Five thousand to one: the season that has not been repeated and probably cannot be
Leicester City were quoted at 5,000-1 to win the Premier League in August 2015. They finished ten points clear, and the conditions that allowed it…
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Antoine Dellenbach from Paris, FranceCC BY-SA 2.0
€222m, and the transfer that stopped being a ceiling and became a floor
Paris Saint-Germain more than doubled the world record to sign Neymar in 2017. The lasting effect was on every fee underneath it.
The seven years at Dortmund that changed how Europe defends
Jürgen Klopp's Borussia Dortmund won two Bundesliga titles with a wage bill a fraction of Bayern's, using an idea that is now taught everywhere.
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Five thousand to one: the season that has not been repeated and probably cannot be
Leicester City were quoted at 5,000-1 to win the Premier League in August 2015. They finished ten points clear, and the conditions that allowed it closed almost immediately.
The treble that was built in midfield, not in front of goal
Manchester City won the league, the FA Cup and the Champions League in 2023. The tactical decision that made it possible was moving a full back into the centre.
Four goals down and through: the only comeback of its kind in the European Cup
Barcelona lost 4-0 in Paris and won the return 6-1, the winner arriving in the ninety-fifth minute. No side had overturned a four-goal first-leg deficit before, and none has since.
Three comebacks and a final: how Real Madrid won a European Cup they were outplayed in
Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea and Manchester City were all ahead on aggregate and all went out. Then Madrid beat Liverpool with a quarter of the possession.
Three-nil at half time in Istanbul, and six minutes that ended a Milan era
Milan led the 2005 Champions League final 3-0 at the interval and lost it on penalties. The side that had been the best in Europe for three years never quite recovered its authority.
The seven years at Dortmund that changed how Europe defends
Jürgen Klopp's Borussia Dortmund won two Bundesliga titles with a wage bill a fraction of Bayern's, using an idea that is now taught everywhere.
Antoine Dellenbach from Paris, FranceCC BY-SA 2.0
€222m, and the transfer that stopped being a ceiling and became a floor
Paris Saint-Germain more than doubled the world record to sign Neymar in 2017. The lasting effect was on every fee underneath it.