He Bayer Leverkusen spanish trained Xabi Alonso amazing Europe. The Germans are unbeaten in official matches this season, winning all but one in which they drew 2-2 against Bayern Munich in Bundesliga and always, except in battle Qarabag In the Europa League, they scored more than one goal. The numbers are staggering and the Swiss midfielder contributes a lot to them. Granite Xhaka (Basel, 1992).
In an author group like German, Xhaka He has the difficult mission of performing in the same position where he stood as a player who is now his coach. Far from being overwhelmed by comparisons or the need to try to see football as Tolosarra did, he more than fulfills his role.
The Swiss is the player with the most successful passes (1,114), passed the final third (183), successfully passed the final third (158) and recovered the final third (13) plays in five major leagues; and the second with the most backward passes makes (210) behinds Rodri (Manchester City) and what other passes he tries (1,193) after Brazilian Dante (Nice), according to data from BeSoccer.
Beyond standing in scoring, he also does so in percentages, as he is eleventh in successful passes (93.38%) and 30th in successfully passing the final third (86.34%).
These facets are dominated, obviously, within Bundesliga. But in the context of local competition his name also appears high in successful progressive passes (10th), in vertical passes (2nd), in deep passes (7th), in moves with the ball (6th), in opponent’s field recoveries (2nd) and in quick recoveries after a loss (9th).
And their benefits are also not reduced during the week, because of European League He is second with most backward passes (57), fourth with most attempted passes (298), third with most successful passes (277), ninth with most successful passes in the final third (30) , the tenth with the most vertical passes (124) and the tenth with the most recoveries in the final third (4); although two of the four matches have not been fully played so far.
In this way, everything seems to have won with his transfer last summer from Arsenal. For fifteen million euros the set of Leverkusen He took a player who offered great performance and this, in turn, gained popularity compared to his last year in London.
This can be seen in the records comparing the total records for 2022-2023 and those recorded so far this year. At 45.16 passes attempted per ninety minutes it has reached 90.68; has improved the percentage of successful delivery by more than 5%; and long displacements increased from 2.31 to 4.32, increasing their accuracy by more than 1%.
The evolution can also be seen in the progressive passes, from 5.55 to 9.71 with a success rate that went from 82.26% to 86.55%; in recoveries, which ranged from 6.9 to 8.63; and in interceptions, now 3.86 and previously 3.13. That greater influence was noticed, yes, in the losses, less in the previous campaign (7.43) than in this one (7.72).
Apart from all this, Xhaka seem to have contributed intangibles such as experience and leadership; the one that led him during his career to wear the bracelet on Borussia Monchengladbachwithin Arsenal and in choosing his country. In fact, at 31 years of age, he is the third oldest footballer in the squad and one of four over thirty.
His figure is one of the icings on the cake missing from a team that already showed good results last year and, certainly, one of the ones that gives the most meaning to the plan it has. Xabi Alonso. An ambassador in green disguised as a warrior.
Source: La Verdad
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