Liga Champions: Xabi Alonso Tak Sabar Balik ke Anfield
Bayer Leverkusen dijadwalkan akan tandang ke markas Liverpool di fase awal Liga Champions. Pelatih Xabi Alonso tak sabar kembali ke Anfield.
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Bayer Leverkusen dijadwalkan akan tandang ke markas Liverpool di fase awal Liga Champions. Pelatih Xabi Alonso tak sabar kembali ke Anfield.
Defending Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen face the first true test of their title defence when they host RB Leipzig on Saturday. Unbeaten in Germany last season, Xabi Alonso's side have battled to narrow wins in the German Supercup, German Cup and in their Bundesliga opener this season. In Leipzig, they face a title rival for the first time. The two league fixtures between the clubs last season proved crucial milestones in Leverkusen's breakthrough title.
Holders Real Madrid will face Liverpool away and host Borussia Dortmund in a repeat of last season's final in the league stage of the new-look Champions League, the draw for which took place on Thursday. Every team will play eight games against eight different opponents in the new format of Europe's elite club competition, with all 36 clubs now pooled together into one league rather than split into groups. Madrid, who have signed France superstar Kylian Mbappe since winning a record-extending 15th European Cup, will also notably play AC Milan at home and will go to Atalanta.
Liverpool have been drawn to face Real Madrid as part of the Champions League's revamped 36-team league format, while Barcelona head coach Hansi Flick will return to Germany to face his former employers Bayern Munich.
Bayer Leverkusen lagi-lagi comeback untuk mengalahkan lawannya. Pelatih Xabi Alonso sampai bingung dibuatnya.
Granit Xhaka praised his side's "pure mentality" as Florian Wirtz's goal in the 11th minute of stoppage time snatched a 3-2 win for reigning champions Bayer Leverkusen at Borussia Moenchengladbach in Friday's Bundesliga opener. Leverkusen were cruising at half-time, after a Xhaka stunner and a Wirtz goal gave Xabi Alonso's side a two-goal lead. With rain teeming down at Gladbach's Borussia Park, Nico Elvedi brought the hosts closer with a 59th-minute strike before newcomer Tim Kleindienst levelled the scores with five minutes remaining.
MOENCHENGLADBACH, Germany : Bayer Leverkusen manager Xabi Alonso asked for more character after his side beat Borussia Moenchengladbach 3-2 in the Bundesliga season opener on Friday through yet another stoppage-time winner.
Bayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso said Thursday that Bayern Munich are the Bundesliga title favourites this season, despite his side's incredible league and cup double last campaign. "For me, the favourites are Bayern, that's clear," Alonso said at a press conference ahead of Friday's Bundesliga season opener away at Borussia Moenchengladbach. "Our goal is to stay in the top four. That's realistic -- we have a good squad."