{"id":813718,"date":"2024-12-22T00:19:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-22T06:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/22\/alonso-freiburg-rout-not-as-easy-as-it-seemed-for-leverkusen\/"},"modified":"2024-12-22T00:19:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-22T06:19:34","slug":"alonso-freiburg-rout-not-as-easy-as-it-seemed-for-leverkusen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/22\/alonso-freiburg-rout-not-as-easy-as-it-seemed-for-leverkusen\/","title":{"rendered":"Alonso: Freiburg rout \u00b4not as easy as it seemed\u00b4 for Leverkusen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mmwebhandler.aff-online.com\/C\/35442?sr=155474&#038;anid=\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.soccernews.com\/wp-content\/themes\/SN\/images\/300x250_HR.gif\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Xabi Alonso saluted Bayer Leverkusen\u2019s professionalism during their 5-1 rout of Freiburg.<\/p>\n<p>The reigning Bundesliga champions brought the curtain down on a memorable 2024 in dominant fashion at BayArena.<\/p>\n<p>Patrik Schick scored four times while Florian Wirtz was also on target, as second-place Leverkusen cut the gap on leaders Bayern Munich to four points again heading into the winter break.<\/p>\n<p>Alonso chalked up his 50th win as a Bundesliga coach after just 75 matches, with only Pep Guardiola taking fewer such games to reach the half-century (61).<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the Leverkusen boss was adamant the contest was not as straightforward for his side as the scoreline suggested.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">50 \u2013 Xabi Alonso has won 50 of his 75 games as a Bundesliga coach to date \u2013 only Pep Guardiola earned his 50th Bundesliga win as a manager earlier (after 61 games). Boss. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/B04SCF?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#B04SCF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rZ4xJMJqD3\">pic.twitter.com\/rZ4xJMJqD3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OptaFranz (@OptaFranz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OptaFranz\/status\/1870550901737316636?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe result may have been spectacular and Patrik scored four goals, but the game was not as easy as it seemed,\u201d he told reporters. \u201cWe had a good opponent, and we had to prepare our actions intelligently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen a striker scores four goals, you can\u2019t complain. Patrik also does a lot of work off the ball and when he does that well, that\u2019s why he scores the goals. He helps the team, and they make chances for him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a very important victory for us today. We wanted to continue our sequence and go into the break with a good feeling. We managed that. We will continue to attack in the new year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat gives everyone a good feeling. We have big ambitions to continue fighting for our goals in 2025, and we want to achieve a lot together.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soccernews.com\/alonso-freiburg-rout-not-as-easy-as-it-seemed-for-leverkusen\/379790\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>SoccerNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Xabi Alonso saluted Bayer Leverkusen\u2019s professionalism during their 5-1 rout of Freiburg. The reigning Bundesliga champions brought the curtain down on a memorable 2024 in dominant fashion at BayArena. Patrik Schick scored four times while Florian Wirtz was also on target, as second-place Leverkusen cut the gap on leaders Bayern Munich to four points [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":813719,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34587,130566,2005],"tags":[11165,130565],"class_list":{"0":"post-813718","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-alonso","8":"category-freiburg","9":"category-soccer","10":"tag-alonso","11":"tag-freiburg"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=813718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=813718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=813718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=813718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}