leicester city win premiership esl

8/16/2019 Leicester City Win Premiership ESL

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Leicester City - Champions of England


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Claudio Ranieri and Kasper Schmeichel celebrate. The 2nd of May 2016 will beremembered for many many years. This was the day that one of the bi!!est shoc"s infootball or any sport finally happened# $eicester City became %remier $ea!ue Champions.Many football fans are still rubbin! their eyes in disbelief that this has happened in thebi!!est lea!ue in world football. $eicester City had ne&er won a top di&ision title before theirbest result before this season was second in 1'2'( )nly se&en years a!o $eicester wereplayin! in $ea!ue )ne the third le&el of *n!lish football. $ast season $eicester were bottomof the table for most of the year and only se&en wins in their last nine matches sa&ed themfrom rele!ation. +t the be!innin! of this season $eicester City were !i&en odds of ,000-1 towin the %remier $ea!ue there was a stron!er possibility of *l&is %resley bein! found ali&e2000-1/ or the $och ess Monster bein! disco&ered in Scotland ,00-1/. ow did $eicesterCity win the %remier $ea!ue

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Was it the manager?

*&erybody lo&es Ranieri in $eicester( Claudio Ranieri was named $eicester City mana!er atthe start of this season. 3efore he came to $eicester he mana!ed many top clubs in *uropeand had finished second with Monaco 4rance/ 5u&entus and Roma taly/ and Chelsea *n!land/ but had ne&er won a top di&ision title. 7hen he arrri&ed at $eicester many peoplethou!ht that it was a bad decision and that at 68 years old his best days were behind him. ehad 9ust been fired as the mana!er of the :ree" national team after they lost a home matcha!ainst the 4aroe slands 7orld Ran"in!# 1;


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Was it the players?

Mahre@ is the %4+ %layer of the Aear. +t the start of the season $eicester had nosuperstars not many people "new about Riyad Mahre@ 5amie Bardy or =:olo Kante maybe they "new Schmeichel but that was %eter Schmeichel Kasper =s dad from his time atManchester td. =:olo Kante was one of the few chan!es that Ranieri made to lastseason=s $eicester team si!nin! him for D, million from Caen in 4rance. Mahre@ was playin!in the 4rench second di&ision when $eicester paid D800000 for him when $eicester werealso a second di&isionclub.

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Eid Kante ma"e the difference for $eicester obody had heard of Mahre@ and he hadn=theard of $eicester either. e thou!ht $eicester was a ru!by club( 5amie Bardy=s arri&al at$eicester is e&en more unli"ely than Mahre@=s. +t 2F Bardy was wor"in! in a factory andplayin! non-lea!ue football and $eicester was his first professional club when he si!ned forthem in 2012. ow all three players are superstars all three are part of their national teamswith 4rance +l!eria and *n!land and all three were named in the %4+ Team of the Season.Mahre@ won the %4+ %layer of the Aear +ward which is &oted for by players and Bardy wonthe 47+ %layer of the Aear +ward &oted for by professional 9ournalists.

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Bardy is the 47+ %layer of the Aear. Maybe there is one other person that has been part of$eicester success story. Ste&e 7alsh is head of recruitment at $eicester City and he too" thedecision to brin! these three players to the club in addition to players such as EannyErin"water Robert uth Eanny Simpson and Marc +lbri!hton who were unwanted at otherclubs.

"It was brilliant, all the lads were together when it happened and it kind of sums us up as agroup of lads. I’ve not known a bond like it, and I think the rest of the lads would say thesame. It’s a special moment for us lot." Eanny Erin"water $eicester midfielder.

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Was it the fans?

The atmosphere has been fantastic at the stadium this season. $eicester City winnin! the%remier $ea!ue has sent shoc" wa&es around the football world but $eicester fans ha&ebeen sendin! their own shoc" wa&es around the city of $eicester. + team from the ni&ersityof $eicester ha&e installed a seismometer a de&ice that measures the stren!th ofearthGua"es near the Kin! %ower Stadium the 4o>es home !round. 4ollowin! a !oal in the;'th minute by $eonardo lloa which !a&e $eicester a 1-0 win a!ainst orwich City theteam measured an earthGua"e at 0.F on the richter scale. $eicester=s support at the Kin!%ower has been fanatical this season. The atmosphere has been impro&ed by the club !i&in!out F0000 cardboard clappers at e&ery home match which costs the club D12000 but theyma"e a lot of noise. The atmosphere has also been helped by the chairman !i&in! the fansfree drin"s and dou!hnuts at some matches. $eicester ha&e the best home record in the%remier $ea!ue this season but they also ha&e the best away record(

"he clappers allow the supporters to make a big difference on match day. hey can all joinin and make as much noise as they want to support their team." +nthony erily - $eicesterSpo"esperson.

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Was it something else?

7as Kin! Richard a $eicester fan $eicesterha&e had an unbelie&able season but can their success be e>plained by a mana!er who dide&erythin! ri!ht a !roup of players who performed better than e&er before or e&en an

ama@in! atmosphere at the stadium Maybe there are other reasons for $eicester=s successthis season Bichai Sri&addhanaprabha is the Thai chairman of $eicester City and he is abelie&er in the power of "arma which is the belief that whate&er you do comes bac" to you insome way. e in&ited a !roup of 3uddhist mon"s to $eicester from Thailand and they ha&ebeen &isitin! the Kin! %ower Stadium for the last three years and blessin! the pitch and!i&in! luc"y charms to the players. +nother reason for $eicester=s success mi!ht be Kin!Richard 18,2-18;,/ Kin! Richard=s body was found under a car par" in $eicesterin

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a&e 3uddhist mon"s brou!ht $eicester luc"2012. is remains were remo&ed last year andthe old "in! was buried at $eicester cathedral in March last year. Since last March $eicesterha&e only lost three out of forty fi&e %remier $ea!ue matches. Could this be the reason for$eicester=s impro&ed results

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