The Best Moments of Claudio Ranieri’s Leicester City-essentiallysports.com

Published 02/26/2017, 2:01 PM EST

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Claudio Ranieri has been sacked as Leicestery City’s manager. Yes, you heard that right. The footballing world was left in shock on Thursday night after Leicester City football club made a public announcement stating that they had parted ways with the Italian boss. Just nine months after steering Leicester City to the Premier League Title, (in what will be regarded as the greatest underdog story in sporting history) and being crowned the FIFA World Coach of the year, Ranieri has been shown the door, effectively ending his stint with the foxes. A host of the most prominent names in football took to social media to show their disapproval for the sacking, and rightly so. Nevertheless, he has left a lasting legacy with the club, propelling his team to Premier League glory last season. Lets’s take a look at some of Ranieri’s best moments during his short but immortal stint with Leicester City.

5. Good start to the Season:

When Claudio Ranieri was initially appointed the coach of Leicester city, he had a lot of doubters to prove wrong. Many pundits questioned the appointment of the Italian and the majority of them tipped the Foxes to get relegated, come the end of the season. Well how wrong did they turn out to be! Leicester city had a glorious start to the season with an opening day demolition of Sunderland. They went on a wonderful unbeaten streak before finally losing to Arsenal in September. However, the Foxes were in a really good position right from the start of the season and would go on to show incredible consistency throughout the campaign.

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4. Jamie Vardy’s having a party:

What a story it’s been for Jamie Vardy. From being a Non-league player to being crowned the Football writer’s Player of the Year, the Englishman has endured a meteoric rise to the top. His most notable individual achievement though was his goal scoring record. The forward went through an incredible run of form, scoring in eleven consecutive games, breaking the previous record set by Ruud Van- Nistelrooy. The English forward was pivotal to the foxes title charge and would go on to score 24 goals throughout the campaign.

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3. Qualification for Champions League Knockouts:

While Leicester City attracted a huge number of new found supporters after their remarkable Premier League success, very few predicted that they would perform in the biggest stage of them all, the UEFA Champions League. However, Ranieri and Co. proved their doubters wrong once again. The foxes won five out of their six group games, topping their group table. Although the performances in the premier league weren’t as inspiring as they were last season, they definitely made up for it in the Champions League.

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2. Claudio Ranieri – FIFA Coach of the Year

What a fantastic 2016 it was for Claudio Ranieri. The Italian gaffer single handedly masterminded the greatest footballing achievement in Premier League history. This culminated with him winning a host of awards, most notably the FIFA World Coach of the Year ahead of Fernando Santos and Zinedine Zidane. Ranieri also bagged the Premier League coach of the year, awarded to him by the Football Writer’s association. The Leicester city players also bagged a host of individual awards, with Riyad Mahrez winning the PFA player of the Year and Jamie Vardy winning the Football Writer’s Player of the Year.

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1. Leicester City- Premier League Champions(2015/2016)

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Whatever said and done, no one can take away the remarkable achievement by Claudio Ranieri and his men. Watching the Leicester city players celebrating Eden Hazard’s equalizer against Tottenham, together at Jamie Vardy’s house will no doubt have brought a smile to all the football fans out there. Leicester City were the deserving champions and it was by no means a fluke. They were the most consistent and convincing team, ahead of the usual big guns of English football. Their Premier League victory will undoubtedly go down as the greatest underdog story in English football. To quote the great Claudio Ranieri himself  ‘Dilly ding dilly dong’

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