The Rising Power of Bayer Leverkusen Under Xabi Alonso

at 07:00 by Cristiano Corbo

In the blender of days that follow one another, of controversies, of speeches about the future, the images of the Leverkusen and they seem from another planet. Too good to be true. That group is too strong not to analyze it from top to bottom, from start to finish. Beyond Xabi Alonsowhich also plays a crucial role in that miracle.

Now: apart from Wirtz, born in 2003 and already a successful project of a champion, the Bayer It has about ten pretty good players. Practically everyone under thirty, starting from Frimpong – born in 2000 – and the great Juventus goal Alejandro Grimaldo, until last summer at Benfica. Then Palacios (1998) e Boniface (2000). Among others, two power plants such as Tapsoba e Emphasis.

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They are a strong team, though Transfer market even 100 million more than the Juventus. Yet 400 million less than Bayern Of Tuchelnever really been able to keep pace and comparison.

Before the Bundesliga title, Bayer, initially coached by Seoane (which lasts eight days) was worth around 450 million, 50 less than the Bianconeri and less than half of Bayern Munich. Then it arrived Xabi Alonso. He put everything in order in three quarters of a year, and in the second full year he brought out some pearls.

Of the players mentioned previously, two new faces: Grimaldo it was a certainty, but Boniface he came from just one year of Union Saint-Gilloise, with 7 goals in the Belgian championship and a good run in the Europa League.

All this, to say what? What a coach creates value. What a coach he is important. What a coach he is decisive. Especially when it leads game, idea, innovation. The direct consequence? Not necessarily victory, but one strong mentality. Starting from here, you can go further. You can end up far away.

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