Tenhager takes over Leverkusen: Can Alonso’s glory be reproduced?

Just two years ago, Xavi Alonso's Leverkusen was the most beautiful fairy tale in European football. They took the Bundesliga title historically from Bayern Munich with an undefeated attitude. However, the fairy tale will come to an end one day.

Now, after a major escape from the core team and a disastrous start to the new coach Teng Hach, this former champion team is facing the danger of falling apart. After the disintegration of the championship team, blood loss is inevitable.

Head coach: Xavi Alonso goes to Real Madrid.

Core players: Florian Wilz, Jeremy Flynnon, Jonathan Ta and Granit Zacha have left the team one after another.

In just a few months, Leverkusen was dismembered, and the former champion lineup was empty.

Tenhach's disaster start

To fill Alonso's vacancy, the club appointed Eric Tenhach, who was fired by Manchester United. However, his first friendly match since taking office gave the expectant fans a wake-up call. They lost to Flamengo's U20 youth team with a huge gap of 1-5. After the game, Tenghach tried to downplay the crushing defeat: "I don't like losing, but I don't care much about the preseason score." But these remarks obviously could not calm the anger of the fans.

The road ahead is long and thorny

Although Tenghach's team then won two unrelated victories, this cannot cover up the team's huge problems. Losing Alonso's tactical magic and Wilz's offensive inspiration, this Leverkusen seems to have lost his soul.

For the Dutch coach and his new team, the road ahead is destined to be covered with thorns.