Magical period for the Leicester Tigers

All apart from the champions, the Tigers have been firing on all cylinders since the last update. First the bad news, don't worry theres not much of it! With the final 2 games of the champions league, Tigers were level with all teams in the group. The first game, Tigers played shockingly against Marco, losing yet another home champions league match, the 3rd of the season. Then Leicester had to travel to Hisingen, who got beat in round 5 against PUFC. Considering the boys don't have a good record against this team, they did fairly well. A 1-1 draw came about which meant the Tigers were out at the group stages for the first time ever, finishing bottom of the group as the other match in round 6 also ended in a 1-1 draw.

On to the cup, Tigers played a strong team in the last 16 round. Terrance's men made a positive start in the first leg beating opponents 2-1 despite being 0-1 down 79 mins into the game. That boosted confidence in the team from Welford Road and shown exactly what the coach wanted. New-ish comer Gurbuzerol scored both the goals. In the 2nd leg, Tigers decided to go defensive and it was certainly a strong defensive display. With many shots on target and chances in the green red and white half, the defence stood strong finishing the game level 0-0 to put the Tigers into the quarter finals for the 2nd season in a row.Leicester faced Gino (37.1) (Tigers rating 35.5) in the quarter finals. The first leg at home was a very tense affair with plenty of mistakes from both sides but leicester eventually scrapped it out to win 2-1. This sets up a battle tomrrow afternoon to see if the boys can make it though to the first ever cup semi final in the clubs history. Tigers went on to draw the away leg 1-1 to put them though to a semi final. Everyone at the club is really proud and never expected this in the cup. Tigers never quit but they have lost the first leg away from home 2-0 to record their first loss since losing against Marco in the 5th round of the champions league.

In the really really tight and tense league, Leicester are producing some magic. In round 9, Tigers faced a good drilled side called Athletico Madrid, a top 4 team. Despite looking like losing, the boys shown great sprit and managed to pull off a draw 2-2 baring in mind they had at least 10 extra fans. This dropped us one place in the league. After this, somehow things seemed to get easier, with a 0-2 win against rising 9th place, 9-0 win over 12th place, 0-4 win over a classy 9th place giving Tigers a 5th place position going into games where anyone could win. Tigers played league leaders at the time and beat them 4-0, with a dominant display of football. That is exactly what the crowd want to see. At the half way stage in the league,Tigers were in 4th place, level on points with 5th and 6th. 4 points away from 1st place, 2 from 2nd and 1 from 3rd. Round 14 saw Tigers take on 5th place, Marcelamariel who they drew to in the first round away from home. This time however tigers sneaked it, 2-1 which was the start of 3 loses on the spin for Marcelamariel. An on fire Leicester team travelled to title rivals Barclays and played the best a Tigers team has ever played. Beating 2nd place 0-4 away from home! Totally unexpected. The next round saw a 10-0 win against the team in 13th. The boys in green and red now had to travel to league leaders. Leicester scored in the first minute, turned up the defensive system and had another legendary victory, 0-1. This pushing Tigers up the ladder! Meanwhile, Barclays lost again at home so the Welford road men were at the top of the table. A banana skin was avoided when an in form 6th place visited Leicester. The home side winning 3-0. Round 19 saw tigers travel to bottom place and secure an 0-8 victory. With some other close battles at the top of the table, Leicester are 3 points clear at the top on 47 points. 2nd have 44, 3rd 43, 4th 43, 5th 42. Tigers in a comfortable position but have too many tough games to come yet before looking up at a 3rd league title.