{"id":38482,"date":"2024-12-13T21:08:21","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T18:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=38482"},"modified":"2024-12-13T21:08:21","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T18:08:21","slug":"alonso-concerned-about-facing-augsburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/13\/alonso-concerned-about-facing-augsburg\/","title":{"rendered":"Alonso: Concerned About Facing Augsburg"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Bayer Leverkusen, reigning Bundesliga champions, aim to continue their six-game winning streak across all competitions as they face Augsburg away on Saturday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Although Augsburg currently sits 13th in the league, they\u2019ve only lost once in seven home matches this season, including a win over Borussia Dortmund in October and draws against Wolfsburg and Eintracht Frankfurt.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Last season, Leverkusen narrowly avoided a goalless draw with Augsburg, with Exequiel Palacios securing a late winner. In the prior season, Augsburg defeated them 1\u20130 at home.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso acknowledged the challenge, saying on Friday: &#8220;We\u2019ve seen in recent visits that playing in Augsburg is never easy.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Leverkusen, fresh off a 1\u20130 Champions League victory over Inter Milan on Tuesday, currently stands third in the league with 26 points, seven behind leaders Bayern Munich. This position reflects a recovery from five frustrating draws between September and November, with the team now riding a three-game Bundesliga winning streak.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Alonso emphasized the importance of maintaining focus: &#8220;The Bundesliga is our top priority. Every match is critical and challenging. Right now, we&#8217;re managing our focus and momentum very well\u2014not just performing well on the pitch but maintaining a strong mentality.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">With the winter break approaching, Alonso is determined to sustain the team&#8217;s high performance: &#8220;We want to bring our best to every match, especially against a strong opponent like Augsburg.&#8221;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bayer Leverkusen, reigning Bundesliga champions, aim to continue their six-game winning streak across all competitions as they face Augsburg away on Saturday. Although Augsburg currently sits 13th in the league, they\u2019ve only lost once in seven home matches this season, including a win over Borussia Dortmund in October and draws against Wolfsburg and Eintracht Frankfurt. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38482","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\/38482","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=38482"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38488,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38482\/revisions\/38488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}