Conference League Draw: Nigeria's Leicester City Trio Face Rennes
Sampson Adedeji
The draw of UEFA Conference League conducted on Friday indicated that the English Premier League side Leicester City will have a relatively easy opposition to contend with, BSNsports.com.ng can report.
Former champions of the Premier League defeated Danish side Randers FC 7-2 on aggregates to progress to the round of 16.
The Foxes have been basking in the euphoria of the impressive performance of Nigeria's Super Eagles trio of Wilfred Ndidi, Kelechi Iheanacho and Ademola Lookman.
The draw conducted on Friday shows that Leicester will have to navigate around French Ligue one club Rennes for a place in the quarter-final of the competition.
The French outfit is currently sitting 5th in the league with a better goal difference.
Full draw
Marseille v FC Basel
Leicester City v Rennes
PAOK v Gent
Vitesse Arnhem v Roma
PSV Eindhoven v Copenhagen
Slavia Prague v LASK
Bodo/Glimt v AZ Alkmaar
Partizan Belgrade v Feyenoord.
0 Comments:
Leave a Reply