Moments after Leicester City beat Chelsea to win the FA Cup on May 16, millions watching around the world were treated to a flourish of sporting theatre. The club’s 35-year-old Thai owner, Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha — inheritor of an airport duty-free monopoly and one of the youngest billionaires in Asia — was yanked on to the pitch by the players, bear-hugged by each in turn and allowed to lift the trophy as one of the team.
5月16日,萊斯特城隊(Leicester City)擊敗切爾西隊(Chelsea)贏得英格蘭足總盃(FA Cup),世界各地觀看這場比賽的數百萬觀衆隨後目睹了歡騰的一幕。萊斯特城俱樂部現年35歲的泰國老闆,繼承了一家機場免稅店集團、亞洲最年輕的億萬富豪之一阿亞瓦特•斯里瓦塔那布拉帕(Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha)被球員們拉到場內,輪流被隊員們擁抱,並被允許作爲球隊一員共舉獎盃。