“We don’t feel like we’re in for a tougher test this year”.
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‘It is historic, ‘ said Ranieri.
The victory is Leicester’s first in Europe since they took on Glenavon in the first round of the Cup Winners’ Cup in the 1961/62 season.
It’s been a fairly inauspicious start to the domestic season for Club Brugge, the champions of Belgium. “We scored very early and that gave us more confidence”.
“The Liverpool defeat was disappointing and the weekend wasn’t very nice, but we’ve done some homework on Bruges, we have an idea what they are about and I don’t think we will change too much”. We played our style’.
Mahrez scored his second goal from the penalty spot in the 61st minute, after Vardy had been floored by the goalkeeper on a breakaway.
The only sour note for Leicester was a booking for 29-million-pound (US$38.38-million) record signing Islam Slimani for a push on the back of Bjorn Engels, which led to the defender falling awkwardly and injuring his shoulder. “I’ve experienced the Super Cup in Cardiff before and it would be awesome to experience an actual Champions League final in Cardiff as well”, said Bale last week. “He took the responsibility”.
While Ranieri insisted it was not an easy evening, Club Brugge were certainly accommodating for Leicester, making it an unforgettable trip for their supporters, who had spent the afternoon enjoying the scorching sunshine and the pleasant ambience in the picturesque Belgian city.
“Maybe the music wake up him”.
Don’t forget, all Premier League, Bundesliga, La Liga, Serie A, Champions League matches are covered by the bet365 Euro Soccer Bonus, where you could earn a BONUS OF UP TO 100% on your returns on pre-match accumulator bets. We hope to go through the group and play again, but for us also it is important if we don’t achieve the first two positions, to go into the Europa League. We have played the first match, there are another five’.
Ranieri is aware that just weeks into the new campaign Leicester are already falling short of last season’s standards, but this, he insists, is only to be expected when those standards were set so impossibly high.
Leicester’s first came courtesy of a long throw-in from Luis Hernandez and Ranieri wanted height in the box.
“It was important to show the reaction after the Liverpool defeat”, said Ranieri. ‘We have to slowly discover him. I am very happy with his performance.
I do occasionally go to my local in South West London.
As the Foxes check in today for the Champions League soccer crusade nobody saw coming, Kasper Schmeichel rallied the great underdogs and blustered: “Let’s show them how we got here”.
“At the moment Spanish football is super-dominant, but I think we’re just at the start of becoming more impactful in Europe”, he said on Monday.
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“We know he’s capable of that”, Albrighton said of the free kick.
