(Reuters) – Leicester City’s efficiency in Thursday’s 1-1 draw with AS Roma within the first leg of the Europa Conference League semi-final will increase their confidence forward of subsequent week’s reverse fixture, supervisor Brendan Rodgers mentioned.
Roma captain Lorenzo Pellegrini put his workforce forward within the fifteenth minute earlier than Gianluca Mancini scored an personal objective within the 67th minute, sending in a cross from Leicester’s Harvey Barnes after coming beneath stress from Ademola Lookman.
Rodgers mentioned Leicester confirmed “braveness” towards Jose Mourinho’s skilled Roma on the King Power Stadium. The groups will meet in Italy for the second leg on May 5.
“Our motion and mobility within the sport was actually good and we arrived into the ultimate third in some actually good positions,” Rodgers instructed LCFC TV after the match.
“Even although we had been behind within the sport, we weren’t gifting away a lot. We had been conscious, on the counter-attack, they may look to interrupt away.
“It was the response we would have liked from the workforce and I assumed that response was excellent. Overall, I’m actually happy with the efficiency and it offers us nice confidence now going into the second leg.”
Mourinho mentioned Roma gave away the ball an excessive amount of after the primary half and didn’t capitalise on some probabilities to counter-attack.
“When we began to lose the ball and let the depth drop, our defensive position dropped a bit and the sport grew to become more durable for us within the second half,” Mourinho instructed Roma’s web site.
“But, nonetheless, I’m positive that earlier than the sport each Roma fan would have fortunately taken this outcome as a result of it means all the things will likely be determined on the Olimpico.
“I’m not smiling although as a result of I do know that even with 70,000 followers on the stadium it’ll be a tough sport.”
(Reporting by Manasi Pathak in Bengaluru; Editing by Robert Birsel)
