FOOTBALL TODAY PEP GUARDIOLA: Road to Manchester
LEICESTER... PREMIER LEAGUE WINNERS!
REAL MADRID VS. ATLETICO: Champions League FINAL + Deaths in football, FC Barcelona...
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How did Leicester accomplish such an important achievement? After Tottenham and Chelsea drew at Stanford Bridge 2-2, there was a new Premier League winner and it was one which no one expected. When the season started no one could imagine what was going to happen at the end of it. What Leicester have done is a historical achievement in every team sport. Premier League is considered to be the richest league in the entire world. Some of the most powerful clubs are Manchester City, Arsenal or Manchester United. Every year these clubs invert large amount of money to improve their teams. Several people have won some money thanks to the historical event Leicester have achieved. Among several cases there are two that are more curious than the rest. One of the believers bet that Leicester was going to win the Premier League at the beginning of the season. Not too many people would be brave enough to think about that. So that meant a great threaten to bet houses. As a result of this fear, a supporter, who was destined to win £250,000, was offered £72,335 to take the money.
So he took that amount of money but he must be regretting having done it. Another curious case is the joke that ended up giving £50,000 to a woman who was given a ticket by a partner in her job. The man bet 10 pounds and gave the ticket telling her “it’s going to all be different this year.” After that everyone in the office laughed hearing the joke. Right now everything has changed and no one is laughing except that woman who has won the bet.
Another Spanish final in the most important club competition. Real Madrid and Atletico de Madrid are going to face the second Champions league final in three years. Many people consider this fact to be a miraculous opportunity to revenge the painful defeat that Atletico suffered two years ago. In that occasion, despite performing greatly in the match and endure the attacks of Real Madrid during the most part of the game, the football was mean since Sergio Ramos, Real Madrid captain, equalized the match at the extra time.
Since Simeone arrived everything in Atletico de Madrid has changed. His spirit leads the players to the succes they have never had before, by encouraging them to fight against any kind of adversity. On the other side Zidane is in charge of Real Madrid since January. Their starting was not really good but they knew how to revert the situation to be in the right way.
One second can change a whole season. One second or a month like in the case of FC Barcelona this year. In March everything was great and they seemed to be unbeatable. Nevertheless, after not winning any of the four matches in a row, something astonishing in such an incredible team, the crisis has punched them in the face. From March the 20th until April the 17th they got 1 point of 12 possible points. In fixture 30 Barcelona had 76 points while Atletico had 67 and Real Madrid 66. Right now, Barcelona and Atletico have the same points and just one more than Real Madrid. Apart from giving Atletico and Real Madrid a second opportunity to win the league, Barcelona was erased by Atletico in the semi-final of the Champions League. So in a month everything changed and what it seemed to be an extraordinary year has turned into a good one if “Barça” win the League and the “Copa del Rey”. If they lose one of those competitions, not even think of losing both, it will be a common season. That is the main problem of having such a spectacular team and winning season after season many trophies. People get used to excellence and if the team do not accomplish year after year, supporters are disappointed.
New country, new league and new life. That is what Pep Guardiola is going to experience from next month when the “Bundesliga” and therefore, the season will be finished. The Catalan coach will face another period of his life in a new country for him. As a player Guardiola played in the Spanish League and in the Italian “Calcio”. After retiring he has demonstrated his value as a coach in the Spanish League and in the German one. Nevertheless, the impact and the influence of the coach have been accepted in a different ways in both places.
In Barcelona he was considered as a kind of God obtaining almost everything he could and displaying an amazing show. On the contrary, Guardiola arrived to Munich with the handicap of arriving in a club which had won the Champions League,“Bundesliga” and the German cup in the same season. That was going to be difficult to overcome and he knew it. However,“Pep” is a brave man who likes facing difficult challenges. In the next season, he will confront a different situation. He is arriving in a club which is in the 4th position at the table. It is clear that he has to face again the pressure of wining as many trophies as possible but if he wins the league will be a good achievement. In Munich it was compulsory to win the league. If not it will be a complete disaster.
Deaths in football players Patrick Ekeng has died after suffering a heart attack during the match in the Romanian League. The midfielder was born in Cameroon 26 years ago. At the 70th minute he fell down at the pitch and as always happen in these situations some of the players try to help the player not to swallow his tongue. It is shocking to see the several footballers who have passed away during a game. Among those names we find some such as the Spanish Antonio Puerta, the Cameroonian Marc-Vivien Foe or the Hungarian Miklos Feher. It is quite difficult to understand how professional football players who are supposed to be fit suffer these sudden or unexpected deaths. Some medical experts have been looking what are the causes that provoke those attacks in young and healthy people. So far, they do not know what is behind that strange situation.
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