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Last season, Arsenal led the way, but made a series of mistakes in the final stages, and were overtaken by Manchester City, and also achieved Manchester City's treble. In addition, last season's Bundesliga, Dortmund also led the way, but was tied by Bayern in the last round, relegated to second place with a goal difference, and also completed Bayern's eleven consecutive championships.
With the above two negative lessons, Bayer Leverkusen this season will definitely be more careful in the final stages. However, judging by the current trend, we do not see this tendency on the part of Leverkusen. Moreover, Bayer Leverkusen's goal is not only to win the Bundesliga title and break Bayern's monopoly that has lasted for more than a decade, in fact, they have even greater ambitions - the treble.
Of course, there is still a gap between this treble and last season's Manchester City's treble, after all, the Europa League cannot be compared with the Champions League. But Alonso, as a young coach born in the 80s, has such little coaching experience, if he can really win the treble, it will be a great thing.
And, if Alonso does get his wish, then he will be directly on the same page as a European coach from 21 years ago. At the time, the coach, like Alonso, was also in high spirits, achieving initial success and unanimous recognition. Coincidentally, Alonso is 43 years old this year, and the famous coach was also in his early 40s 21 years ago.
Speaking of which, this famous coach can be regarded as Alonso's mentor, he is Mourinho.
Jose Mourinho's coaching career began as an assistant coach for Robson at Barcelona. But his initial success was in Porto. When it comes to Porto, the most impressive thing is probably their surprise Champions League title in the 03-04 season, but in fact, in the last season, Porto had a huge success, and the mark was that they won the Portuguese Super League, the Portuguese Cup, and the Europa League. Although the Europa League is not as good as the Champions League, for a young coach in his early 40s, such a treble is enough to go down in history.
And if Alonso can win the treble, won't it be completely in line with Mourinho's results in the 02-03 season?
It is worth mentioning that Mourinho became the hottest young coach in European football because of his great success in Porto, and then he took a step to the sky, directly coaching the new giants Chelsea, and also achieved great success, breaking the model of Manchester United and Arsenal in the Premier League. And now, Alonso has not won the championship yet, and many giants have become interested in him, and have even begun to grab people.
Alonso and Mourinho have a close relationship, and after Roma eliminated Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League semi-finals last season, Mourinho was full of praise for Alonso, believing that he has a chance to become a famous manager. And when the two were in Real Madrid, they also established a very deep relationship. At the end of his tenure, Jose Mourinho became the target of public criticism at Real Madrid, but Alonso and Alonso have maintained a good relationship with him.
It can be seen that Alonso and Mourinho are essentially the same kind of people, and they both belong to the leading big brother in the team. Of course, Mourinho has already made a name for himself and fully proved himself, but Alonso's coaching career has only just begun. Perhaps, the path Mourinho has traveled is the path that Alonso is about to fulfill. Of course, Alonso may be better than Mourinho in that he is less sharp and more restrained, which may raise his ceiling.
Next, it depends on Alonso's start and whether he can be marked by the treble.