Xabi Alonso is two steps away from eliminating…Neverkusen!

In his second season in Germany with Bayer LeverkusenThe Xabi Alonso he has a chance to succeed where almost all of his previous predecessors have failed. To conquer the coveted cup, which the German team has seen here and there 31 years.

Leverkusen’s transformation is under the signature of the Spanish manager, who has set his sights on… exorcising the back-to-back finals misses and back-to-back title losses that have given rise to the nickname “Neverkusen”.

The specific nickname together with the corresponding German, Vizekusencame in the period 2000-2002, when Leverkusen often found their way to finals without, however, emerging victorious.

Bayer, the company that owns the team, has issued a trademark for Vizekusen, which Germany’s Financial Times claimed was evidence of a marketing strategy in favor of the team with a sarcastic tone.

The goals of Amin Adli in the 66′ and Jonathan Ta in the 90′ ​​against the Stuttgart in last night’s match for the quarter-finals of the Cup they completed another upset for the “aspirins”, while keeping the invincibility in all competitions this season.

With this qualification they are now only two games away from winning the trophy, which is the last and unique domestic title of the team in the season 1992-93. In the final, Leverkusen defeated the second team Hertha Berlin 1-0 with a goal by Ulf Kirsten, having also eliminated the first team in the round of 16 with the same score. It was the first time a third division team reached the final of the DFB-Pokal and the only time a B team has done so.

All this a few days before he welcomed her Bayern Munich on Saturday February 10, in the most crucial match against the background of winning the Bundesliga for first time in its history!