Leicester remains unstoppable in its return to the Premier League and, after today’s victory against Sheffield Wednesday (2-0), has increased its lead at the top of the Championship to twelve points, the second division of English football.
The ‘foxes’ have 14 games left to play and are already doing the maths on when they can mathematically certify their promotion to the Premier just one season after losing their place in the elite.
Maresca learned from Pep
A victory of Enzo Maresca. The former Italian player, from, among others, Juventus, Sevilla and Málaga, made his debut as head coach in charge of Manchester City’s second team, which he turned into Premier League champions in his only season in charge (2020-2021) and, After a short spell at Parma (Serie B), he returned to the Etihad in June 2022 to be Pep Guardiola’s second and experience up close the historic triplet of ‘citizens’ last year.
An invaluable experience he brought to Leicester in June, when he signed a three-year contract. New airs at the King Power Stadium, where, on the other hand, time continues to pass and the indefatigable Jamie Vardy He never stops scoring goals.
At 37 years old, he has eleven goals
At 37 years of age, the prodigious English striker scored his ninth Championship goal and 11th in all competitions on Tuesday despite nursing a knee injury. “Age is just a number,” said one of the survivors, including Marc Albrightonfrom the historic Premier League achieved by Leicester in 2016. His 24 goals were instrumental in achieving one of the greatest achievements ever achieved in the world of global sport.
“Ten more years,” the fans sing of Vardy, whose contract expires at the end of the season. And he reiterates that “You’re only as old as you feel, how your legs feel, and I make sure I take care of myself and recover well and do more when I’m home. So as long as I keep doing that, I’ll stay fresh.”
Thanks to Maresca
Vardy credits Maresca with helping him improve this season. That explosive game, the combination of pace, power and precision finishing, defined his career at Leicester, where he joined in 2012 as a stranger from Fleetwood Town. seventh division team.
Now the methodical Maresca asked him to adapt to football ownership which he learned at City with Guardiola and defined continuous actions.
It’s never too late to learn
“Like everything in this life“You’re never too old to learn something new,” Vardy said. “It’s the way he wants us to play and when you’re on the training ground, it’s about learning that, practicing it and making sure you can do it to have a chance to get into his team. We’re playing football. The game is really happy for me personally. “It added another dimension to my game, so it was brilliant.”
In 2014 he managed to bring Leicester back to the Premier and now he is on his way to regaining it. Don’t doubt that, in that case, he will renew his contract at the end of the season.
Source: La Verdad
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