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Xabi Alonso - from a marvellous player

to a sublime manager

What an amazing time to be a Xabi Alonso has already made
football fan! On a dramatic April history and has a chance to etch
afternoon, Leverkusen secured his name into the history books
their place in history. An by achieving this unreal feat.
astounding 5-0 victory over The story behind this success is
Werder Bremen cemented their worth reading about, and I have
spot as Bundesliga champions tried my best to describe it in
for the first time, sparking wild this article.
celebrations in the BayArena.

The "Neverkusen" curse was Xabi Alonso’s career as a
finally broken, replaced by a footballer is nothing short of
sense of vindication. I could see brilliant. He has been a part of
the entire stadium being world-famous football clubs -
invaded by Leverkusen fans Real Madrid, Liverpool, and
after the historic win, which was Bayern Munich, having won
mind-blowing. many major accolades with
them.
In my opinion, Alonso as well as
Leverkusen should not be
content yet with their current

title win, as they still have a
huge possibility of converting
this league win into a treble - by
winning the Europa League as
well as the DFB Pokal (German He has also won many
Cup). international trophies, including
the FIFA World Cup, as a part of
the Spanish national football
team. There is a preconceived
notion that an amazing football
player doesn’t necessarily
become a great manager, and
Alonso has proven that wrong.

He has led Leverkusen to their
first-ever Bundesliga title - a
league that was being dominated
by league giants Bayern Munich
for more than a decade.

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