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Bayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso reflects on "proud" unbeaten league season
In life, as in football, it's often said that it's not the destination, it's the journey. Xabi Alonso and Bayer Leverkusen are a living, breathing testament to that. This season they've taken their fans on a journey the likes of which they could only have dreamed about -- An unprecedented unbeaten league season. A double trophy haul. Speaking to CNN's Amanda Davies at the inaugural Globe Soccer Awards Europe Edition in Sardinia, Italy, Alonso has revealed the secrets to Leverkusen's astonishing success, his hopes for a new awakening for German football and how close he really came to joining Liverpool
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