Kasper Schmeichel Juarai EPL Samai Prestasi Ayahnya Peter
Kasper Schmeichel is a Premier League Winner Just Like Dad Peter
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
KASPER Schmeichel sejak lama kerap dibandingkan dengan ayahnya, Peter, dan kini kiper Leicester tersebut dapat berdiri sejajar dengan sang 'bokap' setelah klubnya dipastikan meraih juara Liga Premier Inggris (EPL) pada Selasa dini hari.
Disetarakan dalam prestasi luar biasa, kedua Schmeichels memenangkan gelar liga pertama mereka - bersamaan pada usia 29 tahun, pada hari libur yang sama pada Senin, kesamaan prestasi yang terpisah selama 23 tahun dan menjadi menarik karena bapak dan anak ini tidak perlu susah payah berjibaku di depan gawang untuk meraih gelar juara EPL tersebut.
Setelah Tottenham menyerah meski telah memimpin dua gol atas Chelsea di Stamford Bridge, para pemain Leicester menyaksikan laga penentu tersebut di rumah Jamie Vardy, dan menjadi saksi hasil akhir draw, 2-2.
Sejarah juga dicatatakan oleh ayah dan anak, setelah penyerang Arsenal Ian Wright (1998) dan mantan pemain sayap Chelsea Shaun Wright-Philips (2006) meraih gelar juara.
Leicester - yang baru saja terhindar dari degradasi pada musim sebelumnya, menjadi klub pertama sebagai juara 'baru' dari EPL dalam 38 tahun terakhir - prestasi serupa dilakukan oleh Nottingham Forest pada 1978.
Menyambut gembira prestasi spektakuler anaknya, pahlawan Old Trafford mengubah bio Twitter-nya sebagai pengakuan atas pencapaian prestasi sang anak dengan menuliskan: 'Father to a Premier League winner.'
Kembali pada 1993, Manchester United berjuang untuk meraih gelar juara liga pertama mereka di bawah asuhan Sir Alex Ferguson, sementara rival terdekat Aston Villa menjalani laga kandang hadapi Oldham, 24 jam menjelang pertandingan United menghadapi Blackburn.
Sementara Ferguson lebih memilih bermain golf bukannya menyaksikan pertandingan menentukan tersebut, Oldham membuat kejutan setelah menang 1-0 berkat gol Nick Henry, beberapa jam kemudian MU yang sudah aman dalam pengetahuan mereka telah memenangkan liga, dengan tenang memenangkan pertandingan atas Blackburn dengan skor 3-1.
Dengan 22 kali laga tanpa pernah kebobolan, Schmeichel senior menjadi tokoh penting dalam mendukung MU memenangkan gelar pertama dalam 26 tahun dan nilai transfer 505.000 poundsterling untuk mendapatkan kiper asal Denmark dari Brondby kemudian mengusungnya menjadi kiper terbaik dunia.
Kemenangan yang menandai gelar juara pertama dari lima kali gelar juara EPL untuk Schmeichel senior dan meskipun sang anak yang mengenakan kaos Leicester No 1 harus berjuang keras menyamai prestasi ayahnya, dialah yang turut menentukan kemenangan klubnya saat ini, seperti dilansir MailOnline.
KASPER Schmeichel has long been compared to his father Peter and now the Leicester goalkeeper can add another similarity to that list after he became a Premier League winner on Monday night.
In a scary coincidence, the Schmeichels won their first league titles - both aged 29, on the same bank holiday Monday, 23-years apart and ironically neither had to set foot on the pitch to get the job done.
With Tottenham surrendering a two-goal lead to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, Foxes players watched from the comfort of Jamie Vardy's house as Spurs, quite literally imploded in a bad-tempered 2-2 draw.
History has also been made by the pair, who have become only the second father and son, after Arsenal forward Ian Wright (1998) and former Chelsea winger Shaun Wright-Phillips (2006) to both be crowned champions.
Leicester - who had only just avoided relegation the season before, are the first 'new' winners of the English top flight in 38 years - the last first-time champions were Nottingham Forest back in 1978.
Delighted by his boy's spectacular accomplishment, the Old Trafford hero amusingly changed his Twitter bio in recognition of the achievement to make it read: 'Father to a Premier League winner.'
Back in 1993, Manchester United were striving for their first league title under Sir Alex Ferguson, nearest rivals Aston Villa were at home to Oldham, 24 hours ahead of United's game with Blackburn.
With Ferguson preferring a round of golf instead of taking in the action, Oldham pulled off a shock 1-0 victory thanks to a Nick Henry strike, hours later United who were already safe in the knowledge they had won the league, comfortably strolled to a 3-1 scoreline.
With 22 clean sheets that season, Schmeichel senior was an instrumental figure in helping United win a first title in 26 years and the £505.000 signing from Danish side Brondby would go onto be voted the world's best goalkeeper.
That triumph marked the first of five Premier League winners' medals for the great Dane and although the Leicester No 1 has some way to go before he can match that feat, the satisfaction of his first, will be one he saviours forever.
At the King Power Stadium on Saturday, win, lose or draw against Everton, the goalkeeper who has longed for the day in which to emulate his famous heritage, can at last be judged purely on his own merit.