Xabi Alonso encourages Leverkusen to go all out for victory, not to be deterred by past defeats

The "Pharmaceutical Factory" Leverkusen will face Bremen at the BayArena in the new round of the Bundesliga. Xabi Alonso said that the team should not dwell on past defeats and encouraged the players to do their best to win in the new game.

With goals from Nathan Tyra, Mukiele, Patrik Schick and Alex Garcia, Leverkusen beat Frankfurt 4-1 away in the last round of the Bundesliga. After two consecutive wins, Leverkusen is currently ranked second in the standings with 53 points, 8 points behind Bayern Munich.

However, in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League round of 16, Leverkusen lost 0-3 to Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena and failed to lay the foundation for advancing to the quarterfinals.

Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso said, "Today's atmosphere was better than yesterday. We discussed the game as usual and must remain professional and focus on the next game. We had our last training session for this game and hope to go all out in every competition."

"The focus is on the Bundesliga games at the moment. We are still in a competitive phase and anything can happen."

After the match against Bremen, Leverkusen will face Bayern Munich again at home in the second leg of the Champions League round of 16 next week.

Xabi Alonso said, "We are used to switching between the Champions League and the Bundesliga, so this is not a problem for us. No matter who the opponent is or which competition we participate in, we need to stay awake and energetic and do our best to win. We need to show more energy in the second leg and have clearer ideas to execute tactics."

In addition, Bremen coach Ole Werner said, "The most important thing is that we defend well. When we win the ball, we must make full use of these opportunities. Leverkusen's high pressing is very aggressive and we need to run well when attacking. The two key points of the game are when to choose a quick counterattack and when to keep the ball."

"If we need confidence, we can look back at the first round of the season against Leverkusen. We also studied their games in the Champions League, but the competition environment in the Champions League is different from the weekly competition in the Bundesliga, so we are more focused on the Bundesliga.