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With one point through two matches, Leicester City are hardly in a good place as defending Premier League champions.But the good vibes from a favourable Champions League draw and confidence from last seasons double over next league opponent Swansea City have Claudio Ranieri and the Foxes confident heading into Saturdays clash at King Power Stadium.Leicester City (0-1-1) learned their road map for Europes top club competition Thursday, and on paper, they have a very good chance to progress to the knockout rounds. While there is an evergreen opponent in Portuguese champions Porto, the group is rounded out by Belgian Juliper League winners Club Brugge and Danish Superliga title-holders FC Copenhagen.As always, though, Ranieri is playing up the Foxes underdog status ahead of their first Champions League campaign in club history. While trips to Porto, Brugges and Copenhagen lack the allure of Paris, Madrid and Moscow, Ranieri wants the fans to revel in the experience.Once again I say we are underdogs, he told the teams official website after the draw. For this reason we must fight for everything. Now that the teams have been drawn that excitement is building even more and although it wont be easy against great champions like Porto, like everyone, Im curious to see how my players perform.The reigning champions still appear to be a work in progress, but their defence tightened considerably in a scoreless draw versus Arsenal. Goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel turned in an inspired performance, and the Foxes did well to take the match to last seasons runners-up -- and things may have been different if appeals for a penalty on two occasions werent waived off by Mark Clattenburg.About the only negatives were losing midfielders Nampalys Mendy and Jeffrey Schlupp for this match. Mendy, considered the heir apparent to NGolo Kante, landed awkwardly on his ankle in the second half while Schlupp has a knock. Ranieri has opted on the side of caution in resting the duo ahead of next weeks international break.Mendy is getting better, Ranieri said. I think and I hope that after the international break hes ready to play. Also Jeff had a little injury to his muscle.Andy King, who played well after replacing Mendy, likely will get the start for this match and pair with Danny Drinkwater, who just put pen to paper on a new five-year contract Thursday. He is confident the team is ready to hit their stride and thrive in the Champions League.It felt more like the old Leicester on Sunday and if we can keep putting in performances every week like that then Im guessing were going to be in and around it once again, Drinkwater said.If we can somehow improve on that, whether it be Champions League qualification and getting through to the semifinals, then that is something that myself and the club have never experienced.One thing they had plenty of experience with last season was pounding Swansea City (1-0-1). The Foxes hit for seven goals without replay in doing the double, including a 4-0 demolition in the corresponding fixture in which Leonardo Ulloa bagged a brace starting in the place of suspended Jamie Vardy.Riyad Mahrez and Marc Albrighton added goals, and Mahrez blistered the Swans for a hat trick in the other contest at Liberty Stadium last December. Swansea City manager Francesco Guidolin insisted his team should be using those two heavy defeats as motivation for this match.We have to remember -- we need to reflect on those results, he told Swansea Citys official website. Last season we conceded seven goals against Leicester. Its important to remember that.We have to play with courage against them. We need to play a clever game this weekend, and we also need to play a courageous game against a very good team.The Swans have lost three on the bounce to the Foxes and carry a 303-minute scoreless drought against them into this match since Wilfried Bony completed his brace the 57th minute of a 2-0 victory Oct. 25, 2014.Swansea regrouped from their 2-0 home loss to surprisingly resilient Hull City with a 3-1 victory Tuesday at League One side Peterborough United. Oliver McBurnie put the match out of reach with two goals three minutes apart late in the first half, and the brace was enough to convince Guidolin to bring the 20-year-old to the Midlands this weekend.Oli is a player who is improving, he has enthusiasm and he is a fighter, Guidolin said. I think he needs to improve again, but he is always with us in the training sessions and the future is for him.He will travel this weekend, then I will decide. Allen Iverson Jersey . Its the second straight game Bell has scored in extra time for Kelowna, which beat the Brandon Wheat Kings 6-5 on Friday, and he now has four game-winning goals on the season. Byron Beck Jersey . MORITZ, Switzerland -- Fog prevented downhill racers from getting their Olympic dress rehearsal. https://www.cheapnuggets.com/307y-spencer-haywood-jersey-nuggets.html .Y. -- Bills receiver Stevie Johnson has a bone to pick with the NFL schedule maker. Bol Bol Jersey . Supported by three-run homers from Jayson Werth and Wilson Ramos, the young right-hander went seven strong innings in the Washington Nationals 8-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night. Wholesale Nuggets Jerseys .Y. -- Leading 3-0 with only 11:25 left, the Colorado Avalanche committed a seemingly meaningless penalty to give the New York Islanders a power play. SEATTLE -- Clint Dempsey scored twice and Cristian Roldan added a goal -- all in the second half -- in the Seattle Sounders 3-1 victory over the Portland Timbers on Sunday night.In front of 53,302 fans at CenturyLink Field, the Sounders (9-12-3) won their third straight game and extended their unbeaten streak to four (3-0-1). They climbed within two points of the Timbers (8-10-8) for the last playoff spot in the Western Conference.Portland, which got a goal from Fanendo Adi in second-half stoppage time, has lost four of its last five games and remains winless on the road at 0-7-6.Dempsey put Seattle on the board in the 61st minute when he converted a penalty kick past goalkeeper Jake Gleeson. In in the 80th minute, Roldan sent a through ball toward the Portland penalty area. Demspey caught up with it, took two dribbles, and fired it into the back right corner from just inside the restraining arc. Dempsey has eight goals this season.Roldan headed in a shot from inside the 6-yard box to make it 3-0 in the 83rd.RED BULLS 2, UNITED 2, TIEWASHINGTON -- Marcelo Sarvas and Patrick Mulllins scored three minutes apart in the second half and D.ddddddddddddC. United rallied to tie New York in a game delayed 75 minutes because of lightning.Sarvas scored his first goal on a penalty kick in the 70th minute and Mullins got his first with a header off a corner kick in the 73rd as D.C. United (6-8-10) moved ahead of Orlando City on the red line in the Eastern Conference. Both teams have 28 points, but D.C. holds the tiebreaker for the sixth spot.The comeback was unexpected for the lowest scoring team in the MLS, especially after the Red Bulls (10-9-7), third in the East, took the lead on the soggy field. The delay came in the ninth minute.Bradley Wright-Phillips, in the 38th minute, knocked in the perfect serve from Mike Grella. Wright-Phillips became the fourth player in league history to reach 15 goals in three consecutive seasons. Then in the 64th minute Felipe notched his third, pounding the ball into a small opening just inside the post. ' ' '