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What to know about Leicester’s friendly defeat to Peterborough

By Thomas Bradley Alderman

Leicester City's new King Power training complex is pictured in Leicester, central England, on April 27, 2022 on the eve of their UEFA Conference League semi-final first leg football match against Roma. (Photo by Lindsey Parnaby / AFP) (Photo by LINDSEY PARNABY/AFP via Getty Images)
Leicester City's new King Power training complex is pictured in Leicester, central England, on April 27, 2022 on the eve of their UEFA Conference League semi-final first leg football match against Roma. (Photo by Lindsey Parnaby / AFP) (Photo by LINDSEY PARNABY/AFP via Getty Images) /
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Foxes of Leicester outline Leicester City’s first friendly of preseason 2023/24. The Foxes were defeated by Peterborough United.

Don’t take the initial headline or result to heart because Leicester, as well as their opponents, wanted to field every player in the behind-closed-doors game. Please don’t view the so-called loss as any indication for the coming campaign, either. And this was, of course, the maiden opportunity for new LCFC head coach Enzo Maresca to view or appraise the Roster during a ‘match setting’.

There is much optimism from fans at the moment over the Italian’s ascent at King Power Stadium. This is partially due to his repeated involvement with the rightfully lauded Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola. Encouragement grows in spite of a dreaded relegation becoming the harsh reality. The east Midlands outfit are obviously aiming for immediate automatic promotion back to the Premier League. If that fails, they will settle for a route to the English top-flight via the Championship Playoffs. On the subject, Maresca said that he is relaxed at present, and aims to rebuild a good squad. Then, he says, we will see what happens!

What to know about initial Leicester City kickabout

So, Peterborough won the fixture 2-1 in the end. The visitors’ goals were scored by Kwame Poku and Joe Tomlinson. Ricardo Pereira netted an impressive strike for the home team. New signings Harry Winks and Conor Coady led LCFC in the starting XI; the side was altered completely for the second half. Under-21 stars Jakub Stolarczyk and Wanya Marcal-Madivadua also began the clash.

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Luke Thomas, Wout Faes, Harvey Barnes, Marc Albrighton, Danny Ward and Alex Smithies were respectively unavailable, rested or not playing for other reasons. Kelechi Iheanacho, Wilfred Ndidi, Timothy Castagne, James Justin, Tawanda Maswanhise, Daniel Iversen, Kasey McAteer, Harry Souttar and Hamza Choudhury all featured second half.