With nothing to lose
but with lots of grounds to prove this club will and determination in this
upcoming campaign of the English Premier League. The Hull City Tigers are
poised to turn another chapter in their club-troubled history and show there is
life after Bruce!
Opening day in
Premiership under the lights and making all sorts of headlines when you have to
pamper your guest in the defending Champions Leicester City, the outlook did
not look promising for the Yorkshire Boys.
Still in the mind of their
new Boss Mike Phelan instructions to his chaps to just have fun and play a one
on one and not be intimidated by the eleven in front of them, despite these
being the defending champions.
On day one of Premiership
action, the Leicester City squad came looking forward to start in the same way
they did last campaign with a win and on Manager Claudio Rainieri playing a
newly promoted Championship squad it was going to be a field day for his Foxes.
Wrong he was as they
say that there is no such thing than an easy foe and today the Foxes stumble
upon a not an easy but a hardened one, who came poised to play and take advantage
of all the opportunities given to them.
As Manager Phelan sent
a 4-3-3 formation and looking forward to start initiating something in its
frontal attack with Robert Snodgrass, Abel Hernandez and Adama Diomande in the
front along a combination of three midfielders to take over the offense and
defensive roles.
Especially to reinforce
and stop a fast forward 4-4-2 formation Leicester City boss sent into this game
with a frontal attack headed by Ahmed Musa and striking sensation Jamie Vardy.
In a match were both squad put on their best
efforts and put on an excellent and spectacular show all afternoon long, the
Tigers became the fortunate ones. After a play that City keeper stopped all of a
sudden, on the rebound that favored Hull forward Adama Diomande, with a beautiful
bicycle kick he converted to give the
home team the lead before the end of regulation.
Still with an array
of volleys sent by the Leicester City strikers repeatedly, the post of Hull keeper
Eldin Jakupovic who at the end should ben considered the ultimate hero for his
heroics and stopping cold in its tracks the Foxes strikers’ pressure.
In the 47th,
not even the second half having a few minutes when the Tigers midfielder Tom
Huddlestone trip Demaray Gray for the foul inside the area, here came the opportunity
of gold for the visitors and via Ryad Mahrez the score was tied at one goal
apiece, via a PK.
Not even ten minutes
went into the game when the pressure came from the home squad as Robert
Snodgrass left footed a shoot into the corner of the posts and nothing for City
keeper Kapser Schmeichel to stop the go-ahead goal for the locals.
As KCOM Stadium
became a madhouse in how their Boys became the victimizers of its hosts these coming
with the label of all around favorites to take their first three points in the
campaign, at the end those went to the locals.
A great match and
even though the visiting Champions went out of their ways to look to even the scores,
at the end they succumbed to a much intelligent and ambitious Hull City squad,
looking like a clear favorite to win the league.
Call it luck or just a
new era that can deliver joy and possible many memorable afternoons at these
parts of Yorkshire, a nice 2-1 win that the Tigers opened the campaign with the
right foot in the Phelan era.
Hold that Tiger!
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