Patson Daka made his Leicester City debut in a pre-season friendly against Burton Albion at Pirelli Stadium on Saturday.
The 22-year-old Zambian international who joined the Foxes from Red Bull Salzburg, played the opening 45 minutes as Leicester lost 3-1 in a penalty shootout to kickstart their 2021-22 pre-season. Leicester City will be looking to do better in the 2021/22 season with English Premier league football betting with Betway
Daka revealed after the game that he was happy to have had the chance to play in front of the Blue Army during his debut, and that he will always remember the day he first put on the shirt.
“It felt really great and I think it was really important to get some minutes and it was really, really amazing to be out here especially with fans, it was really important to get this feeling,” Daka told the club’s official TV.
“Well, it was an unbelievable feeling, and it is an emotional day for me, wearing this jersey, it was really special and I was looking forward to it and today is the day that I will treasure because not just looking at the result, but also getting the experience and getting to understand each other with my teammates.
“It was really important to see how we can work together going forward and just to see what we have to really work on.”
On the game, Daka said: “It was a physical game, and we tried to cope up with the physicality, we did our very best that we could and as I said, it is the first game of pre-season, so we still have a lot of time to work out on the areas that we have to work on and I am sure that in the next game we will do even much better.”
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Daka also discussed his pre-season experience since landing in England.
“So far it has been great and as I said I am still trying to work together with my teammates, to understand each other more and to get that connection between ourselves,” he added.
“The training that we have had in a couple of weeks, it has been really great and it is helping to get back into full fitness which I think is really important for all of us looking that we are from the break and we are trying to get back to full fitness, it has been really food for us.”
Brendan Rodgers’ team will next face Wycombe Wanderers on Wednesday, Queens Park Rangers four days later, and Villarreal on August 4 at King Power Stadium.
Daka was the leading scorer in the Austrian Bundesliga last season, with 27 goals in 28 games, and he was voted Player of the Season after helping Salzburg win their eighth consecutive title.
Daka became the latest Salzburg player to join the Premier League, following the likes of Sadio Mane, Naby Keita, and Takumi Minamino, who all played for the Austrian club. Bet on Daka to open his account during this preseason with Betway, your leading EPL betting partner.
