Bigger miracle: Leicester City winning the EPL or Greece winning Euro 2004?

[ASHOOR]

So Leicester City defied all the odds yesterday (5000 to 1 odds) and won the EPL title.

This got me thinking: What is the bigger miracle?


Greece winning Euro 2004? (150 to 1 odds)


or


Leicester City winning the EPL? (5000 to 1 odds)


Problem is, you can't compare odds from two different tournaments (league vs. international tournament)


But let us analyze it. Greece only had to win about 4 out of 6 games, and most of these were 1-0 scores. And when you play such a short tournament, anything is possible. But with the EPL, it is a long season, and you can always make adjustments, so flukes like Greece winning Euro is less likely. Which makes Leicester winning the EPL a bigger miracle than Greece winning Euro 2004, especially given that the EPL has some very rich teams who spend a combined 1 billion per season on player salaries (Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester City, Arsenal)



ASHOOR

 

[Crocodile Bani]

I disagree with both, although what Leicester and Greece did was amazing.

The biggest miracle was the Asian Champions League of 2014.  A club with 2 years of history, from a salary capped league beat the cashed up Chinese and Saudi Clubs to be the first Australian club to be Asian Champions.  I am of course talking about Western Sydney Wanderers.  No triumph will ever match what they did.