While the real Madrid half of the League was left to Camp Nou after defeat against boat (2-1) and again questioned the continuity of Carlo Ancelotti lead the team next season (the Champions is likely to pass sentence), one of the strong-sounding candidates to replace him, Xabi Alonsoturned the bundesliga to his team’s victory, the Bayer Leverkusen he is new Bayern Munich (2-1), will return exequiel palaces with a double penalty the first goal of kimchi and leaving the Bavarians in charge of the Bundesliga in favor of Borussia Dortmund. A bit of a blow considering that next April 1 they will face first and second.
In his first match against his former club, where he also retired as a footballer, xabi He won and the former Merengue player continues to harden himself and gradually accumulate merits to one day occupy the white bench. It is, with the eternal aspirant Mauricio Pochettino, the best position. There are only doubts because of his theoretical lack of experience in a large bank, but his career in Germany is convincing more and more skeptics.
alonso has changed Leverkusen. He led the German team in October, classified in the penultimate position of the table with only one win in eight games, far from the European places and eliminated from the German Cup by a Third, the elversberg (4-3). Since then, and despite some doubts, he has managed to start the engine and put together an interesting and recognizable team, with a unique style of play and fruitful. 17 matches in the domestic championship later, with 10 wins, 2 draws and five losses, they put him in eighth place in the table, just three points from the places that give the right to play in Europe. Who knew last fall …
In addition, the Basque has his team in the quarterfinals of european league. From Championswhere he is bound Athletic and witches to ensure entry into the second competition, eliminated in the latter Monaco and Ferencvaros on the sixteenth and eighth. Now they will see one of the surprises of this tournament, the Union Saint Gillois.
the hand of Xabi Alonso within Leverkusen This was noticed both in defense and attack. The man from Tolosa has great intensity in duels, high pressure at the top, the importance of wingers for offensive football, kicking the ball from the goalkeeper and trying to control the ball. All without giving up knowing how to defend when it’s time to do so and counterattack when necessary. It’s a very complete play style. One way to play that on Santiago Bernabeu can be convinced.
Source: La Verdad
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