Xabi Alonso He definitely says goodbye this Saturday of the Bayer Leverkusen Before assuming the bench Real Madrid. And you can do it by establishing a new record in the Bundesliga, although it has not been able to revalidate the historic title achieved last season.
The Leverkusen, with second place after the champion Bayern Munich already insured and the consequent classification for the Champions League, visit a Manz, Sixth in the table, which aspires to confirm the European square that now occupies.
Two seasons without losing at home, the challenge
An easy game for the Leverkusen, which will have the incentive of becoming the first team that chains 34 consecutive games as a visitor without knowing the defeat, that is, those corresponding to the previous one and the present seasons in its entirety.
That is to say, Xabi Alonso You can leave the Leverkusen, which it reached in 2023, without having lost a single meeting outside the Bundesliga house in its two seasons on its bench.
The Bayern record matched
The Leverkusen achieved last year the double Bundesliga-Copa without knowing the defeat and in the current Bayern Munich of 33 games in a row without losing.
“It will be very, very significant if we succeed,” Today Xabi Alonso highlighted at the press conference prior to the party. “Completing two whole seasons without a defeat away from home is special, but it will not be easy. But we want to try until the last day.”
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“We had enough time to say goodbye, so we want to end up with good feelings for everyone,” Xabi Alonso assured, who last Sunday was fired in a big way by the fans of Leverkusen after the game against the Borussia Dortmund In Bayarena.
Xabi Alonso did not want to confirm his imminent march to Real Madrid: “I think it is good to finish things well and that there is an adequate moment for everything.”
