LEICESTER NEED TO 'BE LIKE WARRIORS' AGAINST ATLETICO MADRID, SAYS NDIDI

The Foxes midfielder has made a huge impact
since joining his new club and he has called on
his side to pull off yet another European upset
Wilfred Ndidi has issued a rallying cry ahead of his
side's unlikely Champions League quarter-final clash
against Atletico Madrid on Wednesday evening.The Nigeria international only joined Leicester in
January, for a fee of £15 million from Genk, but he has
immediately become a key player for his new club and
played in both legs of their win over Sevilla.
The Foxes are the underdogs as they travel to Spain and
Ndidi has spoken about how his side use their
team spirit to pull off upsets.
"It was really amazing because right from the start we
spoke to ourselves and said we need to try to be
warriors [against Sevilla]," Ndidi told Goal. "That’s the
only way we could win. We had to go out and do
everything we wanted.
"The atmosphere was nice but we just had to leave it
and focus on the game. We all like winning games here,
especially a big game like this.
"Atletico will be another huge game. We will just do our
best and that’s all we can do. It will be good to test
ourselves."
As he prepares for the big European clash, manager
Craig Shakespeare can take heart that he suffered only
his first defeat as Leicester manager at the weekend
against Everton. However, the English champions had
won six games in a row before that and go into the game
in fine form.
On the subject of form, Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez's
improvements of late have been a huge factor in recent
wins and Ndidi feels like his two new team-mates have
been a pleasure to play with.
"They are good guys, they are good players also," Ndidi
added. "They have so much technique - especially
Mahrez - but Vardy also. He’s impressive. Everything is
good, I like playing with them.
"Everyone is my friend in the team as long as we are
team-mates. I try not to have favourites, the game is
more important. Vardy is very funny though, he is
always trying to make fun of people and trying to bring
something for us to have a laugh."
Ndidi has looked immediately comfortable in a Leicester
shirt, but he admits that it hasn't all been easy as he
opened up about having to sing in front of the team in
his initiation.
"On my initiation, I had to sing. I don’t want to say what
I sang but it wasn't great," Ndidi joked. "I have given up
on my signing skills after that day. I was very nervous
standing up in front of my team-mates because I don’t
know how to sing."