Bayer Leverkusen manager and Liverpool legend Xabi Alonso reacts to a goal scored by his player, Florian Wirtz.
Liverpool legend Xabi Alonso is a World Cup, two-time European Championships, and two-time Champions League winner. The Spaniard has also won four league titles and four domestic cups in England, Spain and Germany, and is one of the greatest players of his generation. Consequently, he has played both with and against some of the very best players the game has ever seen.
But his face said it all when managing Bayer Leverkusen to a 2-1 victory over SC Freiburg on Sunday, maintaining his side’s lead over Bayern Munich at the top of the Bundesliga table. For everything he has witnessed in his football career as a player and manager, Florian Wirtz’s opening goal will be one of the best individual goals he has ever seen.
Receiving the ball on the right flank, just outside the penalty area, the 20-year-old cut inside into the box, twisting and turning past two defenders, beating one of them twice before leaving them on the floor. Heading toward the byline, he’d then cut back again before curling a shot into the bottom left-hand corner despite the sea of Freiburg bodies in front of him.
