A last-gasp save from Denmark-born Kasper Schmeichel meant Leicester clung on for a 0-0 draw with Copenhagen in their Champions League game on Wednesday which kept them waiting for a spot in the next round
Kasper Schmeichel
Kasper Schmeichel
Copenhagen:âu00c2u0080u00c2u0088A last-gasp save from Denmark-born Kasper Schmeichel meant Leicester clung on for a 0-0 draw with Copenhagen in their Champions League game on Wednesday which kept them waiting for a spot in the next round.
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Leicester came into the game with dreams of winning Group G but are not through to the last-16 yet despite their table-topping 10 points with Porto second on seven and Copenhagen third on five with two games left.
Claudio Ranieri, who led Leicester to an astonishing Premier League title last season, was disappointed. "Ten points is good but it's not enough. Porto are close behind us," the Italian said.
Schmeichel's late crucial save came in the 90th minute as Copenhagen launched a late assault. Centre-forward Andreas Corneleus angled a header toward the bottom corner that looked destined to clinch all three points but the Danish international 'keeper got a good hand to the ball.
Leicester, however, were no better even if the eplâu00c2u0080u00c2u0088champions edged the Danes 1-0 last time out. Copenhagen 'keeper Robin Olsen ran out of his goal to kick away a long ball over the top but sliced his effort and was forced into a panicked scramble back to goal, where the limpest of shots on goal eventually came from Ghana's Daniel Amartey. A former Copenhagen player, Amartey produced a series of frustratingly poor shots from distance.
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