What Borussia Dortmund Need to Learn From Bayer Leverkusen?s Success
If Xabi Alonso is flying the plane, then Simon Rolfes is the one who built it. | Photo by Sebastian El-Saqqa - firo sportphoto/Getty Images
Leverkusen?s incredible season is the culmination of years of sporting decisions. Here are some lessons for BVB. Bayer Leverkusen are taking the footballing world by storm. They have now gone 33 matches undefeated in all competitions, a record for a German club, and seem perched to break Bayern Munich?s interminable run of Bundesliga championships. They are playing dominant, breathtaking football that is a joy to watch. They remain active in the DFB-Pokal and the Europa League, meaning a double or even a treble remain in the cards.
Leverkusen have done all of this with resources that pale in comparison to Bayern Munich and even Borussia Dortmund. The key question is how. If Dortmund can figure out how Leverkusen managed to build such a world-beating squad, then perhaps they could emulate it and attempt to build a similar squad for themselves. Much of the focus seems to be on manager Xabi Alonso, and a narrative seems to be forming that he is taking a merely good squad and spinning them into the Galacticos all on his own. While Alonso is absolutely a world-class coach and I will sing his praises later in this article, I also think that focusing on Alonso does a massive disservice to years of hard work that Leverkusen Sporting Director Simon Rolfes and his staff have put into the squad. Taking a close look at ...
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