Leicester City fires Ranieri: Cruel but reasonable!

(Baonghean.vn) - Not long after returning to England after Leicester City's 1-2 defeat to Sevilla in the first leg of the Champions League knockout round, coach Ranieri received a decision to be fired by the team's board of directors.

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Legend Gary Lineker said: "After all that Claudio Ranieri has done for Leicester City, firing him at this time is incomprehensible and unforgivable." However, objectively speaking, the decision to part ways with Ranieri by the Thai owners at King Power Stadium is completely reasonable. Admittedly, the "welder" deserves to be treated like that with what is happening at Leicester City. If there is any blame, it should only be blamed on the players of this team for "selling out" their teacher.

In reality, when a team plays poorly, the person who must take responsibility is of course the head coach. Losing a team and firing a general has become a common "unwritten rule". This season, Leicester has been playing quite disappointingly. There is no denying the achievements of Vardy and his teammates when they led their group and confidently entered the knockout round. That is not enough to hide the tragic situation of the King Power team in the domestic league. Saying goodbye to the League Cup very early. In the FA Cup arena, the "Foxes" were eliminated by the Millwall team in the 5th round.

Coach Ranieri had to leave Leicester City after the team's poor results. Photo: Internet.

But all of that is nothing compared to Leicester's poor performance in the Premier League. As the defending champions of the tournament, after 25 rounds, Ranieri's team is currently languishing in 16th place, just 1 point away from the relegation zone. Leicester's inability to defend the title is not really surprising because before this year's season started, few people believed that the "foxes" could keep the Premier League trophy at King Power Stadium. However, to find a position in the TOP 10 seems not beyond the reach of Leicester City's strength.

Only losing Kante to Chelsea, but in return, coach Ranieri was able to bring in a series of expensive contracts such as Mendy, Musa, Zieler, Ndidi, Slimani, along with veterans Morgan, Vardy, Mahrez, Schmeichel... Obviously, Leicester City's force is not weaker than last season, if not better in terms of squad depth. Leicester City's poor performance is of course coach Ranieri's fault. Whatever is said, the Italian strategist must take most of the responsibility for Leicester City's decline.

With Leicester City's 16th place in the rankings and current form, the campaign to "escape the call of death" is becoming an extremely difficult task, containing many risks. The decision to fire the King Power Stadium team's management board is truly a last resort, seen as a forced, tough move to save the team from the risk of returning to the first division after 3 seasons breathing the Premier League atmosphere. And how big the consequences of relegation are, no need to explain, everyone understands. Therefore, the decision to part ways with coach Ranieri by the Thai owners is completely understandable and correct.

In the past two decades, only Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson and Arsenal manager Wenger have been the luckiest of the managers who have won the Premier League and not been sacked by their clubs. The rest, Mourinho, Ancelotti, Mancini, and Pellegrini, have all received bitter consequences from their bosses, having not long ago helped their clubs win the prestigious Premier League trophy.

More than a year ago, Mourinho also had to leave Chelsea like Ranieri. Photo: Internet.

Perhaps, among the "unfortunate" people above, no one understands the ingratitude of the coaching profession more than Mourinho. Considered a hero at Stamford Bridge with 3 Premier League titles, along with titles in the FA Cup, League Cup, English Super Cup... over 2 terms, the "special one" still had to leave London in bitterness. Even a talented strategist like the "special one" had to taste that bitter feeling, Ranieri's dismissal is not surprising or unfair.

According to the revelation, "the welder" Ranieri could not control the team's dressing room when some of his students openly opposed him. Just like Mourinho more than a year ago at Chelsea, Leicester City's internal situation has fallen into a situation of "the top does not listen to the bottom", causing the performance of the King Power team to decline miserably. Whether they want it or not, Leicester City's Board of Directors must make the decision to "fire" the Italian strategist and wait for the possibility of "changing the general to change the fortunes", hoping to save the team from the risk of relegation. Saying goodbye to Ranieri is, after all, an understandable action in the current situation at King Power Stadium.

Leaving England for Italy with his suitcase, Coach Ranieri must have felt sad when thinking about Arsenal's Coach Wenger. Since winning the 2004/2005 Premier League title, the London team has gone through more than a decade without a trophy.

That's why the championship title to the owners of English football often doesn't mean much./.

Thanh Hung