Football: A late bloomer, starting with Leicester City

Chapter 12 Leicester City’s chance of winning the championship is less than half that of Kim Kardashian being elected President of the United States!
When it caused a small stir in Chinese football.

Football media in Europe, especially the UK, have also begun pre-season promotions for this year’s Premier League.

Today, the Premier League has become the league with the highest broadcast revenue in the world!

The star-studded team, the fierce battle for the top spot and even the BIG6 battle have made fans from all over the world happy to watch, and they have great momentum to sit in the world's first league!
Football fans in the UK are naturally very proud of this.

They have integrated football into their daily lives and are also paying great attention to this league.

In addition to the usual hype, championship predictions, and European qualification predictions, many interesting media have also begun their own reports.

Among them, Ranieri and Leicester City are naturally the ones who are most likely to attract media attention.

The famous English sports media, Sky Sports, put forward a famous sentence in one of its live broadcasts.

"In addition to the battle for the top six in the new Premier League season, we have to pay basic attention to the teams in the league's relegation zone."

Georgie Thompson, the famous beauty host of Sky Sports, said with a mocking tone, "The favorites for relegation this season are naturally promoted teams Bournemouth, Watford, and Norwich."

"But as we all know, all upgraded teams will invest heavily in buying players in their first year in the Premier League to enhance the team's competitiveness in the Premier League."

"Often, except for a few extremes, they can stay in the middle or lower reaches or even the middle in the first season."

"In this case, last year's relegation team, as well as the team that has been dangling on the relegation line before, will become very dangerous."

Having said this, the smile on Georgie Thompson's face became even brighter. She pressed the remote control in her hand twice and immediately searched for a photo on the big screen behind her.

In the photo, there is an old man with gray hair and a face full of sorrow.

The old man seemed to be in the training ground, with a group of players wearing dark blue clothes beside him.

"This is Leicester City's new coach Claudio Ranieri. In a sense, his reputation as a 'tinker' and his experience of being dismissed humiliatingly have made him a backup player. A world-famous coach who attracts attention.”

"After taking over as the head coach of Leicester City this season, apart from buying Kante from Caen Club for 900 million euros and signing Japanese striker Kiri Shinji Oka from Mainz Club for 100 million euros, he seems to have no big plans. action."

“What’s more, visa-free or cabbage prices have brought about some very cost-effective options.”

"Coupled with Leicester City's investment in the past few seasons, the fate of this club seems to be predictable."

Georgie Thompson pulled up another photo from the big screen, and the smile on her face turned into a sneer.

"These are the odds given by major bookmakers for the first Premier League team to be relegated, and the odds for the first Premier League manager to be fired."

"Leicester City and Leicester City coach Claudio Ranieri top the list with 1-1.96 and 1-1.47 respectively."

"Especially Ranieri's dismissal odds have created a miracle for bookmakers. They don't even dare to offer odds of more than [-] to [-]."

"It seems that the outside world has the same negative outlook on Ranieri and Leicester City."

"This club is a combination of abandoned players from major clubs and former amateur players, paired with a fill-in coach who has no outstanding abilities. It really doesn't give anyone a reason to believe in them."

"Relegation may be inevitable."

"..."

Not only this authoritative media, many media also reported on the odds given by the betting company that day, in order to make fun of the miserable Ranieri and Leicester City.

The famous BBC program Match of the Day has been hosted by English football legend Lineker.

On the day when the season was about to start, Lineker invited his old partner, Manchester United star Gary Neville, to start the previous report.

During the chat, the two couldn't help but focus on the odds. "Well, Lineker, even though you had seven wonderful years at Leicester City and you were one of the greatest stars in their history, I have to say something."

Gary Neville's face was a bit unbearable, he pursed his lips and suppressed a smile and said: "What do you think of this year's patchwork Leicester City."

"I'm sitting on the BBC watching it."

Lineker must have been joking. As an excellent sports commentator, he has extremely strong personal qualities.

After taking the joke, he also smiled and said: "Leicester City this year is indeed worrying. Compared with last year, it seems to be weaker."

"In this case, even if I am their biggest supporter in the English media circle, it will be difficult for me to say some words of encouragement and praise."

Lineker brought his humorous characteristics to the extreme. He faced the camera and raised his lips slightly, pretending to be serious but seemingly unable to hold back the smile at the corner of his mouth.

"We all know that Leicester City's odds of winning the championship this year are 1:5000 pounds."

"At the same time, the odds of Kim Kardashian being elected as the next President of the United States are only 1:2500."

"This is really bad news for Leicester City fans, but if they want to support their home team, they can still sacrifice some pounds with the bookmakers."

"To show my support for Leicester City, I, Lineker, are placing a flag here."

At this time, Lineker, who was wearing a suit and leather shoes, pointed to his suit and trousers, and even stood up and pointed to his leather shoes.

"If Leicester City can win the Premier League this year, I am willing to take off these things in the first program next year and broadcast it live on TV. It is a deal. I hope my words can make God give Leicester Give City some strength."

"Hahahahaha!" Gary Neville next to him was amused.

The broadcast crew and photographers in the entire studio were also amused.

They definitely didn't think Lineker was serious, they just thought it was a joke to liven up the atmosphere.

Even Lineker was just shaking his baggage like a comedian, without any real thoughts at all.

This is not because of anything else, but because, for Leicester City, this is really more difficult than reaching the sky.

It is regarded by everyone as the first team to fire its head coach and the first to be relegated. How can it be related to the championship?

This is like a kid who weighs only 45 kilograms and goes to UFC heavyweight to compete with those people for the gold belt.

It's already good enough to come out alive, why would you ask for a golden belt?

The purpose of mentioning the championship is just for ridicule.

That night.

The news was on the front pages of most media outlets in England.

[The odds of Leicester City winning the championship are 1:5000, and the odds of Kim Kardashian being elected President of the United States are 1:2500! 】

This news, like a strong wind, blew across the entire British Peninsula in an instant, and also drifted to the continent of Europe in an instant, until it was well known by world football.

Leicester City and Ranieri, these two ill-fated combinations, have been ridiculed and ridiculed by the media around the world.

And under this circumstance, the first Premier League game of the new season is really close.

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