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Claudio Ranieri’s tactics
Being Italian, one would expect Ranieri to be a manager who would give a lot of importance to defence. But as it turns out, he is quite an anti-Italian in that respect.
His team has been playing one of the best attacking football at the moment, and even though Leicester City’s defence is not particularly great, the team makes it up with its aggressive attacking display.
Off the football, he seemed to have instilled the never-say-die spirit in the team, which is evident from the games away at Stoke and Southampton, where Leicester managed to get a draw after conceding two goals first on both occasions.
The style of play deployed by Ranieri is direct, in-your-face attacking football, giving no respite to the opposition defence and midfield. And the style suited the majority of players, including Jamie Vardy.
The style of play proved to be making Vardy play to his strengths – using his pace and willing to press to give defenders nightmare. It is quite evident from Vardy’s play this season that Ranieri has worked really hard on Vardy, improving his aerial ability and accuracy in goal and making him the goal machine of the team.
Can Vardy continue his rich vein of form?
Leicester City has a very tough list of fixtures till the year end, facing Manchester United, Swansea, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool and Manchester City. These fixtures may answer Leicester’s fate as a top 4 team in the league.
But, it will also be fascinating to see how Vardy fares against these tough sides having a stronger defence than most of the sides he played against till now. In the long run, surely there will be a phase when his form drops. So, it would be interesting to see how he turns around his form then. If he is able to turn his form, it is well and good. Otherwise, this goal scoring form of his will be termed as a fluke.
