Champions…!

I’ll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we’ll be champions.
Bear Bryant

I don’t know what Bear Bryant had in his mind when he said this, but this year almost all the champions in sport are going through hell. Having said that I will not just sit back and enjoy but provide you with facts.

If we look at the English premier league, one of the most followed soccer league in the world, the last season’s league was won by the West London side, Chelsea FC and even the start of this season they were playing like the champions. They had the best form they could have, Didier Drogba was in no mood to stop scoring, even Anelka was having a good time in front of the net, the defense was in the best shape even without Ricardo Carvalho who moved to Real Madrid. It never looked as if the Champions had anyone closer to them. But it was just the start. What happened next was the perfect slump if there is one. It was the worst possible way the champions could have fallen after starting so well. So, they are now placed at the 5th position of the EPL table, they recently lost to Everton in the FA cup and now face the leaders Manchester United who have just lost a single match this season.

Moving on to the German Bundesliga, we have Bayern Munich, who were the winners of the German Bundesliga last season and had been the winner of the German Bundesliga for 22 times are now placed third in there league. Although they beat the last year UEFA Champions League winners,Internazionale(Inter Milan) in the first leg of there last sixteen, but someone with the impressive 22 German Bundesliga titles shouldn’t be struggling in their forte. But when you look at the points table you can just worry(if you are a Bayern fan.!) to see the point difference between the league leaders Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich and in the next fixture they face the league leaders and this may sound very similar to the EPL after knowing that the league leaders Borussia Dortmund has just lost 2 of the matches.

Now lets move a little more south, south west to be precise. Lets move to France.
The champion team here was Marseille in the previous season. This season they are placed at number 3 in the league table. They held Manchester United at a 0-0 draw in there champions league home game of the last sixteen round. But in the local league they have the lesser known club Lille above them at the first position with a 3 point lead with 14  matches remaining. They still have hope!

All of above teams have hope. That’s what the champions thrive upon. That’s what everyone in this world plays for. But at times you have to fall down only to get back up. I am not a fan of any of the above mentioned teams, but what I mean to convey here is that the champions fall! But they are champions because they have stood up again!

The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat.
Sam Snead

PS: It has been a long time since I wrote something.

PS: I just hope that this post inspires people(including me! I want to write more often!!) to stand up again.

PS: Song of the post: Nothing Else Matters-metallica