Leicester remains unstoppable on its way back to the Premier League and, after its victory on Tuesday 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 math 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 success of Enzo Maresca. The former Italian player, among others, from Juventus, Sevilla and Málaga, made his debut as head coach in charge of Manchester City’s second team, which he made Premier League champions in his only season in charge (2020-2021) and, After a brief 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 the ‘citizens’ last year.
A very valuable experience that he took with him to Leicester last June, when he signed a three-season contract. New airs at the King Power Stadium, where, on the other hand, time continues to pass and the incombustible Jamie Vardy He doesn’t stop scoring goals.
At 37 years old, he has eleven goals
At 37 years old, the admirable English striker scored his ninth goal in the Championship and 11th in all competitions this Tuesday despite suffering a knee injury. “Age is just a number”, says one of the survivors, along with Marc Albrightonfrom the historic Premier League achieved by Leicester in 2016. His 24 goals were fundamental to achieving one of the greatest feats ever achieved in the world of global sport.
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“Ten more years,” fans sing to 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 keep feeling fresh.”
Enzo Maresca and Jamie Vardy, at the time of being substituted in a match
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I appreciate Maresca
Vardy values Maresca for helping him evolve this season. That explosive game, the combination of speed, power and finishing accuracy, has distinguished his career at Leicester, which he joined in 2012 when he was an unknown from Fletwood Town. seventh division team.
Now the methodical Maresca asks him to adapt to possession football that he learned at City alongside Guardiola and defines fluid actions.
It’s never too late to learn
“As everything in this life“You’re never too old to learn something new,” Vardy says. “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’re capable of doing it to have a chance to get into his team. Playing the football we play has been really fun for me personally. “It has added a different dimension to my game, so it’s been brilliant.”
In 2014 he already managed to return Leicester to the Premier and now he is on his way to achieving it again. Do not doubt that, in that case, he will renew his contract at the end of the season.