Leicester City i protest: 30.000 Jamie Vardyer på stadion
Jamie Vardy blev udvist efter blot 28 minutters spil i weekendens opgør mod Stoke. Mange mente, at dommen var forkert, men alligevel valgte FA at afvise Leicesters appel af sagen. Dermed har Vardy fået tre spilledages karantæne, hvor den første skulle afsones i mandagens kamp. En dom, som Leicester ejer Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha beskriver som 'unfair'.
Derfor havde Leicester City valgt at vise støtten til karantæneramte Vardy på Boxing Day, da man mødte Everton hjemme på King Power Stadium. Her var der lagt omkring 30.000 Vardy-masker på sæderne inden kampen, så alle fans lignede angriberen.
Leicester tabte kampen med 2-0.
Se billeder af de mange Vardyer herunder:
Leicester City have printed 30,000 Jamie Vardy masks today in protest for his 3-match ban. pic.twitter.com/5RvXyclyFl
— Football Stuff (@FootbalIStuff) 26. december 2016
Jamie Vardy is wearing one of the 30,000 Jamie Vardy masks handed out today.
#BoxingDay pic.twitter.com/sCBCu5A2JP
— NBC Sports Soccer (@NBCSportsSoccer) 26. december 2016
Can confirm I took the Vardy picture used on the masks. Proudest day of my life. I'm in tears here. #LCFC pic.twitter.com/vFJkMQpQ2Q
— Michael Regan (@MichaelRegan) 26. december 2016
Leicester City have laid on 30,000 Jamie Vardy masks, to show support to the suspended striker. I thought the Gundogan stuff was bad… pic.twitter.com/wFL2vliqmt
— TheODDSbible (@TheOddsBible) 26. december 2016
Vardy is suspended today, but @LCFC supporters have been supplied with paper masks for their match against Everton. #BoxingDay pic.twitter.com/Wz83sCebOn
— NBC Sports Soccer (@NBCSportsSoccer) 26. december 2016