Leicester City have completed one of the most remarkable stories in the history of English football to win the Premier League title. Canceled as candidates for relegation at the start of the season when bookmakers foreigners have to be 5000-1 Leicester crowned champions, did not win the first title in the top group in the club's history after Tottenham was able to defeat Chelsea Monday evening.
And what took five years of history Leicester City
Spurs have at Stamford Bridge the title race has to extend to Manchester United Leicester point Sunday. They drew 2-2 at the side of Claudio Ranieri disclosure.
It's an incredible story on many levels, not least the fact that they were descended so near Leicester from the Premier League last season. 140 days were spent at the bottom of the table and looked for an immediate return to the league set until they have seven of their last nine games under Nigel Pearson won to clarify the last three.
As Ranieri succeeded was Pearson's appointment was widely mocked. Ranieri mentioned a few weeks he was aware that he was the first manager in the Premier League was installed as favorite again be dismissed, in his image, the Italian did not respond prior to his critics to fire.
Instead, he went contenders Leicester processing silent to work, it will only be granted to those who were four games before the end of the season in the race. It changed his goals step by step, to reach 40 points, qualify for Europe and to ensure their place in the group stage of the Champions League, and now the last field - do the unthinkable and winning the League - it was found.
It is a story that belongs to another era - Nottingham Forest in 1978, the last winners were for the first time - and that means, finally won Ranieri at the age of 64 years a major league. He finished second in the Premier League with Chelsea in 2004 and was twice second in Serie A and once in Ligue 1. Now the man Jose Mourinho described in 2008 as having "the mentality of someone that n is not necessary to gain "a Premier League title on his resume.
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