3 back to back PLs, just won the treble and they’re still playing as if they had been missing on the league for half a decade, even without some key players. It’s ridiculous.
I remember Inter’s 2010-2011 side, who were still fresh from winning the treble and 5 scudetti in a row, and they were pretty spineless tbh. Did a decent season anyway, winning Copa Italia and making it to QF in the UCL, but didn’t seem much interested in defending any of their competitions including Serie A, which Milan won comfortably.
I know Mourinho left and also, there have been a couple of treble-winning sides since then who did just fine. But honestly, how common is it in sports to retain the same drive, even after achieving massive success? Not so common I’d say. It’s pretty unbelievable, regardless of what you may think of City.
Hmm, the same logic can be applied to the gamers. You play to win, you have fun winning or playing a really hard game; Why would a gamer still want to play it after he won 3 times? Because things change.
Coaches change, wonder teams appear, squads change, you have to pay to get the money (and play well otherwise youre going to be a benchwarmer) etc. Football is a business, football is also fun and motivating for the really passionate ones (like haaland or kdb, bernardo etc).