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Wednesday, 15 March 2017
Leicester and Shakespeare recapture last season's title-winning magic.
While history may not quite repeat itself for Leicester this season, they are a step closer to achieving the nearest possible thing. Last spring, as opponents lined up to take their shots at the champions-elect, every game at the King Power Stadium resembled a cup tie. Performances were sometimes frayed at the edges, but such was the gathering hurricane of belief among team and supporters that it felt, almost without exception, that visitors who tried their luck would eventually be blown away.
Against all expectations, that feeling is back. Leicester's achievement in reaching the Champions League quarterfinals with a nervy, come-from-behind 3-2 aggregate win against Sevilla is all the more remarkable because the team's genie had, by any stretch, seemed to be out of the bottle. Craig Shakespeare's reversion to the setup that served them so well a year ago was the obvious fix to their problems after six months of over-elaboration by Claudio Ranieri. But if a return to old methods made good sense, the task involved in recapturing the spirit, both on and off the pitch, that had carried them home before seemed far steeper.
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