How Leicester City pathetically exited the Europa League

On Thursday 25th Februrary, Leicester City faced their second leg in the round of 32 in the Europa League. They lost 0-2. Join FoL as we unpack the result.

My fellow inebriated Foxes, how are we all doing today? Nothing particularly the matter, I would hope. Of course, there is the general feeling of ‘what just happened’ in the Leicester City forums and social media pages.

On a happy note though, we did see the debut of one of Leicester’s best prospects: Sidnei Tavares! Welcome to the fox pack Tavares!

Leicester City: an ungracious exit

That is what I am going to write about. How Leicester City exited the Europa League at the hands of Slavia Prague in a 0-2 defeat. Before going on to try and unpack what happened, I do want to make clear that I have already gone through the five stages of grief.

First there was denial. ‘How could we possibly have lost this match?’ and ‘we can still win this?’ These thoughts whirling around my head at the 70th minute. I thought we had the better team, regardless of injuries.

Next there was anger. The result was unacceptable, intolerable, the fight was too little too late in the match to mount a successful comeback, and our lack of an away goal only further frustrated me. We should have done better.

Then was bargaining. ‘At least Leicester can focus on the Premier League now’. Next depression. The feeling of sorrow of no longer fighting on three fronts to win silverware or the like. Finally, there was acceptance. That is how I feel now. Foxes supporters, Leicester City must now accept what happened, accept the result, and push onwards on the other two fronts we still fight.

My acceptance does not – although I would love it to – change the facts of the matter. The flying Foxes lost at home to Slavia Prague, and we did not even manage to score a single goal across 180 minutes+ of football.