LEICESTER, England (Reuters) – AS Roma defender Gianluca Mancini scored an personal objective handy Leicester City a 1-1 dwelling draw in their Europa Conference League semi-final, first leg on the King Power Stadium on Thursday.
In the opposite semi, Feyenoord edged Marseille 3-2 in a pulsating conflict in Rotterdam, letting a two-goal lead slip earlier than rallying to win and take a slender benefit into subsequent Thursday’s second leg on the French south coast.
With UEFA having scrapped the away objectives rule from this season, each ties stay finely poised because the groups battle for a spot in the ultimate of the inaugural Conference League that shall be performed in the Albanian capital Tirana on May 25.
Roma took the lead after quarter-hour at Leicester via Lorenzo Pellegrini after an incisive via ball from Nicola Zalewski arrange the prospect for the visiting captain who slipped his shot via goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel’s legs.
The dwelling facet dominated after that however needed to wait till halfway via the second half for an equaliser as Harvey Barnes burst into the field and his cross from the byline was was his personal internet by Mancini beneath strain from Ademola Lookman.
Feyenoord scored twice in as many minutes early in the primary half to take the higher hand in their tie at De Kuip. Cyriel Dessers and Luis Sinisterra supplied the reward for a constructive begin in which the hosts mounted wave after wave of assaults.
But Marseille pulled a objective again with a thunderous strike from 25 metres from Bamba Dieng that flew previous Ofir Marciano at his close to publish in the twenty eighth minute they usually had been degree earlier than the break because the keeper might solely parry Matteo Guendouzi’s cross and Gerson fired into the online from 10 metres in the fortieth.
Dessers put Feyenoord again in entrance straight after the break as Duje Caleta-Car left his again go to keeper Steve Mandanda quick and the Nigeria worldwide stole in to attain and provides the Dutch facet the benefit forward of their journey to France.
(Reporting by Nick Said; Editing by Ken Ferris)
