Leicester City won the Premier League four years ago, creating a miracle in the top flight, and the team's famous name Reinkel has bluntly said that such a title will not be again. We don't know what will happen in the future, but at least in the world football world, such things have actually happened – although they are rare.
In the 1984/85 Serie A season, Maradona played for Napoli, Platini for Juventus, Rummenigge for Inter Milan, Falcao for Roma, Zico for Udinese, the stars gathered in the Apennines is undoubtedly the first league, but in serie A, known as the "Minor World Cup", the championship of this season belongs to Verona. At the beginning of the season, the team brought in two foreign players, namely German defender Brigger and Danish goalscorer Elkyer, plus Fanna, Gardrich and so on, and the team embarked on a history-making journey under the leadership of coach Bagnoli.
In the first game of the season, Verona faced Napoli at home, which was Maradona's league debut in Naples, but Verona did not give the king face and won 3-1 cleanly. In the 5th round of home against Juventus, Elkyar scored a goal that Will never forget for Verona fans: he received the ball in midfield and carried the ball forward, his right foot shoe in front of the box was stepped on, but he scored with one foot barefoot to help Verona win 2-0. In the first 12 rounds of the league, Verona won 8 wins and 4 draws to remain unbeaten, and they could also score points against strong teams such as Inter Milan, Juventus, Roma, AC Milan, etc., but despite this, who thinks they can finally win the championship?
The long mid-season lows came as expected, and at the start of the last game at the end of December, Verona won four consecutive games without a win and suffered the first defeat in the league, but the team adjusted in time to get back on track after beating Askley 2-0. On May 12, 1985, the team played away to Atalanta, as long as the opponent was drawn, he could win the league championship in the early round, and the final score of 1-1 made the love city team laugh to the end. After 30 rounds, Verona topped the table with a record of 15 wins, 13 draws and 2 defeats, With Turin in second place and the two teams with Platini and Maradona only sixth and eighth.
In the top scorers list, Gardrich became the team's top scorer with 11 goals, two foreign players proved his worth, Brigel scored nine goals, and Elkyer scored key goals in many games in the second half despite a slight struggle in the first half. Manager Bagnoli is to Verona what Shankly is to Liverpool, and he has assembled a team of unparalleled unity – a quality that may be necessary for every team with less talent than their opponents.
Verona, which gave birth to Romeo and Juliet, is known as the "City of Love", a quiet and reserved city that has other reasons to be remembered for this champion. The spotlight of Serie A will still be more focused on the cities of Turin, Milan or Rome, but the magical story created by Verona will always exist as the truest victory in Serie A history.
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