This season, Rene Girard’s men have given Carlo Ancelotti’s Paris Saint-Germain a run for their money. If Montpellier win the Championelle, it would be one of the biggest upsets or oddities in French Ligue 1 history
The thing about miracles is that they happen when we least expect them. Football is also similar to this. The year 2012 has already been a miraculous one in sporting terms. Perhaps, Zambia’s crowning as the best team in Africa a few months ago is perhaps
one of the biggest surprises world football has seen.
That triumph even outdoes the exploits of Greece’s famous European Championship triumph all those years ago.
The French Ligue 1 this season, has had its fair share of surprises too. Perhaps, the biggest surprise is to see the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Olympique-de-Marseille-c40127 struggle to get as much as a sniff at the Champions League berths.
However, the biggest surprise in the league can be found in the podium positions. As things stand, Paris Saint-Germain are leading the Ligue 1 standings with 58 points from 27 games. The Ile giants have invested heavily in the last two transfer windows to
achieve this position so it is hardly a surprise to see them at the summit.
However, becoming Ligue 1 champions once again is not a given by any means if the Ligue 1 table is looked at closely. In the second spot is Montpellier Herault – a club that was playing in the Ligue 2 about 5 years ago.
Now, thanks to some shrewd business, the Languedoc-Roussillon-based club is slowly becoming a big player when it comes to vying for major titles.
As things stand, La Paillade trail PSG by just a solitary point. Furthermore, both sides have been in the driving seat for a number of months and have been sharing the first and second spot more often than not.
Though Montpellier coach Rene Girard knows his side has a great chance of winning the Championelle, the Frenchman knows that he needs to do things one step at a time.
If by any chance, Montpellier are able to win the Ligue 1 this year, it would be one of the biggest surprises in French football history. When one compares the way PSG and Montpellier deal with their finances, the two sides, especially Montpellier are the
perfect antithesis of PSG.
With pockets that run deep, PSG can outbid any team in Europe at the moment. However, in Louis Nicollin, Montpellier have a president who is one of the most shrewd businessman in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899. The outspoken former president of the France Football Federation has
made some great investments in the past.
Now, residents of Stade de la Mosson are reaping the rewards of a business strategy that should be a blue print for many clubs.
The club’s youth academy has been the backbone of recent successes. The likes of Karim Ait-Fana, Younes Belhanda, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa and Remy Cabella are all Montpellier’s youth academy products and have been an integral part of Montpellier’s title assault
this season.
Olivier Giroud and Vitorino http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hilton-c16219 yet again demonstrate some great bargains made by the club with the latter proving to be a calming influence in a young team.
Montpellier are one of only few clubs that have played in the inaugural 1932-33 season. However, the club has never won a Ligue 1 trophy. The current season might be the closest they ever came to win a Ligue 1 title and if that happens, Montpellier would
certainly have defied all odds to prove that they are the perfect antithesis of Paris Saint-Germain.
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