Only 1 English team in the last 8 of Champions League
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Fans and pundits alike take every opportunity to laud the Premier League as the best football league in club football. From the presence of some of the biggest names, to the exciting brand of football exhibited by the clubs, many arguments have been made in support of the said notion.
However, Monaco’s incredible comeback last night means that only 1 English team is now left in the competition, and we are just past the round of 16. That one team – without no disrespect – is Leicester City, the reigning Premier League champions, who were relegation-threatened until a few weeks back and had sacked possibly their greatest ever manager following a defeat in the first-leg of the Champions League clash against Sevilla last month.
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The Foxes scripted one of the most incrediblel fairtytales in football forklore last season and could still go on to win the Champions League. But having 1 team in the last 8 of Europe’s elite competition highlights that probably the argument ‘Premier League is the best league in the world’ does not hold true after all.
There is no denying the presence of world class stars or the capability of English clubs to pay wages that their counterparts from other countries fail to match but apart from the obvious drop in UEFA coefficient it also signals a drop in the level of football exhibited by these said big clubs of England. It is time England stopped basking in the glory of being hailed as the best league in the world and started working towards becoming one, like it was one might argue.
