Topic: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread - page 290. (Read 661158 times)

Opponents who are not quite equal in strength to Bayern Munich will indeed be easier to lose because Bayern Munich is still a team that has the potential to dominate the Bundesliga and also several other competitions such as the DFB Cup. And I am also quite sure that Bayern Munich will start this season very consistently, especially after seeing their rival (Leverkusen) who has also won the DFL Super Cup which will certainly give more enthusiasm to Leverkusen and also to Alonso as the team's coach.

Of course, penalties are a matter of pure luck. Even if they are the best team in the world, they can be eliminated on penalties. Because everything depends on whether the goalkeepers are good that day. Bayer Leverkusen is lucky because despite having ten men, they managed to drag the match into extra time and win on penalties. This turned out to be a championship for them. They made a good start to the German League. With this cup, they showed everyone that they are still ambitious in the Bundesliga.

I watched the German Super Cup final between Leverkusen vs Stuttgart and overall Leverkusen was still consistent in terms of creative strategy. Xabi Alonso was able to provide a surprise in the final minutes. Because Stuttgart was able to provide fierce resistance. It was clear that these two coaches were competing with each other with their best tactics on the field. The match which was also full of yellow card and red card drama was unavoidable. The goal in the 89th minute from Leverkusen really proved that Xabi Alonso and his squad were on a different level so that when undergoing a penalty shootout the mentality of his players was burning again. This victory will be the opening road to undergoing the Bundesliga competition.

Still one more week to go for the new season in Bundesliga to start... In the meantime teams have actually started the season already. Just as I expected we saw over 3.5 goals in the Leverkusen - Stuttgart game. 

It was impressive work by Leverkusen that they won despite getting a red card. It really doesn't look like we will see a worse Leverkusen this season. Xabi Alonso will fight for a back-to-back Bundesliga title as it seems.

But at least this time I expect a title challenge between them and Bayern Munich. Maybe even Dortmund as well who knows...    It is up to how good Nuri Şahin will do in his first year.

One of the things that amazes me about Leverkusen is their champion mentality and even though they played with only 10 men, they were not afraid at all to face their opponents. Leverkusen even scored again in crucial minutes through Patrick Schick and that proved that they were no different from last season. Leverkusen's performance is still very stable even under pressure and I hope that in other European competitions it will remain the same later.

What is clear is that they not only won the German Supercup title from Stuttgart but also this is a good record when their unbeaten record in the German competition continues and there is no end of praise especially for coach Xabi Alonso who has built these monsters to always win anything. This is the third title for Xabi Alonso since coaching Leverkusen and I am sure there are still other titles that they will be aiming for this season.

There are fewer matches than in other European leagues, hence they frequently delay the start of the season. Bayern Munich are the odds-on favourites to win the match, therefore I don't believe Wolfsburg will be difficult to defeat; they will do anything to win the Bundesliga trophy this season. They will begin the season in strong form, as seen by their performance in the DFB Pokal, where they do well and all of their players are fit, and the new coach will not try to lose his first game of the season, so Bayern Munich will focus well and win games. Bayern Leverkusen is still in terrific form, as I see they are continuing winning other matches and win other trophys. Bayern Munich must perform well this season and try to stop Leverkusen because Xabi Alonso is a very experienced coach who, I believe, is better than Munich's coach because he has more trophies. But let's see how the season goes and who has a chance to win it again.

Everyone's expecting Leverkusen to continue with same form as the previous season, well it's understandable since they won the previous seasons's title and they just proved that they could still contend well this season by beating Stuttgart in the DFL Super Cup final, it's a very good Morale booster for them ahead of the new season and Xabi Alonso priority is to make sure that they remain in good shape to deliver good results, of course he'll be proud of the result against Stuttgart cause his boys fought till the end, they didn't give up till it got to the shootout and won it, this is another big victory for Xabi Alonso he's added another trophy to his record as manager and i wonder why the likes of Real Madrid won't go after him when he decides to leave Leverkusen. Well, I'm among those who thinks Bayern Munich might still have a tough time in winning the league this season, I'm not underestimating them, they're one of the top contending team in Bundesliga but Leverkusen looks like a team with a more better chance.

All eyes are on Leverkusen's success in winning the DFL Super Cup final. Yes, it is very natural because this is the first official match in Germany before entering the Bundesliga this season. Talking about the Bundesliga, this season the opening match will be Monchengladbach vs Leverkusen. In that match, Leverkusen is the favorite to win the match and maybe it will be the first match and also start their journey to regain the unbeaten record they achieved last season. But clearly it is not something easy and honestly I personally find it difficult to say they can do it.

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Last season, right when the season was about to end, they were always able to score goals at the end of the match that kept them from losing. We can see that again in this final match, where they were also able to score goals in the final minutes even though they only played with 10 men. Leverkusen is the most anticipated team this season, everyone wants to see whether they will be able to maintain what they were able to do last season or not. Xabi Alonso must have realized the expectations of the team he is currently handling, so he should have prepared as well as possible what they need this season. He also wants to show that he can consistently maintain the game from season to season.

Looks like that Leverkusen will be continue this season where they have ended the last one with scoring goals at the last Minutes and dont lose.
The goal from Patrick Schick i guess was the one that have given Leverkusen some extra motivation for the penalty shootout.
Making such an comeback with only 10 Players since they got an red card in the 37 Minute is awesome and the win is earned.

Congratulations to Alonso for his first trophy this season, to be honest I expected them to win in regulation time, but it was the red card in the first half that changed this game. I didn't watch the match, but I see that there were a lot of fouls and a lot of yellow cards, which means that the match was important for the teams. And Stuttgart needed just a few minutes to win this match, and the penalty shootout is a game of luck, and Bayer was luckier here. In any case, this is a good start for Bayer.

First, I would like to congratulate Leverkusen who managed to win this final match and become champions. This will be the beginning where they might achieve the same success as last season, or even better.
They were so calm after playing with only 10 men since the 37th minute, even though Stuttgart could control the game and keep attacking but they were able to play focused so that Stuttgart had a hard time breaking through their defense. At first I thought it might be their defeat after Stuttgart could score a goal early in the second half, but they kept trying and working hard so that they could score a goal back so that the score became 2-2 and that lasted until the end.
I saw that they had the mentality, because it is not easy to play with 10 men while the opposing team played with a full number of players. If they did not have a good mentality, I think Stuttgart would be able to beat them and maybe even score more than 2 goals.

Indeed, Bayer Leverkusen are now in the front burner as threat to Bayern Munich in the German Bundesliga thereby pushing teams like Borussia Dortmund, RB Leipzig etc to the back bench in the league. And true, Beyer Leverkusen vibrancy is not going to fade anytime time in as much as they retain and maintain the same players then
also  bringing in more quality players to add in building the team's form.

And as for Alonso I hope he stays and continue to enjoy his stay in the club for more seasons because he is the engine room behind all the magic. The motivation for the squad is there with him still in the club and I think many players would only want to leave by virtue of Alonso leaving . That been said, undeniably the extraordinary performance of Bayer Leverkusen last season has increased the competition in bundlesliga distorting the dominance of Bayern Munich making the league more exciting and interesting.

That would have been the end point for Bayer Leverkusen, Stuttgart's players should have made use of that opportunity in that second half by getting another goal, they were outstanding against a side that played unbeaten last season and I was expecting an easy win for Bayer Leverkusen but the opposition team came prepared but they couldn't get it completely. I always wonder what's the secret behind all these coming from behind and maybe win the game by Leverkusen, I'm just so confused how they (Leverkusen) do it, I have a feeling they can continue from where they stopped last season but not where Atalanta left them.
The risk Alonso took was enough to say anything can happen because he had to pour out his cards and say anything that wants to happen is on him and it favored him. This man should be given the best coach of the season if possible for for 2 years in a row, Alonso is the best.

Let me narrow down the teams a bit more and I think we will watch a match between Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich. I don't think the other teams have much of a chance. Leverkusen started the year with the championship but had a hard time winning it. That's why they definitely need to avoid mistakes like the one in this match in their match with Bayern.

We can't say Leverkusen was having a bad performance because of Leverkusen having a 2-2 result against Stuttgart. Leverkusen is still a good team and they were known for the comebacks they could usually do I think we are going to see the same good performance from this team in this season.
Other than this we can't forget that Leverkusen and the other teams are still not in a good situation because they are still going through training and this can physical training can make the teams tired and out of good form.
 

I thought it was all over for Leverkusen when Terrier received a red card in the 37th minute and since then Stuttgart continued to increase the tempo of the game and were able to control the game quite well because of the superior number of players but Schick made us realize again that Leverkusen is very difficult to beat, Schick's goal in the 88th minute made Leverkusen players excited again to win this match through the penalty spot. If we talk about whether Leverkusen deserved or not to win, of course it was very fitting and we also see that Xabi Alonso seems to be successful again this season with Leverkusen because here alone we can see that their performance has improved compared to last season.

This Bayern Leverkusen side is actually proving that they aren't a one season wonder, because initially, most fan and pundit alike thought that their season of wonder would ends this season, that they wouldn't be able to replicate their last season form, but by the look of things, nothing has changed in this Bayern Leverkusen team, they are still as relentless as they are known for, just look at the kind of performance they put in yesterday with a man down, it's very clear to me now that they are actually not going away any time soon, and Bayern Munich needs to be ultra good this season to be able to knock Bayern Leverkusen off that path of dominance they are headed to.
But for them to continue in the way they are right now, the hierarchy of Bayern Leverkusen must do everything in their power to retain the services of all their key players, so that the rythme of the team will not be disrupted.

Leverkusen have started the season by winning a trophy and that will make them have a high mentality and motivation to repeat their success last season, the Super Cup trophy actually brings together the Bundesliga champions and the DfB Pokal, but because last season Leverkusen managed to win both trophies so making Stuttgart who ended the season as runners up in the Bundesliga entitled to play in the Super Cup this season, Leverkusen showed an impressive performance in that match but in my opinion their performance was still below the standard they showed last season, in that match Leverkusen had to lose one player and Stuttgart managed to take advantage of the advantage in players numbers to take a temporary lead of 2-1 through a quick attack from the left wing, but Leverkusen never-give-up mentality was still very strong so they were able to comeback to equalize the score at 2-2 in normal time, both teams had to determine the winner with a penalty kick and fortunately for Leverkusen, the Stuttgart players failed to take advantage of this opportunity well and at the same time made Leverkusen continue their greatness by winning the championship trophy.

Leverkusen and Alonso have won three domestic titles in the last year so we can say that this year is the best year for them, the new Bundesliga season has started and we are all looking forward to seeing how Leverkusen will stay be able to compete in the Bundesliga title this season with Dortmund and also Munich.

When Terrier received a red card in the 37th minute, Leverkusen lost all discipline in the game. However, when they fell behind later on, I thought they would come back. Schick did not mislead me and when he scored the equalizer, Leverkusen were now more united to win the match. It was a tough match against Stuttgart but in the end they managed to become champions and not lose.

I am not surprised by this result because Leverkusen are still the same as last season, they have a strong mentality so it is quite difficult to beat them even though they are under pressure.
Playing with 10 players and trailing by 1 goal but Leverkusen managed to equalize in the final minutes of the match, I think that is extraordinary and we are back to seeing Leverkusen like last season.

Stuttgart played well because they benefited from the excess number of players after Martin Terrier was sent off in the 37th minute which made everything different so that Stuttgart was quite free to control the match but Xabi Alonso knew what to do to be able to win this match, it was really impressive and I like Leverkusen now.
With this result, Xabi Alonso has dismissed many speculations that said that Leverkusen were not capable like last season.