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Leicester City Train In Seville

Leicester City got their first look at the stage for their UEFA Champions League Last-16 clash with Sevilla on Tuesday night as they trained inside Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium.

2017-02-21T18:15:34.000Z

by Leicester City

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21 Feb, 2017

Leicester City Train In Seville

Leicester City got their first look at the stage for their UEFA Champions League Last-16 clash with Sevilla on Tuesday night as they trained inside Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium.

Leicester City

2017-02-21T18:15:34.000Z

Leicester City Train In Seville

Leicester City got their first look at the stage for their UEFA Champions League Last-16 clash with Sevilla on Tuesday night as they trained inside Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium.

Leicester City

2017-02-21T18:15:34.000Z

Leicester City Train In Seville

Leicester City got their first look at the stage for their UEFA Champions League Last-16 clash with Sevilla on Tuesday night as they trained inside Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium.

Leicester City

2017-02-21T18:15:34.000Z

Leicester City Train In Seville

Leicester City got their first look at the stage for their UEFA Champions League Last-16 clash with Sevilla on Tuesday night as they trained inside Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium.

Leicester City

2017-02-21T18:15:34.000Z

Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium on Tuesday night

Leicester City got their first look at the stage for their on Tuesday night as they trained inside Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium ahead of Wednesday’s first leg.

was joined by striker Jamie Vardy for a pre-match press conference on the eve of the biggest match in Leicester City’s history before overseeing final preparations under the lights on a warm Spanish evening.

The challenge that lay in wait for the Foxes is undoubtedly their toughest in the competition so far. They’ve overcome the likes of Club Brugge, Porto and FC Copenhagen in their march to the last-16 but now they face a Sevilla side who have clinched the last three UEFA Europa League titles.

Under the watchful eye of Ranieri and his coaches, the players seemed focused on the task at hand as they ran through their pre-match drills on Tuesday night – a mind-set echoed by Vardy as he spoke to the media beforehand.

He said: “It’s obviously brilliant for the Club and for the lads. We’re all going to playing in the game and hopefully we can make it a memorable one.

"I think if we make sure we put a good performance in then hopefully we can take that into the league and improve the situation there.”

While the home side boast plenty of experience in Europe and a fearsome reputation, the Foxes do have Champions League experience of their own. Defender Christian Fuchs scored for Schalke 04 away at Real Madrid in the 2014/15 last-16 while manager Ranieri has managed in Spain himself with Valencia and Atletico Madrid.

The City boss knows that his team will be seen as underdogs against Jorge Sampaoli’s side, who are fighting for the La Liga title with Barcelona and Real Madrid, but he insists that they will give it everything to secure a positive result ahead of the return leg.

Ranieri explained: “We train very well in every training session. I hope also tomorrow we can show our strength. In the Premier League we try to do our best but we miss something.

"Tomorrow we can’t make mistakes because on the other side there are players that are very dangerous. I hope we can show our football. We want to fight. We have to be the gladiators. Listen to what Jamie said - it’s important to stay together.”

Despite domestic struggles, City will be keen to recapture the form that saw them storm to the top spot in Group G, while Sevilla, who finished behind Juventus in Group H, are looking to reach the quarter-finals of Europe’s best club competition for the first time since 1957/58.

The Foxes have added Yohan Benalouane, Wilfred Ndidi and Molla Waguê to their UEFA Champions League squad since the last round of matches and all trained without problems on Tuesday night, giving the manager plenty of options for the match.

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