Once again Granit Xhaka scored a beautiful goal and this time he did it in the DFB Pokal final against Kaiserslautern. That was also the only goal scored in this match and also locked up Leverkusen's second trophy this season. I think the previous failure in the European League final was enough to teach Xabi Alonso's squad and they immediately improved in another final this time.
Of the 53 matches in all competitions, they only lost 1 time and this was an achievement that had never been previously expected. How Xabi Alonso turned Leverkusen into a threat is very real this season. It won't just stop at this season but they will continue it in all competitions next season. Maybe Leverkusen will still be consistent enough, but if they are undefeated again they will find it difficult to do that.
I admit that 1 score that Xhaka managed to get was a very beautiful kick from a distance that could be right on target, I was even amazed to see the kick but I was just a little disappointed if the good opportunity when Xhaka got the ball in front of the goal failed to score even though it was very easy to score and for me 1 score is a very unsafe score.
but fortunately after Odilon received a red card and had to leave the field, Leverkusen performance did not decline and actually got stronger.
just imagine what if Odilon didn't get a red card, Leverkusen would definitely score in large numbers.
but it seems like Leverkusen doesn't want to score a big amount in this match, as seen from Xhaka who seemed to waste this good opportunity and also Frimpong wasted an opportunity when he was in front of the Kaiserslautern goalkeeper.
IMO, failure in the European League will not provide motivation for Xabi to get the DFB title, but this mistake will be corrected for the next appearance in the UCL and regarding this victory, this is not the motivation for this defeat because this DFB competition is very easy for Leverkusen to get when it comes to performance Kaiserslautern is not on par with Leverkusen.
I congratulate Leverkusen and Xabi who have succeeded in getting a good history this season and it looks like next season Leverkusen will have to bring in at least one experienced star player to be able to continue the positive trend of trying to get the title in the UCL.