FALSE 10: Too Close to the Sun
There is an old story—about Icarus, a boy who flew too high. Carried by freedom and intoxicated by the feeling of rising above everything he had ever known, he defied the limits set before him. But the closer he moved toward the sun, the weaker his wings became—until, in a single moment, they gave way. The fall was inevitable.Yet it was never just a story about falling. It was a story about a rise so extraordinary, so breathtaking, that it almost demanded a price.And that is why it has never belonged to mythology alone.Because football, more than anything else, understands both the rise and the fall. It understands what it means to soar beyond expectation—and what it means to lose everything you once touched. And no club in the modern era has lived through both extremes as vividly, as brutally, as Leicester City.In 2016, they were Icarus—fearless, unstoppable, existing above logic and beyond belief. They flew higher than anyone thought possible, turning the impossible into reality with..