But I have to admit, I did not know how great he was until he came back and I saw him with my own eyes. Against Freiburg, it was a nil-nil, tough match in the first half. They were defending deep, and Florian dribbled one, then two, then three, then four, then five defenders...
Xabi Alonso named a strong Leverkusen side with Granit Xhaka and Florian Wirtz starting but Robert Andrich was on the bench. Alonso knows this atmosphere well, of course, and seemed to sense it coming just moments before the breakthrough go...