Leicester City injury news for Roma as Kasper Schmeichel sends bullish message

Hello and welcome to a round-up of all the latest Leicester City news from LeicestershireLive on Thursday, May 5, 2022.

The Foxes are gearing up for a crucial UEFA Europa Conference League semi-final second-leg against AS Roma this evening, knowing a win will place them in the final against the winners of Marseille vs Feyenoord. City's first leg finished 1-1 and the tie in Rome's Stadio Olimpico is sure to be a tense one.

While the players will be focused solely on what takes place on the pitch, there's always plans in place to add new signings at the end of the season and a Championship striker has responded to links.

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Brendan Rodgers has been given a major injury boost ahead of Thursday night's game against the AS Roma.

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and James Maddison have been declared fit for the semi-final in the Stadio Olimpico, having missed last weekend's defeat to Tottenham Hotspur. Striker Jamie Vardy is also expected to feature having come off the bench in the same match.

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It's been a poor season on the pitch for Leicester.

Despite reaching the semi-finals, the club's league form has been far from ideal as they sit 11th place and 21 points off fourth place. With European football out of the question via a league finish, goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel has broken his silence on the team's league form and his his motivation in this competition.

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Leicester's poor form has been attributed to Schmeichel's poor form this season by two pundits.

TalkSPORT's Simon Jordan and Trevor Sinclair had a back and forth on air on Wednesday morning in regards to how the Danish shot-stopper has performed this season. While Sinclair