Leicester City missed out on a place in the Europa Conference League final after losing 1-0 at Roma.
Tammy Abraham’s powerful header for the home side was the difference as Leicester struggled to make an impact at the Stadio Olimpico.
The England striker’s goal was enough to prevent the Foxes reaching a first European final after the first leg finished 1-1 at the King Power Stadium.
It will be the Italian side’s first European final since 1991, where they will face Feyenoord.
Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers said after Sunday’s Premier League 3-1 defeat to Tottenham that his side needed to work on their defending of corners – so the last thing he would want to see his side do was concede four of them in the opening 10 minutes.
One of those corners gave Abraham opportunity to leap higher than anyone else and put a bullet header past Kasper Schmeichel from a sublime Lorenzo Pellegrini delivery, whose set-pieces were a threat throughout.
Leicester were passive in the first half and did not manage a shot on target as Jamie Vardy looked isolated up front, with Rodgers seeing fit to introduce a strike partner, Kelechi Iheanacho, at half-time.
The Foxes looked brighter in the second period but still failed to create any clear-cut opportunities as Roma were happy to run down the clock.
The only shots of note came towards the final moments of the game as the Leicester players became desperate, shooting from all distances and angles.
James Maddison’s weak effort from 20 yards out was straight at Rui Patricio, and Iheanacho’s attempt from distance was also picked up with ease by the Portuguese goalkeeper.
Roma boss Jose Mourinho will now aim to put a fifth European title to his name when his side come up against Dutch side Feyenoord, who beat Marseille 3-2 over two legs in their semi-final, in the final on 25 May in Albania.
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Roma
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Squad number1Player nameRui Patrício
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Squad number23Player nameMancini
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Squad number6Player nameSmalling
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Squad number3Player nameIbañez
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Squad number2Player nameKarsdorp
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Squad number4Player nameCristante
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Squad number27Player nameSérgio Oliveira
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Squad number59Player nameZalewski
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Squad number22Player nameZaniolo
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Squad number7Player namePellegrini
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Squad number9Player nameAbraham
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Squad number5Player nameViña
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Squad number14Player nameShomurodov
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Squad number17Player nameVeretout
Leicester City
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Squad number1Player nameSchmeichel
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Squad number21Player nameRicardo Pereira
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Squad number3Player nameFofana
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Squad number6Player nameEvans
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Squad number2Player nameJustin
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Squad number10Player nameMaddison
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Squad number8Player nameTielemans
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Squad number22Player nameDewsbury-Hall
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Squad number37Player nameLookman
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Squad number9Player nameVardy
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Squad number7Player nameBarnes
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Squad number14Player nameIheanacho
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Squad number17Player nameAyoze Pérez
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Squad number18Player nameAmartey
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Squad number27Player nameCastagne
Line-ups
Roma
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 1Rui Patrício
- 23ManciniBooked at 41mins
- 6Smalling
- 3Ibañez da Silva
- 2KarsdorpBooked at 86mins
- 4Cristante
- 27Oliveira
- 59ZalewskiSubstituted forViñaat 84′minutes
- 22ZanioloSubstituted forVeretoutat 78′minutes
- 7Pellegrini
- 9AbrahamSubstituted forShomurodovat 89′minutes
Substitutes
- 5Viña
- 11Pérez
- 14Shomurodov
- 15Maitland-Niles
- 17Veretout
- 24Kumbulla
- 37Spinazzola
- 42Diawara
- 52Bove
- 64Afena-Gyan
- 87Cerântula Fuzato
- 92El Shaarawy
Leicester
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Schmeichel
- 21Ricardo PereiraSubstituted forCastagneat 70′minutes
- 3FofanaBooked at 68mins
- 6Evans
- 2Justin
- 10Maddison
- 8Tielemans
- 22Dewsbury-HallSubstituted forPérezat 77′minutes
- 37LookmanSubstituted forAmarteyat 45′minutes
- 9Vardy
- 7BarnesSubstituted forIheanachoat 45′minutes
Substitutes
- 4Söyüncü
- 11Albrighton
- 12Ward
- 14Iheanacho
- 17Pérez
- 18Amartey
- 20Choudhury
- 23Vestergaard
- 27Castagne
- 29Daka
- 33Thomas
- 42Soumaré
Live Text
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Match ends, Roma 1, Leicester City 0.
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Second Half ends, Roma 1, Leicester City 0.
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Corner, Roma. Conceded by Kasper Schmeichel.
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Attempt saved. Sérgio Oliveira (Roma) right footed shot from long range on the right is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Rick Karsdorp.
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Foul by Jamie Vardy (Leicester City).
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Jordan Veretout (Roma) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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James Maddison (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Jordan Veretout (Roma).
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Attempt missed. James Maddison (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by James Justin.
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Daniel Amartey (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Eldor Shomurodov (Roma).
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Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Rick Karsdorp.
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Substitution, Roma. Eldor Shomurodov replaces Tammy Abraham because of an injury.
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Wesley Fofana (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Tammy Abraham (Roma).
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Rick Karsdorp (Roma) is shown the yellow card.
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Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Ibañez.
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Substitution, Roma. Matias Viña replaces Nicola Zalewski.
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Attempt missed. Tammy Abraham (Roma) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Rick Karsdorp.
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Attempt saved. Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by James Justin.
Reference-www.bbc.co.uk