Pep Guardiola took his hat off and he has no qualms about paying glowing praise to the most fashionable coach in European football, Xabi Alonso. The San Sebastian man has been shining and leading Bayern Leverkusen in style, unbeaten in the Bundesliga and passing his hand over Bayer Munich’s face after stringing together 33 games without defeat. Amazing.
Praise comes from all corners of European football and that is shared Pep Guardiola, who still has Xabi Alonso as a player during his time as ‘capo’ of Bayern Munich. Now he has given up his ‘good job’ at the German club.
“If you ask me about the work he does? Actually, he is undefeated, the only team in all of football who are unbeaten in all competitions and are up against Bayern Munich. Now they find themselves in a situation where they can’t win the Bundesliga, but instead they can lose it,” explained the Catalan in the preview of Luton Town-City, the FA Cup match played this Tuesday.
In the thread Guardiola emphasized andn that “it’s not just the way they play, they haven’t lost a game in the Europa League, in the German Pokal and in the Bundesliga, they’re playing incredibly well.”
The Catalan is also unsparing in his praise when asked about Xabi Alonso the footballer. “I was incredibly lucky to have him (as a player), a year and a half, two years, two seasons? He was a very intelligent player,” he said.
Source: La Verdad
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