In the last game away to Leicester City's home throne stadium, Mourinho's "beloved" Rodgers was obviously intent on taking it down, but unfortunately, it was the biggest mistake to come to the semi-final stage and not seize the opportunity! Leicester City occupied 67% of the ball in the first leg and as many as 14 shots on goal in the end, only relying on Roma's own mistakes to score a goal, the second leg of the match to Roma home, fox city is afraid that it will be more than auspicious.
Both sides started
Just 21 minutes into the opening leg, Leicester City lost their own left side of the box Castagne, and in this game they had to send youngster Justin to deal with the opponent's challenge, and in addition to the change in this position, striker Harvey Barnes also replaced Albreton as the starting, 2 changes, the same 4-3-3 formation, it seems that Rogers believes that the last draw was just an accident, he is confident that roma will be captured in this round.
Back at home, Roma are noticeably more proactive, with the more conservative 3-5-2 of the last leg becoming 3-4-2-1 of this one, with the three attackers Zagnolo, Lorenzo Pellegrini and Tammy Abraham in the front three at their best, and with the two wings of the youngster Zalevsky and Karlsdorp flying together, Roma do not seem to want to continue the passive beating of the previous time.
Race conditions
Just when we were thinking about how the two sides should play each other, Roma started to give the opponent a dismount, and in the 9th minute, Roma captain Pellegrini opened a corner kick directly to find the high jumping Abraham to complete the goal, to know that this time the staring tactics to keep an eye on the center is only 175 height full-back Pereira, and Abraham's height is a full 190, it can be said that the disastrous set-piece defense is the biggest reason for Leicester City to concede the goal. After scoring a goal, Roma's side became more and more active, and then Pellegrini made Schmeichel Jr. move a little in two consecutive shots, while Leicester City was somewhat disappeared, the half score was fixed at 1-0, Leicester City needed to support in the second half.
Sure enough, Rodgers made adjustments at the beginning of the second half, Pereira, who had just made a mistake in the set-piece defense, was replaced by Amatai, and Lukeman, who had no success at half, was also replaced by Xavi Barnes to strengthen the attack. But it's still an old problem, their set-piece defense is really bad! In the 49th minute, a corner kick was almost broken again, but Schmeichel saved the goal, and Mourinho was also a little dissatisfied with the decision, but at this time the camera came to the sidelines of the audience, because here sat a great man who had coached in both teams - Ranieri.
The game continued after a heartwarming scene, when Leicester City, desperate to equalize, began a wave of shots, and Madison's shot in the 79th minute achieved Leicester City's first shot of the game! Mourinho's team once again showed defensive sophistication, facing leicester City's letting go in the last minute, Roma team united to protect the results, and finally the 1-0 score was guarded to the final moment, in the two-legged meeting Leicester City finally lost to Roma 1-2 on aggregate.
After the game
After this match, Mourinho, who was in tears on the sidelines, was undoubtedly the biggest focus, and Mourinho, who has always regarded himself as a madman, rarely showed such an affectionate scene, and after Porto, Inter, and Manchester United, Roma became the fourth team he coached to reach the European final, and Mourinho's final experience was 15 times and 13 wins, and the final faced Feyenoord from the Netherlands, it seems that the madman's diary will continue to be written.