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Premiership = “Boring League”

Cach day vai ngay, trong 1 bai phat bieu cua minh, HLV truong CLB Newcastle, ong Kevin Keegan da gay soc khi nhan xét rang, Premiership dang ngay 1 tro nen nham chan duoi su thong tri tuyet doi cua nhom tu dai gia.

Lay dan chung cu the o Premiership nam nay, trong thoi gian dau mua giai, nhom 5 doi dan dau luon co su xao tron, cu the la Man City, Portsmouth, Everton hay Aston Villa da co luc leo len tan vi tri thu 3, thu 4 tren BXH, tuy nhien cang ve cuoi mua giai, trat tu nhanh chong duoc lap lai. Nhom tu dai gia (MU, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea) chiem dong tuyet doi 4 vi tri dan dau. Xao tron chi thuong xay ra o 2 vi tri thu 1 va 2.

Keegan cho rang, day khong phai la bong da vi o Premiership khong co su canh tranh. Su thong tri tieu cuc den muc, nguoi ta vi Premiership la cuoc chien giua top 4 va nhung doi con lai. Thong ke cho thay, trong tat ca 124 tran top 4 doi dau voi phan con lai, chi 8 lan ho that bai, va Man City la doi bong thanh cong nhat tren phuong dien nay. Trong khi do, nhung tan binh nhu Sunderland, Derby… toan thua.

Hon the nua, chua bao gio Premiership xuat hien nhung tran dau co ti so cao den nhu vay (5-0, 6-0), dieu nay noi len su chenh lech den muc khong the khoa lap noi giua nhung doi bong voi nhau. Nguoi ta co le khong can xem Premiership nua, vi quay di quay lai, chuc vo dich cung chi thuoc ve MU, Arsenal, Liverpool hay Chelsea ma thoi.

Su hung thinh cua Premiership khong noi len su hung manh chung cua bong da dao quoc suong mu vi 1 ly do don gian: dT Anh da bi loai khoi Euro 2008. Trong truong hop y tuong han che so luong cau thu nuoc ngoai tai Premiership cua chu tich FIFA, Sepp Blatter duoc ap dung, lieu cac doi bong tai Premiership con thong tri chau Âu nhu bay gio khong?

Nhung phat bieu cua Keegan dang gay chan dong tai dao quoc suong mu, vi no duoc dua ra dung vao nam duoc coi la thanh cong nhat cua Premiership – thanh cong tren moi phuong dien: tien ban quyen truyen hinh, tien chuyen nhuong den va di, so luong ban thang, so luong hat-trick, va tren het: su thong tri tuyet doi tai Champions League.

Ông ta dang dua…

Nhung nhan xét cua King Kev khong phai la khong co ly, chi co dieu, ong noi sai thoi diem, va duong nhien ngay lap tuc Keegan phai doi dien voi hang loat nhung loi bai xich, chi trich cua 1 vai nhan vat co mau mat tai Premiership, noi bat la Sir Alex va giam doc dieu hanh Premier League, Richard Scudamore.

Trong nam ma cac quan chuc Premier League con vua cong khai y do mo rong tam anh huong cua Premiership tren toan the gioi bang cach to chuc vong dau thu 39 o nuoc ngoai thi Keegan lai tu “vach ao cho nguoi xem lung”. Richard Scudamore khong phu nhan nhung suy luan cua Keegan, ong chi cho rang, King Kev da dung sai tu (boring – buon chan).

Scudamore lap luan: Arsenal trai qua 1 mua giai bat bai, nguoi ta noi ho dang thong tri Premiership. Nhung sau do Mr Abramovich xuat hien va Chelsea len ngoi 2 nam lien, nhung roi cung phai tra chuc vo dich lai cho MU. Nhung cuoc doi ngoi lien tiep nhu vay chung to suc hap dan cua Premiership van con va mai ton tai.

Con Sir Alex cho rang, su thong tri co chang chi co o Ligue 1, khi Lyon lien tiep 7 nam vo dich, con o Premiership, gan nhu rat it xay ra truong hop 1 doi bong vo dich som toi 5, 6 vong dau, hoac doi dau bang bo xa nhung doi bam duoi khac 1 so diem qua lon. dien hinh nhu nam nay, khoang cach xa nhat tu vi tri thu 2 toi ngoi Vuong chi la 5 diem.

o Serie A, Inter dung dau da qua lau roi, tinh canh tuong tu thuoc ve Liga (Real), Bundesliga, (Bayern), Lique 1 (Lyon), trong khi do tai Premiership, Arsenal chi dung dau 1 thoi gian roi bi MU cuop lai, cuoc phan chia ngoi thu giua 2 doi dau bang dien ra lien tuc va MU chi moi giu duoc ngoi dau chua lau.

Cung chinh boi vay, 2 cum tu ma Keegan dung: “thong tri” va “nham chan” la sai.