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Alonso: Freiburg rout ‘not as easy as it seemed’ for Leverkusen

Xabi Alonso praised Bayer Leverkusen's professionalism during the 5-1 defeat to Freiburg. The reigning Bundesliga champions brought down the curtain on a memorable 2024 in dominant fashion at the BayArena. Patrik Schick scored four times while Florian Wirtz was also on target as second-place Leverkusen closed the gap on leaders Bayern Munich to four points

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Alonso: DFB-Pokal tie with Bayern ‘almost a final’ for Leverkusen

Xabi Alonso considers Bayer Leverkusen's DFB-Pokal match against Bayern Munich as “a final”. Holders Leverkusen, who also won the Bundesliga last season, will visit Bayern in the last 16 on Tuesday. Leverkusen have failed to maintain the impeccable form they showed on home soil last season, despite losing just one league match. They are seven

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Leverkusen were ‘bullied’ early on in Heidenheim win, says Alonso

Bayer Leverkusen manager Xabi Alonso was critical of his team's poor start in their 5-2 comeback win over Heidenheim on Saturday. The current Bundesliga champions scored two goals in the opening 21 minutes at the BayArena before fighting back to put the visitors under pressure. The teams went level at half-time, with Patrik Schick completing

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‘It’s a shame’ – Alonso confirms Leverkusen’s Boniface out with thigh injury

Bayer Leverkusen boss Xabi Alonso confirmed that Victor Boniface will be sidelined for some time after suffering a thigh injury while on international duty with Nigeria. Boniface, who has scored eight goals in 15 games in all competitions this season, was substituted late in the Super Eagles' 2-1 defeat to Rwanda on Monday. It is

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Struggling Man Utd misfit may miss out on January transfer thanks to Xabi Alonso

Joshua ZIrkzee could miss out on a move to Juventus in January thanks to Xabi Alonso's decision to reduce Patrick Schick's role at Bayer Leverkusen. The Italian giants are assessing their options in the final third and are looking to add reinforcements to ease the pressure on Dusan Vlahovic. An injury to Arkadiusz Milik will

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RM target Alonso yet to decide future, Basque manager to reject rumours publicly

Bayer Leverkusen not only has a range of players who will catch the eye of the European giants next summer, but is also arguably Europe's most coveted manager. Xabi Alonso has been tipped to leave Die Werkself to join Real Madrid next summer, but the Basque manager has done no such thing. At least that

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RM target Alonso yet to decide future, Basque manager to reject rumours publicly

Bayer Leverkusen not only has a range of players who will catch the eye of the European giants next summer, but is also arguably Europe's most coveted manager. Xabi Alonso has been tipped to leave Die Werkself to join Real Madrid next summer, but the Basque manager has done no such thing. At least that

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