Another Cinderella-esque Story
2011 – 2012 was spectacular when it came to football all across Europe. We saw Manchester City clinch the league title after 44 years, Real Madrid seal their 32nd La Liga title and finally, Montpellier HSC, introduced as the new and the first time champions of France’s Ligue 1.
The surprise keeps on coming though.
A long time coming
“Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.”
- Jules Renard, a notable French author of the late eighteenth, early nineteenth century.
This is the quote of the year that has made sense for majority of the French people this year.
It was just a week ago that a Socialist – Francois Hollande was inaugurated as the President of France replacing incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy. The first Socialist to win the title since Francois Mitterrand did in the 1980’s.
And tonight the medieval and historic city of Montpellier located in the South of France has added one more moment of significance to an already impressive list of accomplishments. This time it was Ligue 1 club from the city - Montpellier HSC.
To err is the Referee.
We will never know what the outcomes would have been if the decisions made were correct. But there is no denying things could have been totally different. If small changes ripple into massive consequences in our chaotic world, then the standing of football, as we know it today would be different.
Referees of the modern game have to go through a lot. From pressurizing press statements from cunning managers, to complete chastising to even death threats.
