With the Argentines Julián Montoya and Matías Moroni, Leicester became champions of the Premiership

With the Argentines Matías Moroni and Julián Montoya among the starters, Leicester were crowned champions of the English Premiership this Saturday by beating Saracens in the final of the contest by 15 to 12.As for the match, played at the Twickenham Stadium, during the first stage there was no fluid game and the first points came through a penalty from Owen Farrell that put Saracens up on the scoreboard.

Despite being at a disadvantage, Leicester took advantage of Alex Davies’ yellow and scored the first try of the match through Hanro Liebenberg. A few minutes later, Jasper Wiese supported the second, although the conversion was missed. For his part, Saracens added again through a penalty from Elliot Daly. However, the first stage ended 12-6 in favor of the Tigers.In the complement, Leicester started with a great offense, but found a firm defense of its rival. In this way, during this stage the result only moved with two penalties from Owen Farrell that left everything 12 to 12.When it seemed that everything was going to an extra time, Freddie Burns executed a drop in the final moments of the match and gave Leicester the three points necessary to be crowned in the English contest.

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