Bayer Leverkusen in a game with a lot at stake.
After being appointed on Wednesday and directing his first training session on Thursday, the coach from Tolosa has just two days to plant his ideas on a team, which leads the Bundesliga with 5 points from 8 games and a win only to their credit, receiving promoted Schalke, another historic low time appearing in 15th place in the table with one more point (6) to his credit.
A flexible 4-2-3-1 at Real Sociedad B
In short, this is a fight to escape relegation where Xabi Alonso will begin to show what system he intends to establish at Leverkusen. At Real Sociedad B he opted for a flexible 4-2-3-1.
Xabi Alonso, who was a Bayern Munich player between 2014 and 2017, returned to the Bundesliga five years later as a coach and in his presentation he showed his ambition to achieve “great goals” and said that he wants to play of “good football, modern, dominant, intense and with a winning mentality”.
Azmoun is a doubt for the World Cup
Iranian striker Sardar Azmoun is out and a doubt for the World Cup after suffering a muscle injury on Tuesday in the warm-up for the Champions League match against Porto that will keep him off the pitch for six to eight weeks . Instead, Xabi Alonso can count on Czech striker Patrik Schick.
Source: La Verdad
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