Then a Leicester player earning millions, he’s seen playing football on the stony floor between two half-mud, half-cement buildings. Just look at him at this Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). At Tuesday’s session in Cairo, Djamel Belmadi, the coach, pulled him over to explain something. Belmadi has them playing intense, high press football with fast breaks that is not reliant on Mahrez. In this 2019 AFCON alone, they’ve won five games and drawn once.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 18, 2019 18:00 UTC