The Best Party In England Is A Leicester City Game

Nobody who showed up to the
stadium or tuned in to watch Leicester
play Swansea this weekend would’ve
come away overly impressed by the
quality of the game itself. Leicester
did play well, dominating from the
first whistle until the last, and sent
four goals past the Swans’ keeper. But
what made this match such a
exhilarating affair, like all the Foxes’
home ones during this final stretch of
their unbelievable season, was
everything that happened outside the
parameters of the game itself.
Leicester home games are something
closer to concerts than soccer matches
at this point. In the stadium, a sea of
fans watch the performances of their
idols in the center with rapt attention
, singing in unison the whole time, as
their unending waves of vocal support
cascade down onto the pitch and
imbue the entire place and every
person there with an overwhelming
sense of joy and confidence and love.
In turn, the players themselves run
around with a visible charge, both
feeding off the songs and cheers of
the crowd and inspiring more of it
with their tricky dribbles and shots
and tackles and saves. It’s a
communal atmosphere with thousands
of people sharing their deep and
abiding love for Leicester City, and
with Leicester City paying it right
back with goals and victories.
Here are the game highlights NBC
Sports culled from the contest, which
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As you can see, every Leicester goal
was facilitated by at least one major
Swansea mistake, which curbed their
aesthetic appeal by a good amount.
And since the home team scored twice
early on, the game was pretty much
over as a meaningful contest a half an
hour in. A real highlight video would show you
a mundane Robert Huth clearance in
the middle of a game that had already
been won, and the thunderous
applause the simple kick of the ball
received—a response, by comparison,
that dwarfed any cheer Barcelona’s
fans could muster during a 6-0 home
win on Saturday that was just as
crucial for their La Liga title hopes.
And more than the goals themselves, a
real highlight video would show the
Leicester goal scorers’ ecstatic
celebrations after hitting the net, the
way it looked like they wanted to
jump out of their own skin.
Every win the Foxes pull out from
here on inches the team closer to
realizing a dream that once seemed
impossible. At this point in the season,
and after everything they’ve gone
through, the fans and players, once
burdened by the idea that the title
was something they’d come close to
and miss out on, show up to the
matches with the feeling that winning
it is an inevitability.