Claudio Ranieri says N’Golo Kante is battery-powered and Jamie Vardy is a horse

Every day, we try to give you three great feature pieces to read in Backheel Breakfast. Those will appear below as usual, but if you only have time to read one thing today, make it Claudio Ranieri’s piece about his Leicester City team over at The Players’ Tribune. It’s full of wonderful Ranierisms like “he must have a pack full of batteries hidden in his shorts” and “this is not a footballer, this is a fantastic horse.” Check it out.

Koke to Fernando Torres, who sadly went on to be red carded. (r/soccer)

Police raided UEFA headquarters due to links in the Panama Papers. FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s name appears on some relevant documents. (Guardian)

The jury in the Hillsbrough inquest has now retired to consider a verdict. (ESPN FC)

Atlético Madrid’s president is pretty annoyed with the richest clubs trying to hijack Champions League. (AS)

Napoli wants Gonzalo Higuaín’s ban cut, as they say he didn’t insult the referee he was yelling at. (Football Italia)

Doncaster fans think a vote to pick the club’s away kit was fixed because a One Direction member won it. (Telegraph)

Catherine Addington on the founding of Independiente. (Unusual Efforts)

Miriti Murugni on the FIFA officials that show up in the Panama Papers. (Soccer Gods)

Bobby Gardiner tries to find stats for confidence and shooting form. (Stats Bomb)

Bayern Munich got the job done, beating Benfica 1-0.

Barcelona came from behind to beat Atlético Madrid 2-1.

Champions League: 2 games (2:45 p.m.) -- The New Money Derby between PSG vs. Manchester City is the headliner. Wolfsburg really need a home win (or maybe a 0-0 draw) to have a prayer against Real Madrid.