{"id":37485,"date":"2024-11-30T05:25:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T02:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=37485"},"modified":"2024-11-30T05:25:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T02:25:49","slug":"alonso-leverkusen-keen-to-maintain-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/30\/alonso-leverkusen-keen-to-maintain-form\/","title":{"rendered":"Alonso: Leverkusen Keen to Maintain Form"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-a:r-2953847491228837096-content\" class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Xabi Alonso, the manager of Bayer Leverkusen, said on Friday that his team is eager to prove their return to form with a win over Union Berlin in the German Bundesliga on Saturday, aiming for a third consecutive victory in all competitions.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Leverkusen, last season&#8217;s undefeated Bundesliga champions and DFB-Pokal winners, won 5-2 against Heidenheim in the league before scoring five more goals in a 5-0 win over Salzburg in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Despite this, Leverkusen has only achieved three consecutive wins in all competitions once this season, which was back in September.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Alonso told a press conference: \u201cWe want to get that good feeling back. After (the win over) Heidenheim, it was better, and certainly better after the Salzburg game. Tomorrow is a different match&#8230; but it\u2019s a good moment to show that after two good games, we can play a third good one in a row. I want to keep a clean sheet again on Saturday.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Leverkusen has won only one of its last four league matches and sits in fourth place with 20 points, 9 points behind leaders Bayern Munich, who face Borussia Dortmund on Saturday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Alonso added: \u201cWe expect something different against Union, and we will face a big challenge. We need to be ready for a match that requires physical strength.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Xabi Alonso, the manager of Bayer Leverkusen, said on Friday that his team is eager to prove their return to form with a win over Union Berlin in the German Bundesliga on Saturday, aiming for a third consecutive victory in all competitions. Leverkusen, last season&#8217;s undefeated Bundesliga champions and DFB-Pokal winners, won 5-2 against Heidenheim &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37485"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37486,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37485\/revisions\/37486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}