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Former Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham has scored 15 Serie A goals for Roma this seasonLeicester 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.
Foxes' season petering out
Despite Rodgers' admission that he did not know what the Europa Conference League was earlier in the season, Leicester's run in the competition has provided a welcome distraction in an otherwise underwhelming season, where they sit 11th in the Premier League and are without a win in their last four games.
But as their chance of reaching a first European final is over, and the likelihood of securing any form of European football next season seems slim, this campaign feels a far cry from last season when they won the FA Cup and finished fifth in the league.
Roma would have been happy to come away from Leicester with the scores level and the second leg was a better tactical showing from Mourinho against his former coaching protege Rodgers.
Mourinho is now the first manager to reach the final of a major European competition with four different clubs.
Leicester's next three league games come against the Premier League's bottom three in Everton, Watford and Norwich so Rodgers will hope his side can salvage a bright finish from a flat season.
Player of the match
AbrahamTammy Abraham
with an average of 8.12
Roma
Squad number9Player nameAbraham
Squad number6Player nameSmalling
Squad number7Player namePellegrini
Squad number3Player nameIbañez
Squad number23Player nameMancini
Squad number1Player nameRui Patrício
Squad number59Player nameZalewski
Squad number27Player nameSérgio Oliveira
Squad number2Player nameKarsdorp
Squad number14Player nameShomurodov
Squad number4Player nameCristante
Squad number22Player nameZaniolo
Squad number5Player nameViña
Squad number17Player nameVeretout
Leicester City
Squad number22Player nameDewsbury-Hall
Squad number2Player nameJustin
Squad number3Player nameFofana
Squad number6Player nameEvans
Squad number10Player nameMaddison
Squad number1Player nameSchmeichel
Squad number9Player nameVardy
Squad number14Player nameIheanacho
Squad number18Player nameAmartey
Squad number21Player nameRicardo Pereira
Squad number27Player nameCastagne
Squad number8Player nameTielemans
Squad number37Player nameLookman
Squad number17Player nameAyoze Pérez
Squad number7Player nameBarnes
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
Match ends, Roma 1, Leicester City 0.
Second Half ends, Roma 1, Leicester City 0.
Corner, Roma. Conceded by Kasper Schmeichel.
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.
Foul by Jamie Vardy (Leicester City).
Jordan Veretout (Roma) wins a free kick on the right wing.
James Maddison (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jordan Veretout (Roma).
Attempt missed. James Maddison (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by James Justin.
Daniel Amartey (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Eldor Shomurodov (Roma).
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Rick Karsdorp.
Substitution, Roma. Eldor Shomurodov replaces Tammy Abraham because of an injury.
Wesley Fofana (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tammy Abraham (Roma).
Rick Karsdorp (Roma) is shown the yellow card.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Ibañez.
Substitution, Roma. Matias Viña replaces Nicola Zalewski.
Attempt missed. Tammy Abraham (Roma) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Rick Karsdorp.
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.
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