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Bye Fergie Time, hello Alonso Time
Hindustan Times
|December 12, 2024
KOLKATA: The second season, according to Manolo Marquez, can be more difficult. "Now, they are the surprise of the league; next year all the people will know these players," he had said after getting Hyderabad FC to punch above their weight in his first Indian Super League season. Next season, Marquez won ISL with Hyderabad.
After becoming the first team to win Bundesliga unbeaten, bagging a German double and their only defeat in a 52-game season coming in the Europa League final, Xabi Alonso would be wary of the second-season blues his fellow Spaniard was talking about. Leicester City finished 12th one season after winning the Premier League, Napoli were 10th after ending a 33-year wait for the Serie A and following their fairytale thirdplace finish in La Liga last term, Girona are now ninth. Mocked as Bayer Never-kusen for their inability to close out Bundesliga seasons -they were runners-up five times before the jinx was broken in 2023-24-it could have been the same with Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen.
Like Marquez, who moved to FC Goa after three successful seasons with Hyderabad and now has the dual responsibility of managing India, Alonso has coped well.
From remaining unbeaten for 361 days, Leverkusen have already lost twice so "Never-lusen" is not happening but they are third in Bundesliga and second in the Champions League.
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