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[00:03.04]The Leicester City soccer players gathered at a teammate's home Monday evening.
[00:10.08]They were anticipating the result of another game in the English Premier League.
[00:16.20]For the first time in 132 seasons,
[00:21.16]Leicester City, also known as the Foxes,
[00:25.32]was positioned to finish the season
[00:28.44]as the champion of England's top soccer league.
[00:32.48]But the first half of the match between Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea did not look good.
[00:39.80]If Tottenham won, Leicester's celebration
[00:44.36]would have to be put on hold for at least one more week.
[00:49.32]At halftime, Tottenham was ahead, 2-0.
[00:53.48]Gary Cahill scored to make it 2-1.
[00:58.08]Then Eden Hazard got the equalizer with just seven minutes to play.
[01:05.24]When the referee blew his whistle to signal the end of the game,
[01:10.36]the Leicester City players went crazy.
[01:13.72]Because of the tie score, Tottenham cannot overtake Leicester for first place.
[01:20.92]The result set off celebrations in England and beyond.
[01:26.00]People around the world followed the story of Leicester City this season.
[01:32.16]Thailand is one place that caught fever for the Foxes.
[01:37.88]That is because the owner of the team is from Thailand,
[01:42.36]and his company, King Power, is the sponsor.
[01:46.28]Most Thai soccer fans like the famous English teams
[01:51.24]like Manchester United or Chelsea.
[01:54.28]But not anymore.
[01:55.88]In fact, a Buddhist monk at a temple in Bangkok
[02:00.84]blessed the team earlier this season
[02:04.24]and predicted it would win the championship.
[02:08.36]Now the monk and his temple are considered magical and holy by Leicester City fans.
[02:17.28]Sports experts say Leicester is one of the most unlikely teams ever to win a major championship.
[02:26.04]The Foxes played so well, they won the title with two games to go.
[02:31.60]Leicester started the season as a 5,000-to-1 underdog.
[02:37.48]Just seven years ago, the team was in the third division of English soccer.
[02:43.64]Thanks to the play of top goal-scorer Jamie Vardy
[02:48.08]and the direction of manager Claudio Ranieri,
[02:52.64]the Foxes took over first place in the league at the end of December 2015.
[02:59.72]The Foxes built a 5-point lead in the standings by February
[03:04.48]and continued to play well late in the season to clinch the title.
[03:08.88]And that's What's Trending Today.
[03:12.36]I'm Dan Friedell.