Leicester City, inequality, and Canis Major

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Equality is not a natural thing in life. Nonsense. Utopia. Trying to create equality will only end in failure.

But as an idea, equality somehow reassuring. So that we, human beings, like creating systems and institutions that aspire equality.

In politics, we adore democracy: one degree sound for all. But we know the real democracy creates an aristocratic ruling class. Inequality.

Education is a social engineering with the basic philosophy of equality, and opportunity for all. But to be fair on a practical level, it did not happen. Most educational institutions in terms of financial or social strata can only be entered by those who have the privilege. Also naturally education is sorting and prioritizing more talented, smarter, etc. Again inequality.

Even religion subtly acknowledge that equality is impossible. Hence, religious teachings take the second option, with a very concerned expression of affection, attention, and effort to prosper the needy, the poor, marginalized and disadvantaged in life.

The story of social ideals in religion often nucleated on the liberation of inequality. It is no coincidence that the prophets, apostles, and the founder of the religion largely from the poor. There is the symbolic meaning of the aspiration of equality in it.

Even if the liberation of inequality (and oppressed) past the outstretched hand of affection did not work then, we are familiar with their heroic stories about the weak against the strong. David against Goliath is a classic example.

That may be because we are always happy to support those who fall into the category of underdogs - which is below, deficiencies, or suppressed for one reason or another marginalized but not stop trying. We always wait for the stories (the success of) the underdog. Due to their stories turned the hope into despair. Their stories cover our inability to address the inequalities systemically.

The success story of Leicester City to be champions of the Premier League is one of them. Leicester City is small, poor, not fashionable, with players and coaches exiles, and the mouth of so many kinds of misfortunes of life. The capital not to be a champion but degradation.

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Leicester City is a modern fairy tale about David opposed Goliath. Leicester City is a new phosphorescent flavor (of justice) humanity. And like the story of David and Goliath into a fairy tale, the story of Leicester City will grow (and will get a fantastic additive) in the future.

Right now, not 24 hours after Leicester City ensures champions, fantastic additive through the words of superlatives already started to scatter.

Supporters and former Leicester City and former England national team striker Gary Lineker said, "The biggest sports surprises throughout my life."

"The story (football), the largest of all time," said an observer of the ball, and the former England national team striker Alan Shearer is more bombastic.

Former Leicester player Robby Savage even mention in the context of domestic football, England, Leicester City achievement into the Premier League champions will not be exceeded its fame until whenever.

Or if we believe the statements of politicians, "This is the greatest day in the history of the city of Leicester," said a member of Parliament from East Leicester, Keith Vaz.

The only one who commented calm and able to hide happiness even the coach, Claudio Ranieri.

"I am a pragmatic person. I never dreamed of this all when it comes. I just want to win from one game to another game and helping players to improve. Never I thought about eventually going anywhere," he said almost without emotion.

But, the most appropriate reactions and conclusions were from the FIFA President Gianni Infantino: "Beautiful Stories, Fables." And is not the case with the fairy tale: the outstanding (fictional) story which serves to convey certain moral teachings?

Therefore fans of English football, except maybe Tottenham Hotspur supporters, such as cheering together to welcome the unexpected. Those who feel the kinship with Leicester growing expectation that inequality is systemic and can naturally be defeated.

And supporters of big and rich clubs perhaps engulf by bigger euphoria relief, that it was not a large and wealthy fellow club which won. So do not add to the glory to rivals. Leicester City is a kind of a common enemy that does not harm (harmless common enemy) the existence of the big clubs and rich. Underdog. Never mind if they won a triumph.

Canis Major

In 1928, the American poet, Robert Frost, wrote a poem titled Canis Major (the big dog). Tells about him spending the night staring at the expanse of the sky in the northern hemisphere to witness the constellation of Canis Major, which seemed to dance nonstop from east to west. Frost feel like a little dog (underdog), reached out to the sky with Canis Major wading broad universe. In the poem he wrote four stanzas cover:

(I'm a poor underdog)
(But tonight I will bark)
(With the great Overdog)
(That romps through the dark.)

Overnight Leicester City had barked, dancing, chasing wading through the darkness along Canis Major. Leicester City the underdog all the time slumped down, always slapped dreams and wishful thinking, and could only watch the big clubs fighting for the triumph ..... Now no longer.

The Statistics Behind the Best Player of Premier League, Riyad Mahrez.

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"I did not know, Leicester. In France, we all really [did not know who Leicester] because they play in the Championship," said Riyad Mahrez to in an interview with FourFourTwo in early last March.

"I think they are a club rugby," said the player who just got the best player in the league (PFA Player of the Year).

The Algerian Players joined to The Foxes from Le Havre in January 2014. At that time, the English Premier League Champion was still in the Championship Division (one level below the Premier League).

Mahrez then helped his team to promote into Premier League. Last season, a season in which Leicester was struggling in the relegation zone and almost got back to the Championship, was the first season for the 25-year-old players in the Premier League.

One season after playing in the top flight, no one thought that he could be a key player for Leicester, who constantly terrorize opponents with speed and high-level techniques.

Choosing the PFA Player of the Year Award (The Best Player of the English Professional Footballers Association version) is not a simple thing, let alone be able to get the title. There are many categories that can make a player get this prestigious title: scoring the most goals, create so many assists, win more points for the team, and so forth.

In the end, Riyad Mahrez is a player who was voted as PFA Player of the Year. If you disagree, maybe some facts and statistics below can open your mind.

Players who Have Biggest Impact To The Game

Honestly, there are more players who scored more often than Mahrez. Harry Kane led the list of the Premier League's top scorer with 24 goals for Tottenham Hotspur. Underneath there are Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) with 23 goals.

His teammate, Jamie Vardy, more productive with 22 goals. Likewise with Romelu Lukaku, who scored 18 goals for Everton.

Mahrez ranked fifth in the list of top scorer in the Premier League with 17 goals from 34 matches. His goal is not as much as four players at the top, but he is a midfielder who scored the most goals in the Premier League. In fact, he was more productive than the attacker Premier League in general.

Recap of offensive action from Premier League players. (whoscored)

Then if we look at the list of assists, he also is not in the top position. Mesut Özil is the most generous players in the Premier League with 18 assists. While Mahrez, who made 11 assists in the third rank under Christian Eriksen (12). The number of assists is same with David Silva and James Milner until week 35th.

Mahrez is not a top player in both of the above matters. However, if we combine his goals and assists, Mahrez has been involved in 27 goals Leicester City. Moreover, in addition, he was also involved in 41 key passes and succeeded in creating 52 chances so far.

recap of passes from Premier League players. (whoscored)

Only Vardy involved more, namely 28 Leicester goals (22 goals and 6 assists). But most of Vardy's goals and opportunities was the creation of Mahrez (5 goals Vardy result of Mahrez assists ), so that as the creator and finisher, Mahrez is a top class game-changer in the Premier League this season.

Players who Have Biggest Impact in The Team

If involved in 27 goals (out of 63 total goals) to his team not make us pretty confident that Mahrez is the one, we could see it from another perspective.

Putting aside for a moment about the goals, in fact, the most influential players in Leicester is N'Golo Kante. French players have topped the chart of most successful tackle in the Premier League with a remarkable number, 111 tackle success.

The energy of box-to-box midfielder which never endlessly is vital for Leicester midfielder inhabited by two players (usually side by side with Danny Drinkwater). Without the presence of Kante who brought in at the beginning of this season, it could be the midfield 'The Foxes' would've been lost many times.

So, should Kante who won the PFA Player of the Year? Can be. But it is not that simple.

Mahrez did not get involved in a defensive game as Kante did for Leicester. Mahrez more helped Leicester in the last third of the field, in their attacking third.

He just lost with Wilfried Zaha regarding success dribble. Crystal Palace's players might even get a title, a winger with the best quality in the five top European leagues. So far Zaha has scored successful dribble 3.74 (52%) per game, above Mahrez with 3.18 success dribble (55%) per game.

recap of dribble from Premier League players. (whoscored)

However, we must praise Mahrez techniques are more varied than Zaha. His ability to dribble into the narrow space to get away with it always reminds us of Eden Hazard in the last season (which for some reason in this season does not give much impact as last season for Chelsea).

He always could provoke opposing players to seize it. In the end, most of them successfully deceived, while others can only break him. Mahrez violated as much as 2.2 times per game.

So, Kante defensive game can not be underestimated. However, Mahrez gives his impact on the third pitch of opponent which makes Leicester can be successful as it is today.

Players who Give The Biggest Impact to the Premier League 2015/16

We've already seen Mahrez contributions in the terms of goals, assists, key passes, creating chances, until dribble and how to build a Leicester City game this season. Can not be denied, Mahrez is the main actor for Claudio Ranieri's troops so that Leicester has the potential to make history become Premier League champions.

If we want to see the players that have the effect of this in addition to Mahrez this season, it will be hard to find.

"When I came here [to Leicester while still in the Championship], I saw the facilities they have, and they are nice teams. I never regret choosing this teams; these are my best teams" added Mahrez continue the interview in which we gave at the beginning of this article.

Mahrez finally managed to make history for being the player from the African continent who won the title of PFA Player of the Year. Unprecedented also Leicester players who earned this title.

What next story for Mahrez? He has been aproached by many teams, even Real Madrid and Barcelona are also reportedly interested in signing him.

25-year-old, he is the main actor in Leicester. Moreover, The Foxes will compete in the UEFA Champions League next season. If he moved, he must realize that he probably will not be the main actor in his new squad later.

However, whatever happens later, for now, let's just enjoy Riyad Mahrez, the Premier League's best player in 2016.

After Being A Champion, How Much Money Can Be Earned Leicester?

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Leicester City has ensured the Premier League champion's 2015/2016. Now they may be preparing to get a shot of the huge funds.

Leicester ensured to win the Premier League this season after closest rivals, Tottenham Hotspur, play only drew 2-2 against Chelsea. The results of it making a difference seven points between Leicester and Spurs will not be overtaken with only two games remaining.

Become a champion and ensure qualified for the group phase of the Champions League next season, Leicester's obviously already will get a flow of huge funds. That's not counting the commercial potential of the popularity that sped quickly throughout this season.

Sports and marketing data firm Repucom predict Leicester could get up to 150 million pounds. These funds come from various sources, i.e. the prize as the winner of the League, the Champions League participation, increase income from tickets, and other marketing benefits.

For instance, Totalsportek calculated that as a champion of Premier League Leicester as a whole will get a cash prize of at least 90.9 million pounds.

From participation in the Champions League next season, Leicester will already get 9.4 million pounds. This is just their breakouts to the group phase. They could dredge up more money over in this tournament, depending on performance and how far it could be stepped up.

In addition to the two sources of income at the top, Leicester obviously still got large infusion potential in terms of the utilization of their image. Just FYI, the popularity of Leicester along this season increase rapidly, meaning the potential commercial bandwagon streaking.

From the side of social media, the BBC reported follower of Leicester's Facebook page has experienced an increase of 540%, making it one of the most fast-growing sports teams accounts in the world. Algeria became one of the largest bases, with 500 thousand followers thanks to the presence of Riyad Mahrez on the team.

Rapid growth has also been reported to occur in Thailand and Italy. Thailand is a country of Leicester owners, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha while Italy is the country of origin Team Manager, Claudio Ranieri.

"The real commercial potential of Leicester City FC will be more apparent in the interlude of season change because the brands compete to associate them with clubs and vice versa, the Premier League champions want to maximize the benefits of their status that can take effect," said the head consulting of Repucom for the United Kingdom and Ireland as quoted by BBC.

"The increase in tv audience will help increase their sponsorship property in the next season. The task now is to optimize the value of these assets and ensure they find income can be picked now by Leicester City, "he said.

Then, Leicester seems not to be worry about how they will improve the quality of squads for next season.

Leicester looks for New Habitats in Europe

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The Champions League, in keeping with its name, was the arena of champions. Although later Leicester City won the Premier League, whether the Champions League is also a suitable habitat for them?

A year ago, it seemed nobody on Earth who think there will be a new England representatives in the Champions League. While talking about Champions League, the thinkable name is Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, and Arsenal. Other teams predicted can penetrate to the big four are Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur, who already have experience in the Champions League.

Why Leicester? Why not Stoke City, which looks more promising due to buying up popular players early in the season,? Or Southampton, which impresses under the direction of Ronald Koeman?

But, the fact of the new England representatives in the Champions League is Leicester. Yes, Leicester who a year ago was still giddy escape from bondage. Leicester last season became the caretaker Premier League. Leicester, who had previously, had a habitat on the bottom along with other mediocre teams like Sunderland, Norwich City, and Bournemouth.

The presence of Claudio Ranieri apparently changed everything. Although much underrated when appointed a substitute for Nigel Pearson, the Italian has suddenly become as a necromancer that tear apart the big teams in the Premier League.

Ranieri was actually given a simple task by the boss of Leicester, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha. He just had to make sure his team doesn't lose its status as an occupant of the Premier League. That is, as long as Leicester were not degraded, the Ranieri's position as a Manager is still relatively safe.

"I remember the first meeting with the chairman when I arrived at Leicester City. He sat down with me and said, ' Claudio, this is a very important season for the Club. It is very important for us to survive in the Premier League. We have to stay safe '. My answer was ' okay, of course. We will work hard in training and try to achieve them ', "said Ranieri some time ago.

In the interpretation of Ranieri, survive in the Premier League means to grab at least 40 points in a season. With the number of such points, Leicester should be safe from relegation.

However, Ranieri and Leicester was apparently exceeding the target. After the target 40 points were reached, they could not stop collecting points. They now have ensured a place in the group phase of the Champions League next season.

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In the Champions League next season, Leicester is indeed a newcomers team. However, The Foxes actually had the experience of performing in the European club competitions, though not much. Leicester took part in Cup Winners ' Cup 1961/1962, 1997/1998 UEFA Cup, and UEFA Cup 2000/2001. There's nothing to be proud of the participation of Leicester on three such opportunities because they cannot get past the first round.

The Champions League is something different. The teams that appear in it are the best teams from across the Continent. Whether Leicester deserved to be there? Of course deserved because they have been working very hard for the sake of attaining their present positions. However, whether Leicester would make the Champions League as their new habitat or they turned out to be just another passed passenger, it was another matter.

On August 25, 2016, Leicester will know which teams will be their opponents in the group phase of the Champions League. On that date, the lottery of group phase will be done in Monaco. As in the other round, the lottery results in the group phase will also strongly influenced the accomplishments of a team. If a lottery results were lucrative, Leicester could only dream of reaching the knockout phase. However, if they're unlucky, they may just be stuck in hell.

Speaking about the lottery of the group phase, of course, inseparable from the question of "which pot are they?". These questions will be answered in the next few weeks. If Leicester won the Premier League, they would enter the Pot 1. Pot 1 contains champion teams of the seven top League's of Europe plus the European Champions League this season.

If Leicester does not champion and finishes in second or third position, then their fate will be determined by UEFA coefficient ranking clubs participants of group phase next season. This coefficient will depend on the achievement of each of the clubs in European competition in five seasons. Because of Leicester's absence in the European competitions in the last five seasons, they would almost certainly go in Pot 4.

Entering the Pot 1 cannot guarantee that Leicester will go into the light group. Instead, enter the Pot 4 also does not mean the end of the world for them.

If it refers to a subdivision of the pot this season, by going into Pot 1,  Leicester could be one group with teams like Porto, Olympiakos, and Maccabi Tel Aviv. However, they can also directly met Real Madrid, AS Roma, and Wolfsburg.

While if the into Pot 4, Leicester might just be entering heavy group containing Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, and Roma. But, it does not cover the possibility they got a lighter group meet with Zenit Saint Petersburg, Porto, and Olympiakos.

The scenarios will also apply to the next season. Everything will depend on how lucky Leicester in the drawing.

Leicester actually does not need to be discouraged by their status as the newcomer team in the Champions League. There are several newcomer team that successfully made the surprise. This season, Gent and Wolfsburg managed to penetrate the knockout round. While APOEL unpredictably qualified for the quarterfinals in 2011/2012. But, no one beat the Villarreal sensation under Manuel Pellegrini, who advanced to the semifinals in 2005/2006.

Furthermore, Leicester got a manager who had experience in European level within Ranieri. Ranieri ever accompanied Chelsea to the semi-finals of the Champions League in 2003/2004. While working in Valencia, Ranieri also grabbed the trophy of Intertoto Cup and UEFA Super Cup. So, fans of Leicester should not need to worry too much about the fate of their favorite team in the most elite competition in Europe in the next season.

Should be anticipated is how the performance of Leicester on the transfer market this summer. With qualifying for the Champions League, they need much better equitable Squad, something which has not been owned by Leicester on this season. They will have to recruit new players to strengthen the team. With match schedule that more solid and the possibility of the away match to various corners of Europe, Ranieri will more often do the rotation.

Also, it is important for Leicester to retain their pillar players. Jamie Vardy, Riyad Mahrez, N'Golo Kanté, Danny Drinkwater, even Wes Morgan and Christian Fuchs to be secured from the temptations of the big teams. This is not an easy job for a club like Leicester.

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Starting by next season, Leicester supporters will feel a different atmosphere at the King Power Stadium. They will hear for the first time the Champions League anthem going to be played in the stadium of their pride. And for the first time, too, the world-class stars sort of Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi might just set his feet there.

"You imagine coming to see Barcelona. Our fans for the first time will be watching the players of Barcelona. Messi, Xavi. Wonderful, "said Ranieri about it.

If they could speak a lot in the Champions League next season and consistently qualify for the competition each season; Leicester may have already found their new habitat, namely in the elite European competition. However, if their achievements this season turned out to be just one-season sensation, Leicester seemingly should make a statue for Ranieri so that this rare achievement could be remembered long into the future.

Leicester will take part in the International Champions Cup in the summer. Although not an official competition, the event is more-less important to measure their readiness before entering into the Champions League. It could be some pre-test before they performed at the arena.

The three opponents are already waiting on the event. Celtic in Glasgow, Paris Saint-Germain in Los Angeles, and the last Barcelona in Stockholm. Interesting, isn't it?

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The Flourescent Light of Riyad Mahrez

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"Riyad was too small and very frail. He was not quick. He's too slow and not good enough tactically. At age 12-17 years, it was a hard time for him. "

The speech was quoted from Mohamed Coulibaly during an interview with the Daily Mail (23/4), he was a sports director of a football club on the outskirts of Paris called Sarcelles.

Sarcelles home is only about a few kilometers from the Stade de France. Sarcelles also a place where Riyad Mahrez born and grew up. He was a Parisien, a reason why he together with N'Golo Kante highly integrated and matched with each other.

No one guessed small Mahrez will be transformed into a big star this season. Last season, Nigel Pearson still regularly played him as a reserve to fill the position of playmaker behind the duo Leonardo Ulloa and Jamie Vardy.

The position did not absolutely belong to Mahrez. He was competing with Andy King, who played more in that position before. Mahrez was not the first choice, perhaps, given his smallish and a bit of horror to imagine a duel with Vincent Kompany.

Who would have thought, a few months ago, the little skinny from Algeria succeed in defeating Vincent Kompany and drove Leicester City hit Manchester City at the Etihad (6/2). Mahrez made one goal and two assists at the time to dedicate the victory 1-3 to Leicester from the host that also contenders of Premier League champions.

And do not forget, a beautiful arch to Chelsea's goalpost (15/12), after beguiling Cesar Azpilicueta produced a 2-1 win for Leicester and delivering success to Jose Mourinho met his dismissal with the defending champions this season.

Faintly there are discordant voices who criticize the glories Mahrez. Youth Parisian, who had a difficult junior career in France, so-called, will only have one season brilliantly with Leicester City. One season wonder, they said.

But they forget, there is no sensation of a season that is capable of such a hit and finally managed to win the PFA Player of the Year. The same prestigious title ever achieved by Thierry Henry, Luis Suarez and Eden Hazard last year.

Is it feasible? With contribution 17 league goals and 11 assists. Plus notes Leicester is leading 8 points ahead of Tottenham Hotspur with the three games remaining, only God can thwart Mahrez take the individual title this season.

So, he is very deserving of the award. Mahrez is now the first African players (Algeria passports) who won the PFA Player of the Year.

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"Riyad is our light. When he switches on, he changed our color. "

Claudio Ranieri speech at the press conference ahead of the match against Swansea City on Sunday (24/24) was not just a mere gibberish. Mahrez is not just a small candle that shines in a small room; he was a bright light that its sparkling help Jamie Vardy compete for the title of top scorer with Harry Kane and Sergio Aguero.

A typical needle player who is able to contribute a maximum when needed. He has a lot of things, although does not have anything like Lionel Messi.

Mahrez is lefthander, his left leg exceptional qualified. He is slick, a modern winger who can cut inside and be able to send a cross and through pass properly.

His through pass for Jamie Vardy delivers his teammate breaking Ruud Van Nistelrooy record scored 11 consecutive goals against Manchester United.

The winger, with the ability just as well in giving cross and pass on the ground. A fantastic combination, anomaly, he is not someone from Brazil or Argentina who famous very tricky and slippery, he is not a Spanish or Italian that tactically charming and fascinating.

Mahrez, Youth Paris, who defended Algeria. The ancestral land of great French legend; Zinedine Zidane. But, starting this season, Algeria is not just about Zidane, Mahrez, a skinny left-handed footed young boy is carving his name into history that deserves to remember.

The public may be noisy with the rise of academy players like Marcus Rashford and Alex Iwobi for Manchester United and Arsenal. Or Lionel Messi, who soared through La Masia.

But Mahrez offers another story. France, after the era of Michel Platini and Zinedine Zidane, put culture at the academy players with a physical approach and very strict.

Not surprisingly, they spawned many players who typically hard and strong. Patrick Vieira, Claude Makelele to N'Golo Kante, a little overview of how football academy in France did not put forward a technique and a good ball handling.

Indeed, not all the players from the academy in France would like it, Paul Pogba and Anthony Martial, for example. But mostly, the academy system in France spawn a lot of quality resilient midfielder who become the backbone of the team with the spartan quality and high mobility in the field.

Mahrez is the story of a skinny kid who fought through a football academy in France who walked with a thick physical approach. And he failed. He was smallish as a teenager, not physically capable of competing with the system run in Napoleon's country.

Another story if it was grown in La Masia, the problem is, Mahrez not Messi. But, this time, he should at least be in the same spot with Messi. He prepares to gain the league title already very close at hand. Not with a big rich team, but with Leicester City and managed by a mediocre coach with a long history of losers.

That said, small Mahrez so eager to play for Barcelona. Is not it interesting when he later successfully brought Leicester be the champions in the UK, the left-footed of Sarcelles will move to play in Catalan together aliens from Argentina who unnecessary unnamed?

Fairy tales that too perfect for a player from the land of Africa.

Claudio Ranieri and Tale of Losers

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If you look carefully any jobs vacancy in the best companies, there are one important word that should not be missed to read. In addition to the qualifications of a good educational background, riveting academic scores, there is an absolute requirement that usually written by employees recruiters namely, "The Best."

Recruitment for the Army candidate and police officers were usually also spiked with frills word "Best" for prospective new recruitment. They are either the owners or the selection officers would select as tightly as possible to get the best candidates.

All just want the best. No one wants to recruit candidates that were of poor quality.

To enroll in the police alone, for example, you must have robust and healthy physical. Not edged minus or have any abnormalities. Teeth should be clean and no holes. There must be no slightest flaw in your body.

And certainly, there should be no shortage on the academic side. All prepared to perfection, only to become soldiers or police.

Then, what we were in mediocre capitalize and qualifications that are not good enough to penetrate these requirements? What about those of us of this, the loser with mediocre grades?

Knowing many of the facts, remind to one's magic figure who is shining brilliantly this season. Much brighter than Pep Guardiola or Luis Enrique though.

He shines among a row of top class coaches in the Premier League such as Arsene Wenger, Louis Van Gaal, to Jose Mourinho (who eventually fired by Chelsea) and Jurgen Klopp. Rome native man, who throughout his coaching career, sticky called a loser.

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"When it came in 2004 in Chelsea, people have asked why I came. The answer is simple. Chelsea wants to win, and it could not be achieved with Ranieri. Not my fault then, if he (Ranieri) is considered loser at Chelsea."

Fragment of the sentence above is Jose Mourinho greeting in an interview in May 2010 when he was with Internazionale Milano and Claudio Ranieri still gush AS Roma.

There is Nothing to be proud from Ranieri when coached Chelsea other than the fact that he takes the decisions telling to recruit Frank Lampard from West Ham and then over time turn it into the best Chelsea legend. He also is bringing one of the world's best defensive midfielders in the figure of Claude Makelele to Stamford Bridge.

One day after Roman Abramovich coming acquired the club in 2003, the Russian oil King directly negotiated contracts with Sven-Goran Eriksson to lobby the possibility coached Chelsea in the season ahead. With the condition, Ranieri is still entrenched as the official coach of Chelsea.

Not quite up there, the pressure on Ranieri was also too big for a team with a large size of disbursed funds but is still adapting to his new players at the time.

After more than a year engaged in a polemic with the controversy of Eriksson and the issue of sacking, Ranieri took off his post and left it to Jose to continue work that he began, and he woke up with a pretty good foundation of players.

Ranieri left a good foundation to smooth the Jose's steps did long hegemony with Chelsea for several years in the UK.

These are what people forget because people remember the one who carries them become champions, not who is leaving a legacy foundation for the team. Do you remember George Graham or Bruce Rioch when it comes to the history of Arsenal who are already attached to the figure of Arsene Wenger? As simple as that.

And a tale of losers Ranieri continued in some club and a national team that he had coached. Valencia, AC Parma, Juventus, AS Roma, Inter Milan to AS Monaco ever felt the touch of The Tinkerman before he coached the Greek national team right after World Cup 2014.

You know the best "achievements" of Greek with Ranieri? Defeated by the Faroe Islands at home in qualifying for Euro 2016.

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Together Leicester City this season, Ranieri is a new figure. A kind of reborn. He discovered a new passion and excitement along with Leicester.

"I like the spirit of the English players, but, you know, I am an Italian. And we (Italians) really like everything about the tactical. "A sentence that gives a clear picture on how Leicester City played very fierce this season.

Leave aside the euphoria of the rebirth of classical formation effectiveness ala 4-4-2 Leicester City, as Atletico Madrid with Diego Simeone have already done well two years ago when penetrating the Champions League final and won La Liga 2013/2014.

What Ranieri offered in Leicester is what we all need as motivation and life story. Ranieri, as a figure, releasing a moment of attachment to Leicester City, is a symbol of the losers who found new excitement and passion after years of living in condescending eyes of many people and the stamp of "Losers" is inherent in the forehead.

Leicester deserves a champion. It is not just because they play a very determinant and so superior. Not only because Jamie Vardy and all his goals. Not only because the Leicester players who ran more and more than other Premier League players.

Leicester deserves a champion, because of Ranieri. Leicester deserves a winner, because we, me and maybe you, find ourselves together Ranieri. Leicester is not a small team and poor. They have a budget of spending bigger than AC Milan though. But Ranieri, making us able to give an appropriateness for Leicester this season that they champion.

Leicester City worthy a champion, in spite of all the statistical data about anything, because Ranieri and his works along with Leicester is a tale of a loser who is poised to be a winner.

He wept with emotion after the 0-2 win at Sunderland (10/4). A tear, which may be, can be translated as a long wait would of acknowledgment. The Decent moment he gained during his career so far.

Ranieri is clearly not Arrigo Sacchi. He will not be able to conjure Leicester City to play as charming as Sacchi and AC Milan in his time. He is also not the kind of revolutionary figures like Johan Cruyff or Joseph Guardiola. He was just a regular coach. His achievement is nil unless achievements as a champion of Ligue 2 with AS Monaco and runner-up in a series of accomplishments would be included.

In the violent running speed of Jamie Vardy, in a spartan motion of N'Golo Kante, behind the stunning long ball of Danny Drinkwater, on the sidelines of dribbling the nimble's ball by Riyad Mahrez, and under the mature command of a captain, Wes Morgan, Leicester City very worthy champion this season.

Not for anything, not for anybody. Only for Claudio Ranieri.

Kante like Machine That Never Run out of Battery

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Leicester City seemed to have an extra one player each time N'Golo Kante played. The France international from Mali descendant was also special because like no fatigue.

Kante expectations when it came to England and joined Leicester City in the summer of last year not grandiose. He knew The Foxes are not a team that has a tradition in the top table of Premier League. His team was only the team that got promotion and survived the previous season from relegation. Team manager, Claudio Ranieri is also not a champion manager. He is better known as the runner-up specialist managers.

Kante is also not a top player in Caen and Ligue 1. He also did not really understand English when stepped his feet on England.

However, the unexpected thought but also an unpredicted by the public has emerged. Leicester became the team that surprised the world of football to be a strong candidate of Premier League champions. The player of The Fox has also increased classes.

Kante, who came to Leicester with a transfer fee of 5.6 million pounds, now worth up drastically, Transfermarkt estimate the 25 years old player has now reached 7.5 million pounds.

Players who have a 168-centimeter height also get the chance to join the French national team. He also rewarded himself with a goal with Les Bleus on his 25th birthday, March 29 this year.

Sir Alex Ferguson even refer to him as the best player in the Premier League this season. Top clubs have also begun to reveal their desire to recruit Kante.

Squawka noted, Kante already made 100 tackles and won 39 of them in the Premier League this season. Other statistics, Kante scored one goal this season, also created 25 chances on goal and three assists. He made 968 passing with accuracy percentage reaches 82%. EA Sports also noted Kante also the first English league players who scored 100 intercepts this season.

"He is a player that makes most tackle and intercept in the Premier League. He is the motor of Leicester, who able to cover the midfield of Leicester as a twosome." That's a compliment to Kante.

Already then, Kante like a machine that does not have a sense of fatigue. "These players, Kante, he kept running until I thought he had a box of batteries hidden in his pants. He never stopped running in practice," said Ranieri.

Some are making jokes. @Football Daily made joked if 71% of the earth covered by water, 29% are covered by Kante.

When examined, his ability to play the ball indeed has become his destiny. He did not learn from a special football college. He knew and learned how to play the ball in the streets of Paris. SoccerNews mention that Ranieri, who was the first teacher.

4-4-2 system which applied by white-haired grandpa has provided space for Kante to demonstrate the ability and the best quality in her first season.

How is Kante in eyes of Leicester fans?

"People talk about his ability to control the ball, how he steal the ball from an opponent, how the legs as if there weren't only two, as well as his feet kept sticking to the ball. But, for me, he is a person who always looks happy and smiling, " Rob wrote in his column in the Leicester Mercury.

There is also a judgment he is very religious, humble and shy. And of course, his English skills have also been further improved.

"My English is not that really good, but it is getting better than when I first came in. I kept trying to chat anything with my teammates. They will correct if there is something wrong," said Kante.