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00:00that Roma group and if you think about Mourinho as well I think that's now five
00:04major semi-finals that he's been involved in sorry 11 that he's been involved in and he's
00:09made it into four finals so yeah fingers crossed that they can have enough tonight Leicester.
00:14Well we really hope so don't we we're all Leicester fans tonight the gladiators are in the
00:19eternal city the players are making their way out what an atmosphere at the Stadio
00:25Olimpico they couldn't be separated a week ago at the King Power but there will be a winner
00:31tonight even if it takes extra time and penalties let's hand you over to our commentary team
00:38as we get ready to kick off this first half Robbie Savage is alongside Peter Drury.
00:44Rashman thank you a night for Leicester City of such thrilling promise of such immense privilege
01:14so
01:31simply to stand in this vast and storied arena to tread where the greats have trodden and in
01:37this place where history has for generations been written to do so with a live a real chance
01:44of creating history of their own in the face of 60,000 raucous rodents
01:51these most fearless foxes to bear their teeth in the home of one of the glitzy VIP clubs in
01:59the presence of the ever-plotting Jose here is how they go the Roma team is without Henrik
02:05Mkhitaryan after he lipped off prematurely at the King Power so Sergio Oliveira plays in an
02:10otherwise identical side to that which kicked off last week of whom only five were required to start
02:16Sunday's rather stale draw here with Bologna Bozolevsky, Pellegrini
02:21and Abraham all did play the last half hour of that game
02:30so
02:38the referee is Sergian Jovanovic from Belgrade a Champions League regular who's had charge this
02:43season of Chelsea and Manchester City and who began his European campaign right here eight
02:50months ago with Roma's playoff against Chabs on Spore
02:59in hindsight Leicester's 11 for tonight became evident the moment
03:02Sunday's team sheet was handed in at Spurs not one of these outfield 10s started then
03:08and only Jamie Vardy and Uri Tielemans kicked a ball at all in that game
03:11James Justin having replaced Timothy Castagne early in the first leg starts in his stead at
03:17left back now and Harvey Barnes having impacted so tellingly as a substitute last week
03:22gets an obvious time ahead of Michael Brighton otherwise as you were
03:30two English centre forwards and a Roman Ranieri whose sentiments may be split
03:37but who has made it clear who he backs tonight he is Roman man and boy
03:47so
03:5114 years ago yesterday Leicester relegated to League One 13 years ago last weekend they won
03:57a crew on the way back up the players indicate again their desire to rid football of all racism
04:07and since then so much the title of all titles the yearn for FA Cup and now this
04:18the thrill the free soul of the first time for the wide-eyed adventurers of Leicester City this
04:26is virgin territory a semi-final on foreign soil on route they intend to their first European final
04:34and the first final of Europe's shiny new competition Robbie it is all new it's all
04:40different where's it going after a fantastic atmosphere here tonight Peter you know the
04:46Leicester fans away to our left three and a half thousand making fantastic noise up against the
04:5060,000 Roma fans Leicester going to press early it looks like attacking liner from Brendan Rodgers
04:58just worry about teammans against Pellegrini that could be key tonight
05:03Pellegrini got the goal in the first game the game a few chances
05:09but we have in store tonight Peter will it be like the previous two nights in
05:14European football dramatic nights here's hoping
05:21Brendan Rodgers a first European semi-final seeking a first final for Jose and 11th seeking a fifth
05:30more kind words spoken each of each other this week by those two
05:34been there done it swagger faces keen as mustard jauntiness
05:44Ricardo Pereira
05:48Adam Ola Lookman
05:51Madison turning off Cristante
05:56missing out Tielemans and losing it to Zalewski
05:59Kafana can tidy up behind Lookman helps it on
06:03Vardy took a hit but Lookman took over and now Justin from left back so progressive
06:10but he couldn't find Barnes and there's a space that he has left behind
06:17Madison there's a worry here Peter looks like he might have popped his shoulder
06:28poor James just has been through so much so recently
06:34Sergio Oliveira helped him over
06:40jarring fall
06:46Celestra and Brendan Rodgers have spent the whole season laboring to get their
06:51full phalanx of full backs ready
06:57it's an awkward fall wasn't it Peter looked like he fell on his shoulder
07:02shoulder
07:07Luke Thomas sent out Timothy Castaño sent out as potential replacements to warm up
07:14inside the first three minutes of the game Lester have a snag
07:22it is in every outfield position a fresh 11 none of whom were required to put themselves out too
07:34much at Tottenham over the weekend none of whom at all started the game and there is Claudio Ranieri
07:41no more fitting points of union between these two fabulous clubs he gave those Lester fans
07:47three and a half thousand of them here their greatest moment ever
07:52he's managed against them twice this year with Watford and lost both times
08:06Madison with Lester's corner and there were blockages in the box which
08:12have caused Lester's players to turn and stare at the Serbian referee
08:18yeah look at Fafana Smalling, Smalling is not looking at the ball his left arm
08:25is around Fafana not even looking at the ball
08:34the referee is obviously listening the video assistant referee is a German Bastiaan Dankert
08:48it was worth a look Robbie certainly was Smalling
08:52no eyes on the ball turns the wrong way left arm around Fafana pulls him to the ground
09:01and by Zaniolo by Ricardo Pereira held up by Vardy moved on by Madison
09:09mercifully James Justin is okay but his pass that time wasn't
09:14this into Emil before the game you know said about the first 10 minutes
09:17you know in the opening five and Lester started very well Peter on the front foot
09:24you know in the first leg at the king power the switcher play for Roma was on
09:31quite a lot with their wing backs you know that's where the first goal
09:34came from so it might be a case when Roma in possession here the wide play stay high
09:39just occupy the wing back and the either side send the halves
09:46you see the space now are wide Oliveira playing instead of Mkhitaryan
09:53Cristante didn't thank him for the pass Ibanez here's Zalewski the Polish left wing back who
09:58showed up really well at the king power he's a very strong runner with the ball
10:03confident front footed defender but that's what team is going to have to do tonight Peter he's
10:07going to have to be in that position as the number six and just mop things up he's a replayer
10:13not for me there that could really be a penalty no eyes on the ball from small him
10:23wonder what Martin Keown will make of that at halftime
10:26Keown will make of that at halftime
10:30Evans forced back
10:33he at least prevented a corner but it is a Roma throw
10:41amid a blistering din here within this atmosphere 60 65 000 here you understand why Roma's home
10:49record is so formidable only Milan and Inter have a better home record in Serie A this year
10:54Zalewski's gone over and he has got his free kick
11:01yeah you see the switch of play early on from Roma Zalewski positive just goes to try and go
11:06in between the two it is a foul I think Pereira knows what he's doing there just sticks his left
11:11leg out just watch there luckily it was outside the box but an opportunity now for Pellegrini to
11:20whip one into that danger area
11:25Madison as you see communicating with captain and goalkeeper Schmeichel
11:30suggesting a three-man wall Kasper's actually asked just for two
11:34Lorenzo Pellegrini is an artist over a dead ball
11:43Pellegrini with pace Michael Wenton smothered in his
11:46near post can end up over and behind unconventional save there
11:53the way he pushes it down and the spin takes it back over the crossbar
12:07Pellegrini's take against Smalling High
12:09back just see that on that corner though you know Smalling gets a free header but
12:18Roma being brave as our Leicester was 3v3 if Schmeichel can gather the ball from a corner
12:26look to transition quickly because it was Luckman, Vardy and Barnes against the back three of
12:32Roma you can see now a 3v3 it's going to be a long kick
12:38Bane saw it so much he came to get it
12:43Chris Smalling there looking to go back to another European final
12:46having been involved of course with Manchester United in Solna back in 2017
12:51he and Daley Blint were the centre-halves for United that night against Ajax
12:56Chris Smalling was on Fulham's run to the Europa League final as a very young man under Roy Hodgson in
13:062009-10 he was on the bench when they played in this stadium against these opponents his Zalewski
13:15and Pellegrini Schmeichel could withdraw his palm but it had taken a touch and it is
13:21a third Roma corner inside the first 10 minutes once again in a switch of play
13:26the wing back goes one-on-one with the defender
13:31you know it's important that Luckman and Barnes can help out when they can but once again you see
13:37if Schmeichel can gather the ball here it's 3v3 for Leicester
13:43Pellegrini with Lofts Smalling around the back has kept it alive
13:55Dewsbury Hall with an unorthodox stab at it and it's yet another Roma set piece
14:05there's a crossfield pass once again 1v1 situation
14:10but the flexion from Tiermanns takes it wide
14:23Pellegrini without swing terrific header fabulous goal Tammy Abraham Roma on their way
14:32what a connection what a cacophony Leicester have it to do
14:51what a header the pace of the corner the outswing it
14:56what a header Abraham's Abraham with a fantastic leap look at that the power
15:06beats Schmeichel Sammy Abraham look at that brilliant header look at the height he gets
15:19nine goals in 12 matches for the centre forward Sammy Abraham what a header
15:27however long you watch the game of football you will not see a better example
15:32of a centre forwards striking header than that
15:38how he braced and set and thundered it in Tammy Abraham for the 25th goal of his record-breaking
15:46season with Roma his record-breaking debut season first time he's ever scored against Leicester
15:53in eight attempts
15:59a year and nearly a week since he made his last appearance for Chelsea
16:04and tiptoed out of England he has impacted meaningfully on England
16:10and Leicester as they did at home has come from behind and here's Dewsbury Hall Dewsbury Hall
16:18there's a bit about that appealing for handball Roma players yeah he probably was from Dewsbury
16:26Hall but then he goes for the curl I just didn't get enough curl on it good response from Leicester
16:32though the main man here is one Francesco Totti anyone who emulates him he's elevated onto a
16:44different plane right now Abraham is the hero of the hour
16:57Dewsbury Hall
17:00Barnes is the chaser
17:04and he's done enough to win a corner
17:05he's got himself a forceful opponent on that side of the field
17:20and some ferocious note scribbling from Brendan Rodgers
17:36he's flung in by Madison all sorts of collisions again on the edge of the six yard area
17:46Evans quizzical and a little vocal as he passes the referee
17:52yeah I think Evans went down too easy on that occasion
17:56different to the small in one on Forfana
18:00Evans first played here for Manchester United in the Champions League in
18:09December of 2007 in a back four with Gerard Piquet
18:12John O'Shea and one Danny Simpson of this parish
18:23Piquet scored that night
18:24here's Chris Dante
18:31caught on it determinedly by Dewsbury Hall
18:55whilst three English teams to play knockout ties against Roma on this ground have lost on the night
19:00but won the tie Manchester United of course last May in the
19:04Europa League semi-final Liverpool three years ago Arsenal in March of 2009
19:10Leicester cannot lose on the night
19:14Chris Dante Abraham Pellegrini Abraham sharp ball movement from Roma
19:19Karstorp marching up from right wing back Karstorp plays it in beyond Abraham
19:25Zalewski can collect in by Zalewski Riccardo Pereira sagely kept his hands down
19:34and Lukman can try to surge away
19:38he only searched into a bannier
19:40Zalewski yeah Leicester got a problem out wide the space for the wing backs
19:49you know the distances which the fullbacks for Leicester have got to make up is a very large
19:57so
20:06Karstorp for him there's a particular incentive tonight he is a Feyenoord boy grew up there in
20:13the famous Rotterdam club and Feyenoord lead Marseille 3-2 from the first leg in the other
20:18semi-final so he may get to play against the team of his dreams here's Pellegrini and Schmeichel
20:26smothered having been beaten from similar angle and range by the same player a week ago
20:33it's a great run and a great ball Pellegrini just playing as a number 10
20:37at times making great runs once again we see it in the first game communication from
20:44teammans and the centre halves have got to be better pass him on good save again from Schmeichel
20:50i think he's gonna have to make a few more tonight Pellegrini's set pieces up to now have
20:55been wicked it's Pellegrini again Schmeichel through the crowd he's got very good distance
21:01on his punch here's Zaniolo Frewsbury Hall held him up
21:21so
21:30Mancini's crossfield Ricardo Pereira away
21:34Cristante jumping in and breadth again from Zalewski
21:50Pellegrini seen by Fofana turning was Madison and he was caught by Cristante
22:09he uses body well Madison gone between Cristante and the ball
22:21Ricardo Vardy came to get it Smalling tight at his back started the game well small doesn't he
22:29you know he's now giving did he should he have given away a penalty but the way he's just
22:34read that ball into Vardy's feet got their first aggressive defendant
22:40Evans at the other end accused of over aggression in the face of Zaniolo
22:51so
23:02from that situation quickly dissipating but it is a Roma free kick
23:07Cristante
23:13Pellegrini
23:18whipped in and across
23:21into a path through which Zaniolo was running yeah the flag goes up though i think he was
23:25offside Pellegrini yeah when that ball goes into the box he sits on the far side puts the flag up
23:51so
24:00so
24:15Roma formidable at home unbeaten in European competition in the Olympic stadium in 18 games
24:22just one defeat in their last 28 European home games and that was by Real Madrid
24:28Gareth Bale a goal scorer here in November of 2018
24:33their only home defeat at all this calendar year was by Juventus back in January
24:38Milan have won here Inter have won here nobody else
24:44that's the size of Leicester's task and they have to do it from behind
24:48Maddison, Vardy, Lukman rolled up towards Harvey Barnes
24:55seen off by Mancini yeah nice play there from Leicester good defender there Pereira
25:01Lukman coming inside from the wing position
25:18hopefully done by Oliveira picked to replace Mkhitaryan ahead of Jordan Vertu
25:32asked about it Jose Mourinho said he doesn't have another player with the same characteristics
25:38as uh Henrikh Mkhitaryan so there's going to be a change of character in that position anyway
25:44it's a push by Fofana on Pellegrini yeah it's a foul and I'm sure Leicester City fans watching
25:51at home will wonder why that when Smalling wasn't looking at the ball at all turned his back grabbed
26:00Fofana who went down VAR as you said Peter looked at it but nothing was given
26:07big talking point so early on this game
26:19Fofana, Justin, Barnes
26:23Fofana going long just too long for Adam Ola Lukman
26:41who was I wanted to say the first leg goal scorer for Leicester though
26:45slightly cruelly robbed of it by that man Mancini who was debited with an own goal instead
26:53just think when you're playing against the five like the front three of Leicester are if the
26:58wide players run inside I think you're gonna have to be brave and when the time's right the
27:02fullbacks are gonna have to be the outlet you know because Lukman might drag the wing back inside on
27:07and with a center half then the space will be for Pereira or Justin on on the outside but are
27:14they going to be brave enough to do that because losing that then you'd make yourself vulnerable
27:20defending there's going to be a point in this game where they're going to have to be brave
27:25there's still lots of time we've seen against PSV Eindhoven didn't we you know they went down
27:29with a second half performance was magnificent used the bench accepts me well Brendan Rodgers
27:34they've still got lots of time yet we've learned anything over the last 24 hours it's that a
27:44football match doesn't have to start until its penultimate minute here's Madison
27:51Barnes
27:54poked out by Oliveira taken on by Zaniolo
27:59he's managed to keep hold of it for quite a while
28:03but now Dewsbury Hall has it back
28:08Selimans
28:11Ricardo
28:11a flick at Madison he thought so yeah it was a foul I thought it was a foul
28:41so
28:53Evans headed down Barnes little flick Dewsbury Hall can't get there before Cardstorke
29:01really tied it up went down
29:12Oliveira too heavy so a chance to uh indicate to you that our Premier League offering this weekend
29:19is uh both substantial but also a little different in its timing so beware Saturday
29:26seven o'clock BT Sport one for Liverpool against Tottenham perhaps Liverpool's toughest one left
29:35seven o'clock Anfield Saturday evening
29:42Ricardo Pereira
29:45Patricio backpedaling
29:50it was just a couple of years since he went a long long way with the Wolves on the European
29:54run which was partially halted by Covid and then re-began in August
30:12so
30:27it wouldn't be Jamie Vardy if there wasn't a bit of waspishness
30:32he has to have a presence he says he played the ball let's see
30:36great tackle nothing wrong with that at all
30:39there it's a great tackle
30:46and if that Leicester icon isn't permitted to do that then the very essence of the man is removed
30:53well we've seen one at the weekend James Milner up at Newcastle it was a great tackle
30:58you know it's led to a goal Jamie Vardy closing down there nothing wrong with that
31:08so
31:28picked on by Cristante out by Evans Cristante gets up again
31:32so does Zalewski Pellegrini against Thielemans here's Madison
31:38so
31:58Vardy, Lukman with a twist around the baguette
32:03yes unlucky there from Lukman
32:09it's a heavy touch
32:13is that when they're trying to get away from Ibanez positive though
32:23so
32:31Tony Abraham with his 25th goal of the season breaking a 93 year old record for
32:36a debut season at this club I think you referred to it very early on
32:40Robbie a man called Rodolfo Volk got 24 in his first season for Roma in the 1928-29 season
32:48it's taken this long for Abraham to go past that figure
33:06Lukman
33:08so
33:16Madison
33:31Madison Lukman this is very very tight he's stolen it away artfully and he's moved it on
33:37for Pellegrini who's rolling up towards Zaniolo James Justin and it's uh with great assurance
33:46so
33:59Justin of course whose season only began in January
34:02added to the European squad only post-Christmas and getting to play now at the very sharp end
34:16so
34:28yeah they're looking for that ball in behind out there the pace of Vardy good defending
34:33once again from Smalling and Tammy Abraham you know he's got the goal fantastic header
34:38I think his hold up play has been good as well Peter bringing people into play
34:47Mancini going long towards Abraham
34:50nothing's got up highest moved wide quickly by Cristante
34:56Zalewski riding the challenge of Riccardo Pereira
35:04Cristante
35:07Karstorp has got forward Mancini can whip it in
35:11Riccardo Pereira collided with Oliveira who's still protesting Zalewski
35:23Cristante Mancini picked off by Barnes but he's given it back
35:29he says Oliveira has only just peeled himself up off the turf here
35:42yeah see it's Riccardo Pereira
35:46just with a little nudge in the back of Oliveira not enough in it completely different from
35:52this morning one which wasn't given either oh good play it's Tammy Abraham on the march
36:00and Zaniolo is denied at closest quarters and has to settle for a corner good play from Abraham
36:12and the way the pass is good the timing of the pass is good
36:15good defending for Fahner stays on his feet
36:18now it's the same corner routine Pereira standing with Abraham it was the pace of
36:25the quality of the ball Abraham just had to move one step backwards
36:34Pellegrini wants more Abraham once more but for the less advantageous position
36:48so
37:11they have been vulnerable this season Peter haven't they Leicester from set pieces that's
37:14another one you know they have changed in the way they line up and I'm sure that the
37:21whole team coaching staff worked on the set piece is this a foul yeah that's a foul
37:29wasn't given once again you just wonder you know Riccardo Pereira marking Tammy Abraham
37:38the height advantage didn't have to do much in terms of movement I'm sure that Danny and Martin
37:48will analyze that from a defensive point of view and Emil from the forwards way of thinking a
37:54half-time
38:05who we saw there gesticulating has evidently developed such a super working relationship
38:13with Tammy Abraham and has squeezed a fabulous season out of him
38:18so
38:36Pereira couldn't take it with him so Levski takes it away
38:40Madison's challenge Leicester have it back Lookman a little bit of space for
38:45shot down horridly by Olivera
38:50Thielemans, Madison, Lookman couldn't keep it Crostante brings it out
39:00that was the perfect opportunity where Lookman went inside and Pereira was on the outside free
39:06he's just got to try and touch it around the corner there Lookman to Pereira who
39:11can whip a ball in the box James Justin
39:19Thielemans
39:32Riccardo Pereira well snatched by Rui Patricio
39:38you know it's not a bad ball that it lands centre of goal on the six yard line the goalkeeper comes
39:42out gathers it Vardy made a run across the near post just won a midfield player or a
39:49the wide play Harvey Barnes on the opposite side to get in that box
40:07so
40:14so
40:29by Justin spooling across patrolling Vardy
40:43out of a tight spot it was his uh Patrick against Bodo Glimpt in the quarterfinal that carried Roma through
40:57the out ball for Leicester in their own final third is the fullbacks because the
41:02wide players of Leicester are keeping the wing backs back
41:06and also the out ball but you've got to try and make the out ball further up the park
41:11Dewsbury Hall bounced off Vardy and small and cleared
41:19for Fana
41:29so
41:37an unnecessary and exasperating expenditure of energy
41:41terrific following from Leicester as you see there three and a half thousand of them they were
41:46in large number inside the ground a couple of hours before kickoff
41:50jousting very amicably with their Roman counterparts a lot of good singing there was a
41:57chorus together of Ranieri
42:11but the reality is their season's all on this
42:17to be a part of one of three major European finals all of them live on BT Sport of course
42:24over the course of the rest of this month on the 18th of May BT Sport 2
42:28West Ham or Frankfurt against Rangers or Leipzig in the Europa League final final of this competition
42:34Wednesday the 25th of May that's three weeks yesterday also BT Sport 2 Leicester or Roma
42:39against Marseille or Feyenoord and then the Champions League final BT Sport 1
42:43Saturday the 28th of May that's Liverpool against Real Madrid as you may have heard
42:54you know since the goal Leicester have had more possession
42:59you know they haven't threatened Rui Patricio's goal at all no attempts on target
43:05so
43:20as they have towed the second leg away throughout the knockout phase they
43:24extended a comfortable lead at Randers just about protected a fragile lead at Wren
43:30started levelling Eindhoven and as Rob has already reminded us came from behind to win it
43:36you're seeing that there the ball smashes Dewsby Hall in the face the
43:41referee gives a free kick lovely touch from Abraham lovely thought
43:45and Carrera across in front of Zaniolo
44:36he's got Mancini he's got sliding through there chasing his own thick touch
44:45and the referee has dipped into his pocket Mancini's books he must have expected that
44:56so yeah I think yellow card is right heavy touch just see here yeah then that's the right decision
45:16and the surprise is that it's taken until the last five minutes of the first half to see
45:20the first yellow card of the game
45:21Mancini into the book Dewsbury Hall still feeling it
45:31Mr Quigley on with it Harvey Barnes driving for the byline and beyond
45:45he became the point of difference didn't he in the first leg Harvey Barnes bouncing off the
45:49bench and making the equalizer
46:00you just wonder at halftime you know we said before the game didn't we that it was an attacking
46:06lineup from Leicester City we just wonder have the centre halves of Rome have been occupied
46:11enough with Vardy up there on his own just wonder if he might go two up top make a change at halftime
46:18again look this morning once again he's done that ever so well in the first game
46:24he sees the danger before it happens covering that space
46:28just wonder if Brendan Rodgers will make a tactical change and put two up top
46:33Oliveira crashed into Telemans, Madison now with a bit of mischief, Barnes one way Vardy the other
46:39and Adam Ola Lukman who's shot is charged down by Ibanez
46:46for the first time Roma have gone out of their shape out of their positions
46:50and that's where he go and try and punish him he just wondered when the ball went
46:53up in the air Lukman could have hit it on the volley first time
46:59can't stop
47:00took on one tackle too many Dewsbury Hall, Barnes, Vardy, Dewsbury Hall
47:08Barnes kept going Smalling scratched it out Vardy gathered it broke for Madison
47:15it's nicked away for Oliveira and now Pellegrini
47:18and Ricardo Pereira thought he took that clean but he's been penalized
47:22how is that a foul he's won the ball I might be wrong there he's won the ball
47:40and that is the point he makes
47:52Roma have the lead now, time is their friend now
48:08time for Vardy, Michael didn't panic
48:15Lukman, Madison, Vardy, Dewsbury Hall, Barnes from his touchline, Karstorp comes to engage
48:30Barnes, Dewsbury Hall, Saniola pesters him and he missed the help of Evans
48:39no limited success going forward I think Brendan Rodgers might look to make a change
48:48will he go to three set and a half, go two up top, match Roma up, there's no joy down the sides
48:57that is a foul by Ibanez on Lukman and Leicester can end the first half here on the front foot
49:10have to find out how much stoppage time there'll be
49:22two minutes towards which we tick now
49:33Madison and Dewsbury Hall either side of the ball
49:40so
49:48Madison flicks it in away by Pellegrini the first man
49:58so
50:15yeah Lukman just tried to block
50:18Olivera off there I think it was Olivera Chin which made contact
50:26with Lukman's shoulder rather than the other way around
50:36so
50:52ready to take a throw in
50:58maybe the fourth official who was very close to it all
51:02pointed something out and rather than the throw he's going to drop the ball
51:06so
51:11so
51:31Lukman last chance of the half Adam Ola Lukman Ricardo Pereira it bounces out for Johnny Evans
51:39here's Tielemans it's halftime and Leicester have it to do
51:51more threatened than they carried a threat Jose Mourinho's plan is working up to now not least
51:56because of a simply sumptuous header from Tammy Abraham 11 minutes in