2024-05-26 16:12:09
After the triumph within the DFB Cup, Xabi Alonso celebrated with reduction. He had excessive reward for his double heroes.
Xabi Alonso was wanting ahead to “German beer” to rejoice this particular night – and praised his double heroes extremely. “It was a dream season. It is extremely particular for us to be celebrating right here,” mentioned the profitable coach of Bayer Leverkusen after the 1-0 (1-0) win within the DFB Cup remaining towards 1. FC Kaiserslautern: “We now have to take pleasure in it. The double is completely deserved and an excellent, nice success.”
Granit Xhaka (sixteenth) scored for Leverkusen to make it 1-0, however as Odilon Kossounou (forty fourth, yellow-red) was despatched off, the German champions needed to play with a person down for a very long time. “We confirmed nice staff spirit,” mentioned Alonso on ARD: “We performed effectively, crucial factor was the staff’s perception. They had been able to battle with ten gamers, they did an excellent job, I am very pleased with the staff.”
FCK coach Friedhelm Funkel, however, was a bit of disenchanted. “We’re after all disenchanted that we did not handle to equalize,” mentioned the coach, who shall be leaving the second division membership: “However I’m pleased with my staff, how they carried out and the way disciplined they performed.”
His staff “introduced all the pieces onto the pitch, however in the long run they had been a bit of bit unfortunate,” mentioned Funkel. As well as, one ought to “not overlook” that Leverkusen had a number of good alternatives to attain a second objective. The 70-year-old didn’t rule out persevering with his profession, however he pressured that he’s now wanting ahead to a break.