Leicester City lose Europa Conference League semi-final to Roma – as Italian outfit set up final showdown against Feyenoord on May 25

There will be no English representation in the inaugural Europa Conference League final after Leicester City bowed out at the semi-final stage.

The Foxes crashed out in the final four with a 2-1 aggregate defeat by Roma on Thursday night.

The Italian outfit will face Feyenoord in the May 25 showpiece – to be held in Tirana, Albania – after they edged past Marseille 3-2 on aggregate.

TIBS News reviews both second legs that took place on Thursday…

Roma 1-0 Leicester City (2-1 on aggregate)

Tammy Abraham broke Leicester hearts as Roma reached the Europa Conference League final.

The England striker’s 27th goal of the season sealed a 1-0 win at the Stadio Olimpico and steered Roma into the final after last week’s semi-final first-leg draw at the King Power Stadium.

Leicester goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel had already saved Lorenzo Pellegrini’s cute free-kick as Roma forced a number of corners and it was, again, from a set-piece where Leicester conceded.

Pellegrini’s dangerous delivery was met by Abraham and he outjumped Ricardo Pereira to power a towering header past Schmeichel from seven yards in the 11th minute.

It took Leicester 78 minutes to have a first shot on target as they battled to create clear-cut chances against the well organised home side, who have reach their first European final since losing to compatriots Inter Milan in the 1991 UEFA Cup.

Marseille 0-0 Feyenoord (2-3 on aggregate)

The second leg of the semi-final between Marseille and Feyenoord was marred by fan violence in the build-up as supporters from both sides clashed with each other and police, while a brick was thrown at the visitors’ team bus.

The first leg had been a five-goal thriller, but this was more of a cagey affair with the best chance of the first half falling to Marseille’s Dimitri Payet, who sliced a shot wide when he should have scored. He would later go off injured in the first half, blunting the French’s side attack.

Marseille pressed for the goal they needed to equalise on aggregate, but Feyenoord held on to reach their first European final since they lifted the UEFA Cup for the second time in 2002.