City squad in Slovenia

[bocadillo]

Versus = Danes

eeerrr... No!

Today = Danes

 

[City Fan]

Olimpija Ljubljana 2-2 Leicester City
Posted on: Wed 16 Jul 2008

Leicester City battled out a 2-2 draw with Slovenian side Olimpija Ljubljana on Wednesday evening.

Matty Fryatt and DJ Campbell scored the goals for the Foxes on the night.

Former Portsmouth winger Mladen Rudonja gave the home side the lead on eight minutes, before Fryatt found the net five minutes into the second half.

Leicester looked like they would grab the victory when DJ Campbell put them ahead on 80 minutes, but Olimpja equalised in the final minute.

More to follow...

City: Henderson, Gilbert, Morrison, Tunchev, J Chambers (Rowe-Turner), Adams (Gradel), Kishishev (Wesolowski), Oakley, Porter (A Chambers), Howard (Campbell), Fryatt.

Scorers
Matty Fryatt - 50
DJ Campbell - 80


http://www.lcfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10274~1345533,00.html


I know it's only a friendly, but we really should be winning these kind of games.

 

[GazLCFC]

City: Henderson, Gilbert, Morrison, Tunchev, J Chambers (Rowe-Turner), Adams (Gradel), Kishishev (Wesolowski), Oakley, Porter (A Chambers), Howard (Campbell), Fryatt.

I know there are still a few games to go but this seems to be getting close to the starting line up for the start of the season :icon_eek:

 

[londonfox]

I know there are still a few games to go but this seems to be getting close to the starting line up for the start of the season :icon_eek:

I wouldn't expect Kishishev to start in midfield and I think Gradel and certainly Dyer will play on the wings. Please God let's get Mattock or another recognised left-back in ASAP and put Chambers on the right.

 

[Graz]

I know there are still a few games to go but this seems to be getting close to the starting line up for the start of the season :icon_eek:

I thought the same thing, and Pearson hinted at such in comments in the Mercury.

As londonfox said, the midfield could be slightly different, although I wouldn't be suprised if that was it. The defence will only change depending on Mattock and if we replace him. They seem happy with Chambers at left back I think, otherwise Gilbert wouldn't have been brought in.


But yeah, depending on who comes and goes, I think that's probably within 3 players of what we'll start with against MK Dons.

 

[SwedeFox]

2-2, Fryatt and Campbell.

 

[Steven]

2-2, Fryatt and Campbell.

61. :icon_wink

 

[Miles Away]

I know there are still a few games to go but this seems to be getting close to the starting line up for the start of the season :icon_eek:

I agree. That looks very much like the side he will be putting out around season start.

I also agree that James Chambers is wasted on the left side and should be played on the right.

I also agree that I doubt Kish will be the starter over Weso or Clemence.

I also agree that my farts smell likes rasberries.

 

[londonfox]

I know we've only played two nothing teams so far but every one of our strikers has now scored. With all this talk of Dickov possibly coming in, do we really need another striker? I wouldn't necessarily say no to a new striker but I would be happier if we stuck with what we have. I also think Barry Hayles could be a very useful backup stiker next season.

 

[Miles Away]

So is Adams playing right wing? And Chambers at left back. Holes, Pegs, Squares and all that...

 

[londonfox]

So is Adams playing right wing? And Chambers at left back. Holes, Pegs, Squares and all that...

Well NP did say he was going to experiment in a few positions in today's game.

 

[Redditch Fox]

We have a training game tonight against Olympia. Kick off 6pm local time. They are a 2nd division side in the Slovenian league. Notts County beat them 2-1 earlier this week in Germany.

Obviously, we did very well to draw then.

We have now beaten a conference North side and only conceded 4 goals and now done nearly as well as a Fourth Division side in drawing with the mighty Olympia. And you know had we played Quorn, I am certain we would have thrashed them by at least a couple of goals.

 

[Hazzman]

Out comes the worry bandwagon after a couple of okish friendly games.....same every season.

 

[bocadillo]

And now a match report from one of a group of Olimpija fans I made contact with earlier in the day. After a short discussion on the price of 0.5l of Union and/or Laško, he had this to say about the game:

As far as the game is concerned - overall it surely wasn't a looker.

For some reason our team adopted the traditional English style of play - long balls towards Rudonja, who, surprisingly, managed to outrun the defensemen on several occasions, one of them resulting in a nice goal. A quick counterattack, the ball came to Pavlin, who sent it into space, Rudonja got to it first at the top of the box, tapped it to the keeper's left, while he ran around him and just gently placed it into the net.

Due to the lack of some serious excitement the absolute star of the first half was the ref, who on one occasion sent off a Leicester player (#9) for arguing or maybe standing too close to the ball as Pavlin set up to take a freekick near the centre of the pitch. Both the Leicester bench and Olimpija's players protested loudly (the play was stopped for about five minutes) and as a result of that the player was allowed to return to the pitch. Simply priceless, the ref was utterly useless (felt a bit like watching the World Cup where exotic refs who probably never kicked a football in their lives end up at the biggest matches ).

The second half began with a cold shower for the home fans (around 700 people attended the match, which isn't bad at all for a pre-season friendly). As one of our central defenders along with the right back were obviously considering getting a tan instead of keeping their eyes on the ball, a ground ball was launched into our box, ending in a one on one race to the ball between one of your strikers and our goalie (who, at the age of 42, did quite well. His main ambition is to enter the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest goalie in a top division club, currently held by Lazio's Ballotta, I think). The striker was faster by about half a step and managed to nudge the ball into the empty net.

Olimpija wasn't playing with much flair and most of our attempts either ended in a loss of possession somewhere around the middle of the pitch or a -sigh- long ball towards Rudonja. I can easily say that throughout the game Leicester seemed like the more dominant side, not by much, but still. Pavlin had shown some nice moves (backheels, great ball control, one-twos) as he refused to give up the ball even when two or three defenders had him cornered, but he managed to come out on top. One sub was welcomed with a loud applause as Ilija Kitič (also known as Kičo) came on. Just to illustrate, Ilija is a striker. A 6 foot something, 110 kilo striker with some serious futsal skills He displayed those quite nicely, with defenders bouncing off him like flies. Even your coach couldn't help himself and bursted into laughter as one of your midfielders broke the longjump record when he desperately tried to stop Kičo.

Leicester's second goal was scored after a nice find from the left flank, a cross was sent into the box, the striker was positioned somewhere around the penalty spot as our defenders obviously completely forgot about their job (again). A left-footed placed shot that went in just by the far post and it was 1:2.

Olimpija didn't want to end up being the losing side and tried to apply some pressure. One of our attacks ended with a corner kick from which Pavlin took a direct shot at goal and scored. I think the goalie simply didn't expect such a shot as he got a touch on the ball, but he only managed to confirm the goal as it went in at the near post.

That's about it

Funny how the OS forgot to mention anything about the sending-off.

 

[bocadillo]

61. :icon_wink

Yu wot?

 

[Jeff]

There will also be a behind closed doors training match on Wednesday evening.

around 700 people attended the match

 

[Jeff]

Yu wot?

The number of the post.

 

[bocadillo]

The number of the post.

Yu wot? We're still not up to 61.

 

[DesertFox]

Out comes the worry bandwagon after a couple of okish friendly games.....same every season.

But Hazz, don't you understand? We've not thrashed anyone in two whole games now and it's a DISGRACE!!! :icon_roll

 

[bocadillo]

Originally Posted by LCFC.com
There will also be a behind closed doors training match on Wednesday evening.

around 700 people attended the match

I know - and it was free to get in - and they knew about it last week and we were only allowed in on the secret this morning.