Underdogs Creating ‘Miracles’ In European Football, All Leagues Under Control

Almost half of the season is over in major European leagues and the underdogs in all leagues are surprising the football fans across the world. The super underdogs has given a new dimension to the title race. Girona, Bayer Leverkusan, Aston Villa, OGC Nice, VFB Stuttgart and Bologna FC are the ones now making a significant changes in the point table. As always football is all about creating wonders.

Pushing back the Los Blancos and Barca in the point table, Girona is making bigger history that anyone has dared to imagine. Girona is climbing heights, after scoring 38. Across Europe’s five top league only Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen have more. Even two of the three players to play the most passes in La Liga are of Girona’s Aleix Garcia and Blind.

Meanwhile, its heady days for Aston Villa. The underperforming team has now upended the Premier League’s paradigm. It’s not their third position that makes them rulers of the league, it’s the fact that their past two games they have beaten last season’s top two.

OGC Nice in Ligue is known for patiently probing for an opening by swapping passes in its own half. They have now grabbed the limelight by securing the second place in the league. The team was successful in building a solid defence this season, conceding only six goals in 15 league games. While, Paris Saint Germain tops the table with eight straight wins in the league and keep a four-point lead over Nice.

VFB Stuttgart has earned a well-deserved point at home against Leverkusen side which has continued its unbeaten run-on Sunday afternoon. Stuttgart battled a spectacular game with Bayer Leverkusen who has managed to remain unbeaten for this entire Bundesliga campaign. They have managed to stay in the third position and it doesn’t look like they are going to slow down soon.