Pope John Paul II je napisao/la:
Bez uvrede ikome ali Leicesterovo moguće osvajanje prvenstva ove godine bilo bi neusporedivo s bilo čim u nogometu što se tiče liga petice zadnjih 20- 30 godina. Sjećam se da je Nottingham Forest 1978 osvojio naslov kad je došao iz druge lige u prvu ali to su bila jedna druga vremena neusporediva s ovim danas kad je gotovo nemoguće da netko izvan kruga bogataša a tu računam i klubove kao Tottenham, Newcastle ili Everton uopće uđe u lp a kamoli da se bori za naslov ili da ga osvoji. Pa s time ova priča s Leicesterom je još luđa jer oni su 2005 godine ispali iz premiershipa da bi ubrzo isplali i u treću ligu pa onda se odma vratili u drugu te nakon toga i u prvu dok lanjski scenarij kad su večinu prvenstva bili na začelju da bi se na kraju nekim čudom spaili daje uvod u ovogodišnju još nevjerojatniju priču.
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e da, al baš kad se priča o tom leicester ljudi su ih ranije uspoređivali s famoznom ekipom nantesa iz 90ih koja je osvojila naslov, a u sezonu su ušli s ambicijama da izbore opstanak.. nisam znao za njih do ovog članka..
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/dec/20/arsenal-arsene-wenger-manchester-city-leicester-city-title
Arsene Wenger recalls the pre-season conversation with clarity. It was 1994 and his friend, Jean-Claude Suaudeau, the Nantes manager, was in trouble. The Arsenal manager was at Monaco and Suaudeau wanted to borrow one of his players. Wenger said no.
“The player was not 100% a regular but I said: ‘I cannot give him to you because I need him,’” Wenger said. “He said: ‘You’re unfair, because I will go down. They have sold my players and I have nobody left.’”
What happened next has gone down in French football folklore. Suaudeau played the kids and the kids stormed to the league title. Claude Makélélé, Christian Karembeu, Reynald Pedros, Patrice Loko and Nicolas Ouédec were aged 24 or under at the start of the season and Nantes thrived on their fearlessness.
They lost only once – in the 33rd match – and coasted home 10 points clear of second-placed Lyon. They would reach the semi-finals of the Champions League the following season.
“Because he had no choice, he played all the young players,” Wenger said. “For fuck’s sake, 32 games unbeaten! They won the championship with Loko, with Pedros. That’s the first time I’d seen it. Now, we have a second.”
iako ovo što leicester radi je posebno..
s druge strane, ne vjerujem da će oni pasti tako lako u sljedećim godinama.. ''iza kulisa'' oni rade odličan posao; skauti, ekipa (mladih) analitičara koja analizira svaku utakmicu itd (o tome bi se moglo dosta pričati).. za divno čudo, jedan progresivni nogometni klub u engleskoj.
