Leicester drops to second division in England – 05/29/2023 – Sandro Macedo

Leicester drops to second division in England – 05/29/2023 – Sandro Macedo


This weekend’s edition of the Premier League ended, which marked Arsenal’s title (uhu) as the best among the 19 clubs that competed in the competition — unfortunately, it had that 20th team, unbeatable, coached by Pep Guardiola, under which it hovers a permanent cloud of money and who doesn’t know how to play with others.

In the last round, the most brilliant and cinematic recent history of any team in the English top flight with the relegation of Leicester was also interrupted.

Interestingly, Leicester’s trajectory can be counted from the triumph with Richard 3rd to the fall with the coronation of Charles 3rd… practically “The Crown” of Breton sport.

Better known for adaptations of William Shakespeare’s play than history books, Richard III was considered a cursed king, usurper of the throne, whose remains were lost since his death in 1485.

In 2012, when his supposed bones were found in a parking lot in the city of Leicester, the club was in the English Serie B, in which it reached the playoffs, but lost. The following year, with the DNA test confirming the actual bones, Leicester were promoted to the Premier League. Coincidence?

The years that followed were of debate over how to bury Richard: with the recognition of a king or just as a usurper of the crown?

In March 2015, Ricardo’s remains were finally transferred with military honors to Leicester Cathedral. And the team, which was discredited, in last place, made a spectacular start to remain in the first division.

Then came the following year (still without Pep spoiling everyone else’s fun), when in the most miraculous season in the history of a small English team, Leicester were crowned Premier League champions, stuffed with players previously considered only average and with a manager far from of the soccer elite (Claudio Ranieri). Suddenly, the accursed Richard III became the blessed king of Leicester.

But then came the 2022/2023 season and, after years of royal lull, the crown changed hands, with the death of Elizabeth II and the coronation, in May, of her son, Charles III.

The return of a king was not lucky for the Foxes, as they are known, and the team was relegated in the last round, as the third worst in the competition.

This scribe hopes that the friendly Leicester —who plays at the King Power stadium (sponsor’s suggestive name)— will return to football royalty without having to wait for another coronation.

For moviegoers who are curious about the story of the discovery of Richard III’s remains, know that it was recently made into a movie, in the still unpublished “The Lost King”, by Stephen Frears, with Sally Hawkins in the role of intrepid Philippa, the woman who discovered the royal whereabouts in Leicester.

Is Boston the city of the turn?
When this column hits the printed newspaper (on Tuesday, 30), it will already be known what the end of the historic conference final in the NBA between Boston Celtics and Miami Heat took. After leading a 3-0, Boston reacted and tied for 3-3 – with the decisive basket of Game 6 made with 0.1s left. If it turns around, it will be the first time in 151 occasions that a team has gone 3-0 in a best-of-7 series.

Also in Boston, but in baseball, the Red Sox achieved such a feat in 2004, against the New York Yankees, their biggest rival.

Not to mention the feat of the New England Patriots, from the same Massachusetts, who turned 28 to 3 in a Super Bowl against the Atlanta Falcons in 2017, the biggest comeback in the NFL final.


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