Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread

[Hirose UK]

Players who suffer injuries will certainly greatly affect the team's performance, although it is not comprehensive, there are definitely things that make them lose control. I'm sure there will be a time when this team experiences this and until that happens they will be fine without any problems. The rivalry between Leverkusen and Bayern Munich will always be a hot topic of conversation and both of them are the teams most likely to win. Dortmund this time is not like the previous season and it looks like they will not participate in the race for the title considering their erratic performance.

The rivalry of these clubs for the Bundesliga title are on different titles this season, we just pray and hope for our favorite clubs to win games and lift major trophies. Borrusia Dortmund doesn't suit into the high competitive standards set up by Leverkusen and Munich. A club performance depends on the key players abilities and the tactics implemented by the coach. Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich players doesn't sustained any critical injuries and if they do, the club have backup players and they're holding for for incredible performance this season.

But, if they can keep their players fine, then of course the competition between Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen will continue until the end of the season. I personally don't expect any serious injuries from these two teams at the moment, because of course so far they can still get good results because their players are still fine. Therefore, of course it would be very unfortunate if, for example, one of the teams got an injury to a key player, then that team would likely be out of title competition. But interestingly, after last match Bayer Leverkusen drew against Dortmund and in the next match Bayer Leverkusen will play against Stuttgart. Basically, Bayer Leverkusen at this moment is at least faced with several matches with difficult opponents . So yes, at this moment Bayer Leverkusen faces a challenge which remains difficult of course.

Indeed, the two team Bayern Munich and Leverkusen are the strongest candidates at the moment. If both of them have stable performance and can continue to consistently play well without the problem of injured core players, perhaps the competition can last until the end of the season.
So far the two team have always competed to get full points from every win in the match they have played, but Bayern Munich is team that is full of serious pressure because they also have to focus on the UCL, not just the Bundesliga.
This is an opportunity for Leverkusen to stay far above Bayern Munich because every team that can play well in the UCL and focus there will definitely experience some setbacks when playing in the Domestic League.
This season Bayern Munich has Harry Kane who always performs well and he is the only sticker player who has brought many wins to Bayern Munich with every goal and assist he creates.
Just look at the Bundesliga and UCL Kane has provided many wins for Bayern Munich, 18 goals and 5 assists for the Bundesliga.
The hope is that Kane doesn't get injured.

[RaltcoinsB]

Bayern Munich won't give up on hiring more players to improve the team and get in the better form while this team is currently in a good situation but they hired Bryan Zaragoza from Granada, this Spanish player recently scored two goals against Barcelona and now Bayern Munich spent 15 million euros for this player to Granada.

https://fcbayern.com/en/news/2023/12/introducing-bryan-zaragoza-bayerns-new-spanish-attacker

Bayern does not hesitate to invest in the future. When they made a transfer for the 22-year-old striker, I saw it as a move for the future. Harry Kane is working hard as a striker for Bayern, but he also needs a young backup striker. Bryan Zaragoza is a player with the quality to fill this gap. I think it is a good transfer for Bayern.

[Strongkored]

Borussia Dortmund will again face a quite difficult match because in the fourteenth week they will face Leipzig, previously in the DFB Cup they lost to Stuttgart and this match against Leipzig is quite important to shift their opponents who are at the level above them in the standings.
Both teams get the same odds @ 2.50, so this shows that the match will be quite even with all the possibilities that can happen.
Dortmund as the home team will try to win this match because in the previous five matches they have lost quite a lot of points which makes their position continue to fall, but Liepzig also has a chance to get points, but my prediction is that Dortmund will get 3 points because they are quite good when playing. home matches, and their only defeat this season was at home against Bayern Munich

[Ryu_Ar1]

Unfortunately for Leverkusen, they can widen the gap with Bayern. They dropped points when they were held to a draw by Dortmund. Bayern will be determined to regain the top spot, but even if that happens, they will still be level on points in the rankings. Leverkusen are not allowed to make any mistakes again because Bayern is in relatively good form compared to the beginning of the season. Leverkusen is hoping this season can overthrow the Bayern empire that has always dominated this tournament. They need to try to make this arena more interesting. That's something Dortmund failed to do last season.

Their busy schedule makes Leverkusen have to be smart in player rotation and even though they cannot increase the distance with Bayern but this one point is still very useful for them and still very good especially the opponent they face is Dortmund.
Now if you look at some of the schedules they have where they have to play in the Europa League, Bundesliga and DFB with a fairly close vulnerability makes this a little complicated for Leverkusen themselves and I think it would be better if they don't force this too much because this could get worse. Leverkusen must give up at least one competition so that they can be consistent in the other 2 competitions because with the current situation, it could interfere with the performance when the schedule is tight and overworks the players.

[Jody.Drummer]

It is worrying to see Union Berlin at the bottom of the table, they are the club that has suffered the most defeats with 9 defeats recorded. Last season they were a club that could compete at the top of the table and they were actually very troublesome at the start of the season. But when entering the new season, they lost everything they showed last season. Losing several players is one of the reasons they have declined so much, and at the same time other clubs have improved.
The next match they will host Monchengladbach, I'm not sure they will be able to win.

[tusandii]

I also expected Leverkusen to win against Dortmund. Leverkusen performed well in this match as well. But they had bad luck so they failed to win. Throughout the match, we saw the dominance of Leverkusen's players. Dortmund only tightened their defense after scoring in just 5 minutes. On the other hand, Leverkusen's players played completely attacking. But it was not easy for Leverkusen to break Dortmund's 10-man defense. Leverkusen still managed to get 1 point in the end. The top spot in the points table is still occupied by Leverkusen.

I think it was luck that Leverkusen was able to get 1 score in the second half after being 1 point behind in the first half and initially I thought Dortmund could win because even though Leverkusen often attacked, I didn't doubt Dortmund's defensive performance which is known to have a strong defense and fortunately Boniface was able to looked for a gap to score and managed to maintain their position and after a draw both clubs seemed to maintain their score equally and in short order both clubs strengthened their defense, especially Leverkusen who did not want to lose the match.
This draw still gives first place in the points table but I don't think Leverkusen position is safe.

[laurenB7742]

It is worrying to see Union Berlin at the bottom of the table, they are the club that has suffered the most defeats with 9 defeats recorded. Last season they were a club that could compete at the top of the table and they were actually very troublesome at the start of the season. But when entering the new season, they lost everything they showed last season. Losing several players is one of the reasons they have declined so much, and at the same time other clubs have improved.
The next match they will host Monchengladbach, I'm not sure they will be able to win.

Union Berlin topped the points table for a long time in the previous season. They played very well last season. Because of this, fans expected a better performance from Union Berlin this season. But their performance has been very disappointing this season. They are performing badly in every match. And Bundesliga qualification is unlikely to be achieved by this team. They have won only two out of 12 matches. I can't remember the last time this team won. It will be difficult for Union Berlin to win against Gladbach. The gladbach team can be considered as the favorite in this match.

[X-ray]

Before facing Stuttgart, Bayern Leverkusen will play DFB Pokal round of 16 against Bundesliga 2 teams Paderborn and Xabi Alonso will make many rotation for this match, have bad result on last match after draw against Dortmund and make points difference on current standings from Bayern Munich become three points left with Bayern have one match more than Leverkusen.
Stuttgart is strong teams with quit well performance in this season, they are on 3rd standings position awhile and have very good statistic won 10 of 13 Bundesliga matches, must be careful for Bayern Leverkusen how not loss points again if want keep in tittle race with Bayern Munich. Loss points on next match seems will give chance for Bayern Munich get their first standings back and Leverkusen have dropped to 2nd place.

At this point, Xabi will definitely have to make his preference before which he is going to apply his tactics and strategy for his players so as to still get desired results and maintain position in vital leagues where he really aims to get the best out of, that will be the only way to pull through this tight fixture while still maintaining relevance.

If Xabi is to use his full squad in every of these fixtures within this short period of time, he should be sure to have cases of fatigue and of cos which will result in their performance not been optimal as expected. Stuttgart will sure turn a hard nut to crack because they are currently in a good form which will require xabis team to be at their best if they must maintain their unbeaten record by the end of this match. It's important Xabi maintains the top position because any further drop of point will cost him his position and definitely reduce his chances of further clinging to the league title by the end of the season.

Xabi Alonso have done impressively well for Bayern Leverkusen so far and I must say that he has been a good manager and should he continue in this awesome performance for Bayern Leverkusen he will really be attracted by bigger clubs to sign him as their manager, he has done a great job for Bayern Leverkusen and I believe they may really be up to something this season.

He was an amazing coach. He was able to bring back leverkusen at the top position in bundesliga after it was almost being relegated last season due to the horrible performance under the old coach. I hope xabi will be going to the EPL.
Chelsea can start to eye him as a new coach which will be very good choice for the club. Chelsea is always struggling with the new coach and its performance never improve.
Chelsea is still in the same position right now and i expect pochettino to be sacked before the end of season. It's very important for Chelsea to get a new coach like xabi which was able to bring the club to go up again.

[Velvet78]

We didn't see a big rotation from Leverkusen in their DFB Pokal game against Paderborn yesterday. The strongest rotation was in the defense line as the goalkeeper and defenders were all different than their previous league game. The rest of the lineup was pretty much the same. They got a decent win and moved on there.

Stuttgart played a much more difficult game against Dortmund on paper. However I was still expecting them to eliminate Dortmund and they really did it.    Stuttgart are in a better condition than Dortmund now and I expect them to be very ambitious in the DFB Pokal cup as well.

[Republikcoin.com]

We didn't see a big rotation from Leverkusen in their DFB Pokal game against Paderborn yesterday. The strongest rotation was in the defense line as the goalkeeper and defenders were all different than their previous league game. The rest of the lineup was pretty much the same. They got a decent win and moved on there.

Stuttgart played a much more difficult game against Dortmund on paper. However I was still expecting them to eliminate Dortmund and they really did it.    Stuttgart are in a better condition than Dortmund now and I expect them to be very ambitious in the DFB Pokal cup as well.

Leverkusen was very serious about this match even though the opponent they faced was a weak team so Xabi Alonso didn't make many rotations, this was a fairly natural win.
And in the Stuttgart versus Dotmund match, I was a little surprised because Dortmund didn't seem to prepare this match well even though Stuttgart is a very strong team this season, Dortmund should be able to field all its main players.

[mattujusuruga]

Before facing Stuttgart, Bayern Leverkusen will play DFB Pokal round of 16 against Bundesliga 2 teams Paderborn and Xabi Alonso will make many rotation for this match, have bad result on last match after draw against Dortmund and make points difference on current standings from Bayern Munich become three points left with Bayern have one match more than Leverkusen.
Stuttgart is strong teams with quit well performance in this season, they are on 3rd standings position awhile and have very good statistic won 10 of 13 Bundesliga matches, must be careful for Bayern Leverkusen how not loss points again if want keep in tittle race with Bayern Munich. Loss points on next match seems will give chance for Bayern Munich get their first standings back and Leverkusen have dropped to 2nd place.

At this point, Xabi will definitely have to make his preference before which he is going to apply his tactics and strategy for his players so as to still get desired results and maintain position in vital leagues where he really aims to get the best out of, that will be the only way to pull through this tight fixture while still maintaining relevance.

If Xabi is to use his full squad in every of these fixtures within this short period of time, he should be sure to have cases of fatigue and of cos which will result in their performance not been optimal as expected. Stuttgart will sure turn a hard nut to crack because they are currently in a good form which will require xabis team to be at their best if they must maintain their unbeaten record by the end of this match. It's important Xabi maintains the top position because any further drop of point will cost him his position and definitely reduce his chances of further clinging to the league title by the end of the season.

Xabi Alonso have done impressively well for Bayern Leverkusen so far and I must say that he has been a good manager and should he continue in this awesome performance for Bayern Leverkusen he will really be attracted by bigger clubs to sign him as their manager, he has done a great job for Bayern Leverkusen and I believe they may really be up to something this season.

He was an amazing coach. He was able to bring back leverkusen at the top position in bundesliga after it was almost being relegated last season due to the horrible performance under the old coach. I hope xabi will be going to the EPL.
Chelsea can start to eye him as a new coach which will be very good choice for the club. Chelsea is always struggling with the new coach and its performance never improve.
Chelsea is still in the same position right now and i expect pochettino to be sacked before the end of season. It's very important for Chelsea to get a new coach like xabi which was able to bring the club to go up again.

I think that even if Xabi Alonso leaves Leverkusen, it is likely that he will go to Real Madrid, especially since Real Madrid have long been targeting him as a replacement for Ancelotti, whose contract expires next season. Moreover, Xabi Alonso is a former Real Madrid player so he already knows Real Madrid's culture very well. Even though Chelsea are also looking at him, I'm not sure if Xabi Alonso will accept their offer.

I don't think Pochettino will be fired this season because Chelsea's target is not to win the title this season, especially after Chelsea overhauled the team on a large scale and Chelsea has a lot of young players with very little experience, so Pochettino's job is to build this team to be more solid first. so that next season Chelsea can compete for the title or at least be able to appear again in European competitions.

[puloweh555]

He was an amazing coach. He was able to bring back leverkusen at the top position in bundesliga after it was almost being relegated last season due to the horrible performance under the old coach. I hope xabi will be going to the EPL.
Chelsea can start to eye him as a new coach which will be very good choice for the club. Chelsea is always struggling with the new coach and its performance never improve.
Chelsea is still in the same position right now and i expect pochettino to be sacked before the end of season. It's very important for Chelsea to get a new coach like xabi which was able to bring the club to go up again.

Agree. Coach Xabi Alanso has been an extraordinary coach recently with Leverkusen because he succeeded in lifting Leverkusen from downturn. You could say he's the type of person who likes processes rather than instant ones, even though he can do it. He is looking for experience as a coach starting from the bottom, worthy of emulation by other prospective coaches. Just look at the example. The difference in the mindset of Lampard and Xabi Alonso is that Lampard is too confident in coaching a big team even though his experience as a coach has not been tested. Meanwhile, Xabi Alonso prefers to gain experience by starting from scratch as a coach, little by little building his team. For me he is the best potential coach in the future.

His work as a coach has made many owners interested in using his services, as Chelsea said, they are also interested in his services. But personally, as a Real Madrid fan, I hope he can replace Ancelotti at Real Madrid, who will reportedly leave after the end of this season to coach Brazil.

[borovichok]

Agree. Coach Xabi Alanso has been an extraordinary coach recently with Leverkusen because he succeeded in lifting Leverkusen from downturn. You could say he's the type of person who likes processes rather than instant ones, even though he can do it. He is looking for experience as a coach starting from the bottom, worthy of emulation by other prospective coaches. Just look at the example. The difference in the mindset of Lampard and Xabi Alonso is that Lampard is too confident in coaching a big team even though his experience as a coach has not been tested. Meanwhile, Xabi Alonso prefers to gain experience by starting from scratch as a coach, little by little building his team. For me he is the best potential coach in the future.

His work as a coach has made many owners interested in using his services, as Chelsea said, they are also interested in his services. But personally, as a Real Madrid fan, I hope he can replace Ancelotti at Real Madrid, who will reportedly leave after the end of this season to coach Brazil.

Bayer Leverkusen board picked the right choice when they appointed Xabi Alonso as headcoach and his project for the club have been working smoothly. Bayer Leverkusen topping with 35 points and Bayern Munich who happens to be the very competitive contender for the Bundesliga title accumulates 32 points. Xabi Alonso will not give up, probably not now because there's a whole course of tasks to handle this season, winning becomes the ultimate target for the club and remember, they're on unbeaten run this season and hoped for winning the title.

[Josefjix]

Leverkusen was very serious about this match even though the opponent they faced was a weak team so Xabi Alonso didn't make many rotations, this was a fairly natural win.
And in the Stuttgart versus Dotmund match, I was a little surprised because Dortmund didn't seem to prepare this match well even though Stuttgart is a very strong team this season, Dortmund should be able to field all its main players.

Dortmund did try to break the record which at the end of the day, they couldn't withstand the necessary pressure on them. Xabi Alonso held responsible for the brilliant performance of the club, he's been the resource and foundation planner for the winnings you see today for Leverkusen. They're now competing with Bundesliga Giant, not withstanding any problems but dealing with it to the very best this season. Bayer Leverkusen shared points in previous match played and they encounter Stuttgart currently, definitely a match that will brings winnings to the club and have them boosts back on tracks on thrilled victories.

[bering]

We didn't see a big rotation from Leverkusen in their DFB Pokal game against Paderborn yesterday. The strongest rotation was in the defense line as the goalkeeper and defenders were all different than their previous league game. The rest of the lineup was pretty much the same. They got a decent win and moved on there.

Stuttgart played a much more difficult game against Dortmund on paper. However I was still expecting them to eliminate Dortmund and they really did it.    Stuttgart are in a better condition than Dortmund now and I expect them to be very ambitious in the DFB Pokal cup as well.

Alonso was played at least 4 reserved players in this match mostly they are defender players and i think Alonso know well the reason why he rested all of Leverkusen defender players in this match because they will faced Stuggart this weekend and we all know currently Stuttgart as one of the team with the most goals in Bundesliga especially they have Sehrou Guirassy which is he was onfire this season so Alonso have to ensure all of Leverkusen defender players in the good fitness to facing the match against Stuttgart

Just like i said above because it will be very dangerous when facing Stuttgart if some of Levekusen players are not in the good fitness so i think the strategy when Alonso rested some of Leverkusen defender last night is right decision and the match will be very tight because if Sehrou Guirassy played since the beginning of match then this player have a potention to make Leverkusen defensive lines get in trouble however Stuttgart also had just get positive result on DFB Pokal because they were successfully to beat Dortmund at that competition

[Docnaster]

We didn't see a big rotation from Leverkusen in their DFB Pokal game against Paderborn yesterday. The strongest rotation was in the defense line as the goalkeeper and defenders were all different than their previous league game. The rest of the lineup was pretty much the same. They got a decent win and moved on there.

Stuttgart played a much more difficult game against Dortmund on paper. However I was still expecting them to eliminate Dortmund and they really did it.    Stuttgart are in a better condition than Dortmund now and I expect them to be very ambitious in the DFB Pokal cup as well.

Xabi Alonso values every competition his team are contesting in this season and that's why he didn't make much changes to the regular Bayer Leverkusen first team we've seen all season and was rewarded with a convincing win against Pederborn in the German DFB-Pokal yesterday. Bayer Leverkusen are one of the best German teams at the moment and reaching the final of the German cup this season wouldn't be a bad idea hence the strong squad that played in that game yesterday.

Stuttgart who faced a top Bundesliga club like Borussia Dortmund were able to win in their game yesterday and progress to the next round of the competition. Dortmund hasn't been as good as they were at the beginning of the season in the domestic games and must as a matter urgency improve their performance in other to finish the season in the top four of the German Bundesliga standings.

[rendravolt]

We didn't see a big rotation from Leverkusen in their DFB Pokal game against Paderborn yesterday. The strongest rotation was in the defense line as the goalkeeper and defenders were all different than their previous league game. The rest of the lineup was pretty much the same. They got a decent win and moved on there.

Stuttgart played a much more difficult game against Dortmund on paper. However I was still expecting them to eliminate Dortmund and they really did it.    Stuttgart are in a better condition than Dortmund now and I expect them to be very ambitious in the DFB Pokal cup as well.

I think even if Leverkusen uses second tier players they will still win and this is proven by winning by a 2 goal difference in the DFB Pokal match and this also continues Leverkusen's unbeaten trend in all competitions.

Stuttgart is still the strongest even though their opponent is Dortmund and perhaps no one would have expected if they beat Dortmund with a score of 2-0 without reply. Actually I expected Dortmund to be a little more serious in the DFB Pokal competition but it seems they also had difficulties against Stuttgart who are currently in their best form. This was Stuttgart's second win when they met Dortmund after previously they also managed to beat Dortmund in the Bundesliga three weeks ago.

[legendbtc]

Unfortunately for Leverkusen, they can widen the gap with Bayern. They dropped points when they were held to a draw by Dortmund. Bayern will be determined to regain the top spot, but even if that happens, they will still be level on points in the rankings. Leverkusen are not allowed to make any mistakes again because Bayern is in relatively good form compared to the beginning of the season. Leverkusen is hoping this season can overthrow the Bayern empire that has always dominated this tournament. They need to try to make this arena more interesting. That's something Dortmund failed to do last season.

Indeed, in the match against Dortmund they were unlucky, perhaps because Dortmund rested two days longer than Leverkusen, so fatigue was one of the factors that Leverkusen could not win, so in this match they had to draw. Of course, this draw is not good for Leverkusen because they cannot keep their distance from Bayern Munich, which is currently only three points apart and Bayern Munich still has a postponed match. If they win, their points will be equal.

The same point will make the Bundesliga more competitive, but is very vulnerable to the mental health of Leverkusen players. Will they be shaken by Bayer Munich's points? Because so far Bayern Munich's mentality has been tested, even though the competition is getting tougher, Bayern Munich will play more consistently. For Leverkusen, this is the first time they have been in a close position like this, hopefully they can continue to be consistent under the guidance of genius coach Xabi Alanso.

Bayern's focus will be entirely on the Champions League front. The race with Bayer Leverkusen is entering a tough phase, and Bayern is not allowed to stumble. They are focusing on the Bundesliga again. Xabi Alonso's army is playing too stably. Bayern may lose a lot of strength in the Champions League because it gathers big clubs in Europe. Leverkusen still has an advantage when they are not named in this tournament.
It's difficult for Bayern to win the Champions League and Bundesliga double. Leverkusen is putting a lot of pressure on them, not to mention that in the Champions League round, they will have to face teams that may be rated higher than them in terms of reputation and player quality.

[Smack That Ace]

Xabi Alonso have done impressively well for Bayern Leverkusen so far and I must say that he has been a good manager and should he continue in this awesome performance for Bayern Leverkusen he will really be attracted by bigger clubs to sign him as their manager, he has done a great job for Bayern Leverkusen and I believe they may really be up to something this season.

You're right. Xabi Alonso have done a great job in Leverkusen. He really improved Leverkusen to be a strong team in Germany League. They even become the candidate of the champion this season, they are leading Bundesliga table so far. They are unbeatable until now, this simply shows us that they are in the best condition under Xabi's management. Sure, this makes many top teams interested to hire Xabi Alonso. I ever heard the rumor that Real Madrid may consider to hire him as the successor of Ancelotti. But I think Xabi will prefer to stay in Leverkusen for few years. He needs to prove to all people that they can succeed with Leverkusen.

This team has improved a lot. Honestly, the improvement has been really good but I will say at this moment Bayern Munich are actually starting to respect them. There is a big chance that Bayer Leverkusen actually continues to improve, they are going to win the Bundesliga title. Don't forget that Harry Kane just came into the team, thinking that he will win the Bundesliga title without any problem. And he had to face this Bayer Leverkusen team this season. Imagine what will happen if Bayern Munich does not end up winning any trophy.

Regards

Duke

[Blitzboy]

Before facing Stuttgart, Bayern Leverkusen will play DFB Pokal round of 16 against Bundesliga 2 teams Paderborn and Xabi Alonso will make many rotation for this match, have bad result on last match after draw against Dortmund and make points difference on current standings from Bayern Munich become three points left with Bayern have one match more than Leverkusen.
Stuttgart is strong teams with quit well performance in this season, they are on 3rd standings position awhile and have very good statistic won 10 of 13 Bundesliga matches, must be careful for Bayern Leverkusen how not loss points again if want keep in tittle race with Bayern Munich. Loss points on next match seems will give chance for Bayern Munich get their first standings back and Leverkusen have dropped to 2nd place.

At this point, Xabi will definitely have to make his preference before which he is going to apply his tactics and strategy for his players so as to still get desired results and maintain position in vital leagues where he really aims to get the best out of, that will be the only way to pull through this tight fixture while still maintaining relevance.

If Xabi is to use his full squad in every of these fixtures within this short period of time, he should be sure to have cases of fatigue and of cos which will result in their performance not been optimal as expected. Stuttgart will sure turn a hard nut to crack because they are currently in a good form which will require xabis team to be at their best if they must maintain their unbeaten record by the end of this match. It's important Xabi maintains the top position because any further drop of point will cost him his position and definitely reduce his chances of further clinging to the league title by the end of the season.

Xabi Alonso have done impressively well for Bayern Leverkusen so far and I must say that he has been a good manager and should he continue in this awesome performance for Bayern Leverkusen he will really be attracted by bigger clubs to sign him as their manager, he has done a great job for Bayern Leverkusen and I believe they may really be up to something this season.

I agree with your assessment of Xabi Alonso's impact at Leverkusen. He showed his strategy in the Dortmund game. Coming back from a goal behind and drawing Dortmund is no easy accomplishment. He knows the game well, combining his playing background with new managerial strategies. Thanks to him, Leverkusen might change things this season. I wouldnt be shocked if bigger clubs want Alonso as a manager. He's showing exceptional tactical acumen and leadership. Alonso will be a hot coach if Leverkusen sustains this form. A coaching star may be emerging.