Xabi Alonso confident Leverkusen can finish season with Europa League win in Dublin

Xabi Alonso expects his relentless Bayer Leverkusen team’s high standards to win the Europa League final as the hunger for success has propelled them to the brink of a remarkable invincible season.

The former Spain international, who has overseen 51 matches without defeat, is two wins away from an incredible undefeated treble-winning campaign.

Having already wrapped up the club’s first Bundesliga title in their history, the ex-Liverpool, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid midfielder has “a good feeling it is not going to be different” against Atalanta in Dublin.

“We have been preparing for this moment through all the year, it is not just a two-day job,” said Alonso.