Jakub Stolarczek believes the team cannot waste any time and must immediately focus on preparations for the away game against Portsmouth.

2026-04-14 12:27

Jakub Stolarczek believes the team cannot waste any time and must immediately focus on preparations for the away game against Portsmouth.


Following a disappointing result against Swansea City, Jakub Storlček stated that the team must quickly shift their focus to the upcoming away game against Portsmouth. The 0-1 home defeat sent Leicester City slipping to 23rd in the Championship table, four points away from safety, with only four games remaining in the season.


In the closing stages of the match, Zan Vypotnik scored in the 53rd minute to level the score for his team. The goalkeeper was disappointed with the manner of the goal, and the team failed to create any further effective attacking opportunities.


Jakub Stolarczek said: "To be honest, I'm having trouble finding the right words to describe it. It was another game similar to the last few, and we conceded a goal that we could have avoided. Obviously, we were forced into a situation where we were chasing the score, and given our current form, that wasn't going to be easy."


“We must seize these opportunities and make sure we play to our full potential, and we also need to capitalize on the chances we create. Right now, things don’t seem to be going very well, and the situation isn’t in our favor. We may have panicked a bit after conceding a goal, but the team is still playing and working hard, it’s just that our performance today wasn’t ideal. I’m sure we gave it our all, but there are still four games left in the season, and we must stay focused.”


"Of course, we all still hold this belief, even though the outside world may no longer have a positive outlook on us. But we still have many goals to strive for, and we will never give up easily."


Leicester City will travel to Fratton Park on Saturday to face another relegation rival, Portsmouth. The team must give their all in this match to turn their current situation around and put their recent setbacks behind them. He added: "We must focus on the present, study Portsmouth's tactics and how we can contain them, while also seizing our opportunities to try and take the three points."


"This may sound harsh, and we've been emphasizing it repeatedly. But now is perhaps the critical moment when we must remain united and steadfast in our beliefs—something we absolutely cannot afford to lose. The consequences of losing that would be unimaginable. Although the process has been difficult, we must stand together and confront the issues head-on. That's what we're doing, and we will continue to work hard, improve, and maintain our faith in Portsmouth. We must give it our all. The next few days may still be difficult to process this result, but there's no time to waste now."


"We still have seven 'finals' to play after the international break, but we can't afford to be distracted before the game against Portsmouth and the three games after that. The most important game right now is the one against Portsmouth. We have to treat it like the last game of the season and give it our all. The only thing we can do is maintain this fighting spirit and carry it into the later games, hoping to beat Portsmouth."


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