We are about to enter week 24 of the Bundesliga season. In this 24th week the top leaders will face Koln who are in a very unsafe zone for them, because they are in 16th place in the standings. With their opponents at the bottom, it shouldn't be too difficult for Leverkusen to beat Koln, even though Koln will play at home in this match. Koln themselves can only record 3 wins from 23 games they played, and won 8 draws and the rest ended in defeat.
I don't think I need to talk about Leverkusen for their performance, but I will give some views about them. Xabi Alonso has been really successful since he arrived in the middle of last season. Although it was only half a season that he completed last season, but this season he has made a lot of changes for Leverkusen. I can't say he's built a foundation here, because I don't think that's enough in a short period of time. But at least he's shown tremendous changes in Leverkusen, especially in terms of player cooperation. I think the harmony between the players is one of the keys to Xabi Alonso's success in building cooperation in this team. They've already taken one step towards success, now they just need to take another step by maintaining the consistency of their play.
Consistency and Discipline would be key towards lifting that Bundesliga League Competition this season. Just like Pep Guardiola has said, " They might lose it because they think it's all done " Hopefully, they don't see it that way. There has got to be more tougher fixtures to play and also the European Europa League Competition can also cause unnecessary fatigue in the squad.
But then, honestly do think that, Xabi Alonso deserves all of the flowers but let's keep them until the end of the season when all of it has been rounded up.
They shouldn't sleep on Bayern Munich, they're hungry lions and the slightest chance they get, you'll see them take a firm grip at the top of the league. One thing I don't like are rumours of Thomas Tuchel linked to this club or that club, at least I know he would be leaving at the end of the season but then, he should show some respect for the fact that he's still got contract with Bayern Munich.
Thomas Tuchel moving to Manchester United also don't make sense. Manchester United are not know to be defensive in shape, Sir Alex Ferguson has dropped deep during some big games to contain quality clubs but defensive all day? Hell No!