Xabi Alonso received good news to face the final stage of a season that could be historic for Bayer Leverkusen, leaders of the Bundesliga with ten points ahead of Bayern with nine games remaining and qualified for the semifinals of the DFB Pokal and for the quarterfinals of the Europa League.
Property Xabi Alonso announced this Friday that Victor Boniface, who remains the team’s top scorer in the Bundesliga, with ten goals, despite the injury since January, is likely to reappear after the break of the national team in the next two weeks.
He was injured in Nigeria in January
“He will be back soon, if everything goes well,” said Xabi Alonso. In particular, it will be on March 30, against Hoffenheim at the BayArena, when Boniface will play again in Leverkusen after suffer an adductor injury at the beginning of January when he was preparing for the Africa Cup with the Nigerian team.
Boniface, whose last game for Leverkusen was on December 20 against Bochum Ahead of the Bundesliga’s winter break, he was set to reappear in April, but his return to the field of play could finally move forward.
16 goals in 23 games
Good news for Xabi Alonso, who is on his way to leading Leverkusen to win the first Bundesliga in its history and keeping him unbeaten this season with 37 games in all competitions without losing.
Boniface, who? He arrived last summer from Belgian Union Saint-Gilloise, contributed greatly to Leverkusen’s excellent start to the season with 16 goals in 23 games in all competitions.
A real reinforcement for the final stage of the season where, in addition to the Bundesliga, Leverkusen will face West Ham in the quarterfinals of the Europa League and Fortuna Düsseldorf, from the Second Division, in the semifinals of the DFB Pokal.
Source: La Verdad
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