The opportunity for Alonso this season to prove that he must be able to compete with the top teams even though Milan is one of the popular teams from Serie A but currently Leverkusen is also one of the popular teams from the Bundesliga which is ready to make new history in pursuit of the UCL title.
Even in the last season, I was hoping to see this strong and unbeaten team of Xabi Alonso playing against stronger teams like Real Madrid and Inter Milan from other leagues than the Bundesliga. But since they were in the Champions League it didn't happen and even in the game we saw from Leverkusen they were not playing against any of the teams while now Xabi Alonso can have a much harder season since they are playing in a greater tournament like the Champions League and consider the performance of Xabi Alonso and his players in the last season, the fans of this team now expect to see Leverkusen showing good performance in the Champions League.