Leicester beaten as Abraham heads Roma into ECL final

Roma reached the inaugural Europa Conference League final after Tammy Abraham's header secured a 2-1 aggregate win to end Leicester's adventure in the competition at the Stadio Olimpico.

Following last Thursday's 1-1 draw in the first leg at the King Power Stadium, Brendan Rodgers' side faced a stiff test in front of a sell-out crowd in the Eternal City but were ultimately undone by another set-piece as Abraham rose unmarked to head in Lorenzo Pellegrini's corner after 11 minutes.

The Foxes had earlier seen a penalty claim dismissed after Chris Smalling appeared to drag Wesley Fofana down inside the box but the visitors failed to trouble Rui Patricio despite improving after the break.

James Maddison had Leicester's best chance in stoppage time as he collected Fofana's pass but his left-foot shot flew a yard wide as Mourinho led the celebrations at full-time having reached his fifth European final.

Roma will face Feyenoord in the Europa Conference League showpiece on May 25 after the Dutch side held on for a 0-0 draw at Marseille to progress 3-2 on aggregate.

There was joy and despair for the two opposing teams after quite a performance from Roma, who had far less possession but found the crucial breakthrough early on before Mourinho set his side out to weather any late Leicester storm.

"Before the match started, the fans won us this game," Abraham told BT Sport. "The win is for them and for my team. Hopefully we can go all the way. My job is to be active around the box and that's the kind of striker I am. I'm not the best at heading, but today was a pretty good header."

The Premier League side were aiming to inflict just a second European home defeat upon Roma in 29 such matches, a run that stretches back to the 2016/17