Xabi Alonso: ‘Not winning treble with Bayer Leverkusen will make me a better manager’
CNN
In life, as in football, it’s often said that it’s not the destination, it’s the journey.
In life, as in soccer, it’s often said that it’s not the destination, it’s the journey. Xabi Alonso and Bayer Leverkusen are a living, breathing testament to that. This season, they’ve taken their fans on a journey the likes of which they could only have dreamed about. A season which has defied all expectations, rewritten the history books and set new standards the likes of which the modern European game has never witnessed before. An unprecedented unbeaten domestic league season and two trophies have led to a full rebrand from the derided ‘Neverkusen’ to the lauded ‘Neverlusen.’ “For sure, it’s been quite a journey […] Very challenging, very demanding,” Alonso told CNN Sport’s Amanda Davies at the inaugural Globe Soccer Awards Europe Edition in Sardinia, Italy.
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