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The football phenomenon. The sport where fans can first cheer into the air and be terrified shortly afterwards. Where things happen that cannot be rationally explained. The crash of Leicester City, the sensational champions of 2016, for example.
In the 5-3 defeat to Fulham, the Foxes are 4-0 down after 51 minutes – a declaration of bankruptcy. Getting up in the closing stages is purely cosmetic, the fall to a relegation zone three rounds before the end of the season is a fact.
The story of the fearless foxes
Should Leicester be relegated, it would be unique in European football – and almost unimaginable in modern football: a team rises, becomes champions and then falls again in the space of nine years. Leicester did not return to the Premier League until 2014. They waited ten years for promotion, but were bottom of the table after 26 matchdays. Then came fairytale writer Claudio Ranieri (71).
In the summer of 2015, the Italian took over a team that had narrowly escaped relegation, creating a momentum that led to what is arguably the greatest sensation in modern football a year later. The 2015/16 Championship team, known as the “Fearless Foxes”, marched against almost overwhelming competition with a ten-point lead over the Championship title.
Now the relegation nightmare?
Jamie Vardy scored 24 goals in that championship season. The cult striker, who drinks Red Bull on match days and symbolized the fairy tale with his career from 25-year-old amateur footballer to international, is now 36 years old. In the current season, he scored three more goals – and also symbolizes the crash of the Foxes.
Despite becoming champions and winning the FA Cup in 2021, Leicester were far from being a top team in England. Master heroes such as Ngolo Kanté and Riyad Mahrez now play at Chelsea and Man City. Top players such as Harry Maguire (ManUnited), Ben Chillwell and Wesley Fofana (both Chelsea) have been sold for more than 200 million.
This year’s crash still comes as a surprise. They have finished in the top half of the table for the last five seasons and have flirted with the Champions League on several occasions. You are far from that this year, two points behind the savings bank. With Liverpool and Newcastle you will meet CL aspirants in the next rounds. On the last matchday there is a home game against West Ham United. These are the last three chances for the sensational 2016 champions to avoid the nightmare of relegation.
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Source : Blick
I’m Emma Jack, a news website author at 24 News Reporters. I have been in the industry for over five years and it has been an incredible journey so far. I specialize in sports reporting and am highly knowledgeable about the latest trends and developments in this field.
