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Bayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso has ruled out allowing his team to go to Oktoberfest if they win Saturday’s Bundesliga blockbuster at Bayern Munich. The Bavarian beer festival is in full flow in Munich and Bayern players were allowed to go there and drink alcohol after last weekend’s 5-0 win at Werder Bremen. But Alonso, who often attended Oktoberfest when a Bayern player, told a news conference on Friday: “What do you think? We play AC Milan on Tuesday, we have no time for that. We train on Sunday morning in Leverkusen. We have a big week ahead of us.” Leverkusen drew in Munich last term a…

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