Liverpool goal Xabi Alonso made Leverkusen star say ‘f***ing hell’ in coaching
Xabi Alonso has been hailed as a “wonderful person” by an impressed member of his Bayer Leverkusen squad.
With Jurgen Klopp leaving his place as Liverpool supervisor on the finish of this season, there’s widespread hypothesis as to whom will succeed him. After years of success going head-to-head with one of many biggest coaches soccer has seen in Manchester City chief Pep Guardiola, whomever takes over from the German has an enormous process on their palms.
However, there aren’t many higher jobs on the market than the Anfield helm at current, and former Liverpool hero Alonso is being strongly tipped to be their new man on the touchline. Alonso has guided Leverkusen to a 10-point Bundesliga lead over Bayern Munich – the place the Spaniard ended his taking part in profession – and his aspect are nonetheless but to be crushed in all competitions this season.
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The 42-year-old seems set to be the following large factor in teaching. And Leverkusen goalkeeper Patrick Pentz, at present on mortgage at Brondby in Denmark, solely has good issues to say about his boss.
“He is a wonderful person,” Pentz informed Tipsbladet. “He talks rather a lot and makes you are feeling vital to the staff, even if you happen to don’t play many minutes. It’s simply nice to see him on the sector when he trains. He hasn’t misplaced the ball but after we play ‘rondo’ and it’s simply nice to see a participant like him on the sector as a result of he’s simply an enormous legend.”
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Alonso made 143 appearances for Liverpool and received the Champions League and FA Cup throughout his time there. And Pentz additionally recalled a time when Alonso confirmed off his “incredible” pure footballing capacity in a single specific coaching session.
“We sat on the grass around the halfway line and Sardar Azmoun tried to hit a small goal from about 40 metres away,” Pentz stated. “He tried 4, 5 instances. Then the coach got here and Kerem Demirbay stated, ‘Coach, you try’ and threw the ball to him, and Alonso half-volleyed the ball completely into the center of the small aim.
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“We said, ‘f***ing hell – this guy is just a baller’ and he was just like, ‘Yep, that’s normal for me.’ I’ll never forget it because it just shows his class.
“The feeling of his foot hitting the ball. I could try it all day and I might hit it once out of 20 attempts. On his first try he half-volleyed it, and it was just incredible.”
