An exciting game developed, where Leicester City were dominating for large parts of the game. A.S. Roma’s goal via Lorenzo Pellegrini came completely out of nowhere and almost felt undeserved. In the 67th minute the Foxes found their equaliser after an own goal by Gianluca Mancini.
It looked like Leicester could find the winner as Harvey Barnes was left in plenty of space in the box, however James Maddison didn’t pull the ball back for Barnes who could’ve almost had a tap-in. After the 1-1 draw last night we pick out three things we have learned from the occasion.
Have we finally found how to improve the atmosphere?
After weeks of campaigning on LCFC twitter, how good was it to finally hear When You’re Smiling playing around the stadium before the match? Belting out the words with my dad, and hearing everyone else singing them too, it brings a tear to your eye. Finally, to see the King Power Stadium have some kind of an atmosphere it takes you back to the 2013/14 season when we first came up to the Premier League.
It certainly did it’s job in getting the atmosphere up at the game because wow, the KP was absolutely rocking last night. We need an anthem, a song that belongs to us, and Jersey Budd’s When You’re Smiling is just that, hopefully we will hear it in the final outings to come.
Sweet Caroline was another, however I do think that’s better left for the national games, but it’s still a brilliant song and it does it’s job to get the atmosphere going, because who doesn’t know the words to Sweet Caroline?
I thought Don’t Stop the Party by Pitbull was a nice touch, allowing fans to get the chant going about our beloved centreback, Daniel Amartey. Maybe LCFC ought to play Wonderwall by Oasis so we can scream out the words about one of our own, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.
It’s all a step in the right direction, if we keep complaining on twitter maybe they’ll finally get rid of the dreadful clap banners. Although some fans have already started their move on twitter to get rid of the clap banners after seeing how successful they were with sorting out the pre-match music .
Referee was Roma’s 12th man
Spanish referee Carlos del Cerro Grande caused some controversy to say the least, sometimes it seemed like there were 12 Roma players on the pitch! He certainly kept his average yellow cards up, booking four players, two from either team. The Real Madrid fan was blatantly biased towards the Yellows and Reds, giving them far more decisions than Leicester. While the ref also gave City yellow cards for barely anything – whilst allowing Roma to get away with everything.
I thought Grande was doing okay in the first two minutes and then it just went downhill from there. Players of the East Midlands team were getting fouled left, right and centre and there was absolutely no penalising for it.
Fans on social media even implied the referee was ‘paid’ off. You can understand why they feel that way, because it was so so obvious how biased he was against Leicester. Though there is no report of actual match fixing.
Yes, ref was lousy for sure, missed lots of calls & then mad bad calls. Even announcers on channel in USA showing game here where I am was blasting how bad he was and how he was not calling stuff against Roma and then calling cruddy fouls against Leicester.
— USA Leicester City/LCFC fan (@usalcfcfan) April 28, 2022
Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy is back!
Jamie Vardy didn’t look as sharp as usual; arguably Ademola Lookman did a better job than him. However, it is to be expected when he’s still coming back from an injury. The former England man won’t revert back to prime play almost immediately, as well as needing to build game time back up.
Vardy is also 35 years old, at the end of the day, and unfortunately, as much as we all don’t want to see it happen, he is going to slow down as he starts to age further. The day that Jamie Vardy retires is the day that I, along with other City fans, shall go into mourning over. I mean what a player he has been, for saying we only bought him for £1 million, I mean he’s a legend, right?!
I know a few people have been disappointed with Patson Daka this season, but surely we just have to give him time – just look at his predecessor! Vardy took a few seasons to really get going, in his first Premier League season he only scored five goals in 34 appearances. Daka is currently on four goals from 20 appearances in the Premier League so maybe we are yet to see the Zambian really shine.