Topic: UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Season - page 143. (Read 58896 times)

Leverkusen after being coached by Xabi has indeed developed very rapidly. Even their playing patterns and style of making attacks are sometimes always quite beautiful. What is clear is that Leverkusen seems to have high self-confidence after being coached by Xabi Alonso. But Rome is the same. Roma became extraordinary after they had a new coach, namely Daniele De Rossi. And the good news is that Daniele De Rossi has even received a longer contract at AS Roma. Which indicates that the club owner now trusts De Rossi to continue coaching Roma even next season. And I think Roma's progress is very similar to Leverkusen's progress last season. So I think that Roma will even be one of the strong challengers next season in the Italian League. Even though I don't really like the Italian League, sometimes I watch their matches because I bet on them. And I hope no one underestimates AS Roma when facing Leverkusen.

Leverkusen seemed to reject the defeat that came to them, in the Bundesliga when they faced Borussia Dortmund they were already on the verge of defeat, but they showed a very surprising surprise by scoring a goal in the final minutes before the game ended in the second half.
I think they have a big chance to do the same thing as they did in the Bundesliga. They will face As Roma in the semifinals, AS Roma is having a good atmosphere with De Rossi so it will be a challenge in itself for Leverkusen. AS Roma also just beat AC Milan in the quarter-finals which many people previously doubted. I think this will be a very interesting match, because they are both targeting high achievements in the European League. However, the burden is on As Roma, because they are still competing in Serie A, while Leverkusen no longer has a burden in domestic competitions.

Of course, Xabi Alonso will be very wary of Roma, after all it was Roma who eliminated Milan in the quarterfinals. I still don't believe that Roma can stop Milan's run and now they have to face a team that is unbeaten this season, namely Leverkusen. It is normal for Xabi Alonso to digest formations and new tactics to destroy Roma's defense and I think Roma also knows how to stop Leverkusen.

Roma will only do extra defense when facing a ball possession team like Xabi Alonso and if they concede then it's all over for Roma. De Rossi must know very well that Leverkusen is very different from the teams he has faced and therefore there is no other way even to force the match to continue into extra time. On the other hand, Leverkusen proved they have a winning mentality by always getting good results towards the end of the match and even making a comeback. It is very difficult to stop Leverkusen and the only way to do it is to try hard and hope for a miracle.

Roma did not have positive results like Leverkusen, but Xabi must prepare his team to face a Serie A team that tends to defend. Counter attacks will be very dangerous if Leverkusen attack too often without paying attention to their own defense. Xabi have unbeaten record in the Bundesliga and become his best record during his time as a coach, of course he doesn't want to waste this when facing AS Roma. Even though Roma are not favorites, but as a Serie A fan, especially AC Milan, I currently hope that AS Roma can become champions. Because it has been a long time since the Serie A representative team won UEL and UCL titles.

Of course, Leverkusen continues to make history this season because for now they have finished 30 matches in the Bundesliga unbeaten. In the European league, Leverkusen have not yet lost, so their progress this season is very impressive and full of surprises. Leverkusen will face Roma, which will be quite a fierce match because Roma is also performing well under De Rossi. So we will see how ambitious these two coaches are in bringing their teams to the European League final this season.

Of course, physical fatigue is certainly felt by the players, but because their progress is quite perfect this season, I don't think this has a bad impact on the players because high enthusiasm will make them appear stronger in every match. Xabi knows what he has to do and of course they have bigger ambitions to become champions in the European league this season.

yesterday's game was a wonder to behold and you just can't hold back th respect you have for the Leverkusen team after a dramatic comeback that saw them to continue thier chain of not kissing a match for this long period of time. At some point when it was approaching the end of the added time it was just like all hopes where lost and all of a sudden you have a goal in the 98+ minutes of the play? What a team, the funny thing about thier dramatic comeback is that it's mostly towards the end of the game and you just see the magic happening all of a sudden and they either win you within a little space of time or gets an equalizer that continues to increase their chain of never losing a match for the longest consecutive times.

I guess for the time, it's no longer about mere winning trophies even though they just won one of recent but it's more of keeping that never loosing mentality all intact so regardless of the outcome of the game, they keep fighting till the end. These guys have really forgotten what it means to "lose". 45 games still without a loss🔥🔥🔥

Finishing the season unbeaten to me is looking more important to Bayern Leverkusen than winning the trophy because of course if they are able to stay unbeaten till the end of the season, the chances they will win the trophy becomes every high that they may actually not even have to think about it because their points will accumulate well enough above others who has lost points through the season.

Leverkusen still maintains that incredible ability that gets them staying really strong against any team regardless of their abilities or their form, I've observed that the strength of Leverkusen that has kept them going so far regardless of the team the happen to meet actually lays within their team spirit and their been able to maintain that team spirit without having to depend or relay on any player in particular so you can't find a weakness in the team through a particular player because they can actually do without a player if he happens to look like their weakness.

The time Boniface left for the AFCON he actually returned with injury and eventually he had to quit playing with Leverkusen in awhile so he could recover but all along they still didn't suffer a loss even if he was a key player to the team it still wasn't enough to cause the team their progress both in the Europa and the bundesliga so far and that's why we can at some point be sure of their dominance till the end of the season.

If they continue to maintain their unbeaten record, it doesn't seem to be a problem because they might make new history for Leverkusen this season, they really play undefeated, after all, playing in the European league UEL, of course there are no really complicated opponents in my opinion, let alone the remaining matches in the Bundesliga. There is only one match where Leverkusen will meet Dortmund which will clearly be a difficult opponent for them, but I am not sure that Dortmund will win, at least the result will be a draw.

Leverkusen can play well and behind their game is Xabi Alonso who really manages it well so that it produces good results too, their current challenge is only in UEL where they have to face As Roma who are both on the rise at the moment since being coached by De Rossi, As Roma have had good statistical results since being coached by De Rossi, therefore Leverkusen will play carefully when facing De Rossi, maybe this match could break their unbeaten record, but Xabi Alonso must have prepared a special strategy to face As Rome later. I am also sure that as much as possible Leverkusen will maintain their record so they are unbeaten

Xabi Alonso managed to make the impossible happen for Leverkusen so far and we can see how Xabi Alonso was able to shape the framework of his team strategy quite well only with academy players and Outcast from other clubs, Xabi Alonso's expertise in seeing the needs of the team and player talent certainly makes Leverkusen does not need to spend a lot of money to form a strong team like Leverkusen today,  I think now Alonso's achievements in the Bundesliga are more perfect after they won the title without defeat.

At the moment of course Leverkusen wants to continue this positive trend in the Europa League, the journey in the Europa League is only a few steps away for Alonso to be able to win the trophy also without defeat, so I think Roma will be a tough opponent for them in the semi-finals later because Roma's performance is also starting to improve drastically, this season will be the initial test for Alonso in bringing Leverkusen glory in the Europa League,  Because next season they will be faced with a more difficult challenge in the Champions League, I think if Alonso is able to get out of every pressure and be able to repeat the glory of Leverkusen next season of course he deserves to be juxtaposed with the coachs you mentioned.

If you look at the current conditions, Roma will meet Leverkusen and Atalanta will meet Marseille. So of course at a glance we can predict that the favorite team is Leverkusen for the match against Roma and Atalanta will be the favorite in the match against Marseille. but we have seen many surprises throughout this season. So we should no longer be surprised if it turns out that Marseille and Roma are the ones who have qualified for the final. Even if Roma makes it to the Final then that will make Roma a customer in the Europa League Final. Because he has always managed to advance to the final in the last few seasons.

Leverkusen with Xabi Alonso is indeed a very scary team. They might even end the season in the Bundesliga without losing. but in the Europa League things are different. But if Leverkusen manages to win the European League title then that will be their most impressive achievement.

I don't see Leverkusen dominated Europa League but it's true to say they have been dominating Bundesliga since the season beginning. In Europa League, Leverkusen were on verge of failures sometimes and this is not signal for their domination in Europa League.

Here, with knock out matches, with upcoming semi final matches, a winner will be decided after two matches and domination in a long lasting league does not mean here. Leverkusen can look at their second match with Roma last season in Europa League semi final, they dominated that match but failed to score only one goal to equalize an aggregated result. Consequently they were beaten by Roma in semi finals last season.

Will they be able to beat Roma after two matches, at semi final round, in this season?

I really don't know because Leverkusen and Roma can play fairly balancing by their similar quality.

Leverkusen will continue to dominate till the season ends. Bayer Leverkusen cam finish this season unbeaten because they've successfully trapped the big winnings and escape loses in countless injury times. Xabi Alonso is regarded for be the best manager in the Bundesliga this season and it have been one of the tremendous moment for the club this season. Up next is the Europa League match, not even a fierce opponent for them because any club they comes across, they ensure they entrapped them with incredible qualities and win them as elite teams.

Looking at Leverkusen's current performance, of course many people believe that Leverkusen can win the Europa League trophy, but we also shouldn't get our hopes up too much, it could be disappointing, like Liverpool who were predicted to win the Europa League title even though in reality Liverpool had to lose badly to an Italian club, and now everyone's hopes are on Leverkusen. Hopefully this club won't disappoint because they have to play Roma in the semifinals, even though we can't underestimate Roma's own performance. They are a pretty good club in the European League and are very motivated to play in the Champions League at least by getting Europa League title, Roma almost got it last season even though they had to lose in the final.

Therefore, I don't have full confidence between the two because both of their performances are equally good in the Europa League and Leverkusen's unbeaten record will continue in this Europa League because he will focus more on this competition and will rotate his players when playing in the Bundesliga so Xabi will use the best players to beat Roma, while Roma has to divide its focus between the Italian league and the European league, so I think Leverkusen has a bigger chance of beating Roma even though statistically their performance is not much different.

Leverkusen and Liverpool were the favorites in the Europa League this season and it was often discussed that these two teams would play in the final or that either of these two teams would play in the final. l leverkusen had some chances but Liverpool's chances were all but over as they were beaten by a wide margin in the first leg and won by just one goal in the second leg. I said in the second leg of course Liverpool will try to play attack but their opponent team will play defense and they did that which is why the result was only 1-0. Leverkusen's opponents are another Premier League side who have little chance of progressing to the next round as they have already drawn the first leg. As leverkusen are always attacking, they will win the second leg either way and their win will take them to the semi-finals and a loss to the opposition will disqualify the only surviving team from the English Premier League.

Xabi Alonso and Leverkusen will be marked in history if they can finish this season unbeaten in Bundesliga and can win Europa League too. However it is too ambitious target and it create so much pressure on shoulders of Leverkusen players. The season is long and I am quite sure that Leverkusen players as human, surely feel tired at some days. This body physical exhaustion will affect Leverkusen players so Xabi Alonso must be realistic with his plan for very last matches in this season.

Winning Europa League and accept to lose one or two matches in Bundesliga is better than losing Europa League and complete Bundesliga with an unbeaten record.

This implies Xabi Alonso has ambition on his managerial career, not just a job for a living. He is succeeding in his first tenure to improve Leverkusen to a level that possibly he himself didn't imagine. Now he and his players have extra ambition to win the league without a loss to make a remarkable record on their names.

This ambition needs a strong mentality to fulfill, because it invites all eyes on them to beat. If he can fulfill this ambition, he will put his name alongside some great manager in this era. Being Champion in a league without a loss had done by only three teams in Europe. They are AC Milan managed by Arigo Sacchi, Ajax Amsterdam managed by Louis van Gaal and Arsenal managed by Arsene Wenger.

To tell you how loved Xabi Alonso is at Bayer Leverkusen, the club have already named the street that leads to the stadium after him but I don't think it's the best the club can do to immortalise the young Spanish manager who surprisingly took them from a position of average to make them one of best teams in the whole of Europe. Very few persons would've predicted that Bayer Leverkusen will win the German Bundesliga ahead of Bayern Munich especially after the former champions signed Harry Kane last summer but that didn't stop the club manager from changing the mentality at he club.
Earlier today they were losing at Borussia Dortmund in the German Bundesliga going into the additional time of the game but because of how strong and resistant the team's spirit is, Bayer Leverkusen were able to get a draw in that game after they scored a stoppage time goal. In the UEFA Europa League competition, I think they're unarguably the strongest team in the competition at the moment and I'll be very glad to see them add the Europa League trophy to their league title this season

Bayern Leverkusen have mow gotten themselves in the history books as they have been able to win their first ever Bundesliga title. The win over Werder Bremen was enough to hell them seal up their place in first place and get them the trophy. Their run to this win of the title has been one that’s been quite fascinating especially as they haven’t recorded any loss in their way up till this moment and also none across all competitions.

 This performance is real top notch and as such you can imagine how much efforts the boys and Xabi Alonso have put in to the success of this. ⁠ Now I think the club will concentrate more on the Europa League as also the players have promised the fans another final and with Liverpool on the verge of existing the competition, they seem major favorite for that trophy.

 Xabi Alonso is one tactical genius even in his time as a footballer and he’s definitely dispatched such traits while as a coach with this Leverkusen team. Now the Bundesliga is no more referred to as a Farmer’s league as you can see how this team not just made Bayern second place finishers but also make the points distant between them and as such, you can now imagine how fierce the competition will be next season.

Xabi Alonso displays himself like a magician which I think only a few coaches can do, even he himself will find it difficult to surpass the achievements recorded this season. The impressive record they currently hold certainly comes from careful preparation, hard work and focus on the goals they want to achieve. Everything is like tit for tat, which in my opinion is a combination of the right calculations met with opportunity, resulting in luck. Leverkusen struggle to achieve success is like a fairy tale, even more complete if they succeed in winning the Europa League.

Leverkusen success story in domestic competition this season even surpasses the beautiful story recorded by Leicester City in the Premier League in the 2015-2016 season, where in my opinion Leverkusen has a big chance of adding 2 other trophies. They have succeeded in changing the club history by winning the Bundesliga trophy, and it would all be extraordinary if they managed to win two other trophies again, especially if they were able to continue to maintain their unbeaten record. It is appropriate for someone within the club to make a statue for Xabi Alonso, for what he has presented this season.

Xabiis deserving of every accolades he gets and even more and this has been the very productive season for Leverkusen all because of his efforts which he invested in them, Leverkusen is a team that wasn't actually even rated in the bundesliga, they were like every other average team and even hardly gets to qualify for.the champions league but now not only are they winning the trophy but will be at the champions league next season.

Leverkusen is now a very formidable team in the bundesliga and all thanks to Xabi it's more like he made it possible when almost no one believed it could be possible and achieved with this team and now here they are having achieving so much with out having to buy big names or even getting a very big paid coach who's categorized as world class, his xabis performance this season alone can actually take him.to.the elevation of a world class Coach and ofcourse if he moves from Leverkusen he's definitely getting higher pay than he's got back here in Leverkusen because this is his starting point where he had to show what he's gat.

The fact they they have been able to remain unbeaten this long this season is even enough to say Xabi has been actually exceptional with them because it's only rare that he will be able to achieve this as a first time coach and with an average team who's not got big names with which we could say had been the reason he's may have been able to have achieved that much, it was more of a very organic build up till he got the achievement.