Marc Albrighton insists Leicester are capable of further Champions League shocks
Shakespeare has now won all three games since stepping into the vacancy created by Claudio Ranieri’s sacking after the first leg and he said beating Sevilla – Europa League winners in the last three seasons – ranked alongside the club’s greatest feats.
Sevilla coach Jorge Sampaoli, who has been linked with a move to Barcelona at the end of the season, lamented his side’s missed penalties.
Since then Claudio Ranieri has been sacked and there has been a marked improvement in their performances as they won 3-1 at home to both Liverpool and Hull.
Leicester must guard against altering their approach to the competition the deeper they go, both in a playing style that has been a return to the full throttle counter-attacking that was so successful past year, and mentally.
Morgan snatched his piece of history in the 27th minute to put Leicester ahead when he arrived at the far post to somehow bundle in Riyad Mahrez’s free kick. After Alex Telles was sent off for two rash challenges within 90 seconds in the first half of the first leg, Juventus gratefully capitalized with two second-half goals.
Sevilla had a chance to draw level on aggregate when they were awarded a penalty after a foul by Schmeichel on Vitolo, but Schmeichel atoned by saving Steven N’Zonzi’s poor penalty, raising the roof in Leicester as a new chapter is written in their remarkable story.
“It’s not for me to evaluate why he was sent off”, Sampaoli said of Nasri’s 74th-minute dismissal. Sevilla really should have killed off the tie in Spain and a rejuvenated Foxes could make them pay.
“Incredible”, says Wes Morgan.
He said: “It’s one of those things isn’t it?”
He told juventus.com: “I would like to avoid Leicester City”. “What a night, we deserved the victory”.
Rami admitted: “It was a very important goal by Vardy”.
This year’s Champions League final will be in Cardiff at the Principality Stadium.
“I am not sure if they will fear us or think it’s odd seeing Leicester among those names, so they might want [to draw] us”, he said. Instead, they get pasted by the likes of Barcelona and Bayern Munich, with even Milan and Monaco joining in.
“For a lot of us, we have come a long way”.
While Leicester fans were celebrating their club’s revival, and the players cavorted on the pitch – not wanting the night to end – Graeme Souness was not a happy man.
The game turned into a virtual shooting gallery for the Italians from that point onwards but had gone beyond 70 minutes before they finally took advantage with a rapid-fire brace from Marko Pjaca and veteran full-back Dani Alves. The morale seems to have changed.
With the last two Round of 16 matchups being played on Wednesday, the draw for the quarterfinals will take place in Nyon, Switzerland on Friday.