Yes, it's true that there is no such thing as luck this season. Leverkusen are even undefeated, that can't be called luck because that is their consistent hard work throughout this season, Xabi didn't build that up quickly and this is the result while Xabi was at Leverkusen in the end he succeeded in making his team one of the strongest teams in the Bundesliga, perhaps also in Europe. Leverkusen must be able to get a title in the UEL to become the leading team because they are currently continuing to fight on the winning path so that they are always in the public spotlight.
Xabi must maintain himself at Leverkusen and continue to develop his talent as a coach, especially if Leverkusen manages to win the Bundesliga title they will automatically participate in the UCL next season, of course this is Xabi Alonso's opportunity to show his best work in front of all the strongest teams in Europe through the UCL. Of course, this will make Xabi Alonso a coach who will compete with other great coaches in the UCL such as Ancelotti in Madrid, Guardiola in Manchester City and others. I'm sure Leverkusen will not play badly after this season or next season.
Currently, Leverkusen's consistency has put them in the top contending spots for the Bundesliga title. And it's so certain with just few games games to determine the victor, there's every certainty that there will be change of hands this season. Definitely they've held and will hold onto the pressure for a while and for Leverkusen, they are not resilient in pursuing that major aim. Alonso and his squad aren't giving up and weekly they put up a whole different energy towards that trophy race.
Comparing Xabi's abiliy based on his performances with his team, it'll be fair to admit his superiority in skillset. Leverkusen when Xabi took over had to start from scratch to build up to where they are now. So far Xabi, he has been a good boss and his methods have worked perfectly for Leverkusen. One would wonder how he managed to put up such feat for the team considering the spot he picked them from. It's one quality that can definitely be found in a good manager.
Leverkusen have been impressive in all rounds and it's not surprising that they're now better than some already grounded teams. It only means that Xabi has a unique managing quality which can be of essence in bigger teams too. I believe he's still got good plans for the German team, which will still be manifested good. In the Europa League, there's been top contending teams from the start till the current stage of the contest.
Even though days back, the playoffs stage was concluded and there we saw few teams earn advancement tickets. Well from the beginning of the tournament, we know that it'll only be the tough teams that'd survive. Also predicting the winner this season would be hard as there are a number of tough teams to pick from. The highest we can do is to just analyze these teams based on their overtime performances this season and bringing that in the picture, the highest probable winner would be Leverkusen, then Liverpool and any other team behind. In essence it's safe to say that if the draws are favourable, then Liverpool would battle with Leverkusen in the final game of the tournament.