The Europa Conference League was dismissed as irrelevant when it kicked off last summer. Try telling that to the clubs that can win it.
It does not just have to be the same four, five or six teams from the same four, five or six leagues.” “It is quite expensive, but the destinations are part of the attraction,” Ravenhorst said. Nobody is complaining about the lack of history or glamour, not anymore. That parity has not necessarily come at the expense of quality. “It is a chance to achieve something monumental in our club’s history,” he said. “The level is high, and the games are between opponents who are more or less equal,” Kyriakos said. He has seen his beloved Feyenoord play in the sleepy Swedish town of Boras and the firecracker hostility of Belgrade, Serbia. He has been to Prague, twice. To the fans who are following the Conference League, the relative unfamiliarity of the teams involved has not diminished the tournament. The Europa League has, traditionally, been a little more diverse, but in recent years that, too, has been increasingly vulnerable to the massive financial advantage enjoyed by teams from Western Europe’s grand leagues. The lineup for the inaugural quarterfinals illustrates that perfectly. Europe’s major leagues saw it as another burden, players’ organizations worried that it would increase the risk of burnout and fan groups grumbled about yet another expense for those who wished to follow their teams. The Europa Conference League was dismissed as irrelevant when it kicked off last summer.
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Maddison to whip in with his right foot...and Evans flicked it on at the near post and it was heading on target but flicked off Fofana and over. Good composure from Fofana in the middle of the park, before Evans reads the ball well to intercept a pass towards Gotze. No big chances for either side so far, but PSV float a cross not far over the head of Zahavi. Leicester get another chance to attack and Dewsbury-Hall wins a free-kick close to the corner flag. PSV again strain to deal with a Leicester set-piece but get away with it, before Gakpo wins a free-kick for the home team. Things opened up for Leicester on the break but Barnes took too long to make a decision. Leicester stroking the ball around well in midfield with Maddison and Tielemans but Pereira's pass was too heavy. Gakpo should have released the ball to Zahavi wide left but the ball eventually finds the striker. Leicester's third sub is Ayoze Perez for Kelechi Iheanacho. Leicester starting to build pressure now, but they look a little shot-shy and toothless around the edge of the box. Then Gotze plays a lovely one-two with Veerman and is hacked down by Castagne at the expense of a booking. Excellent defending from Fofana to get across on the cover and get there before Zahavi and snuff out a counter. Excellent interplay down the right involving Pereira and Perez, and he substitute pulled the ball back from the bar-line to Maddison who slammed his shot into the roof of the net. Tielemans tries to make up for his mistake by taking a shot on from long range and a tight angle, which is skewed high, wide and handsome.
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Lookman and Perez almost combined for a winner, minutes before Lookman and Daka were involved in the move leading to Pereira's historic moment. Even with England's log jam of forwards, he must be pushing close to a recall given his recent form. Rodgers substitutions changed the game: Leicester were second best in the first half and with their in-form opposition a goal up a comeback seemed a long way back. He had a couple of other good efforts, one cleared off the line and another forcing a fine stop from Yvon Mvogo, before the goal which he took with aplomb. 84' GREAT STOP FROM MVOGO Lookman crosses from close in on the by-line and Perez gets a touch towards goal but the keeper pushes over the bar. However, it was the third substitution, a controversial one, bringing on Perez for spearhead Kelechi Iheanacho which made the biggest difference.
A late effort from Ricardo Pereira completed a dramatic turnaround as Leicester reached their first European semi-final.
A minute later Maddison curled a shot wide that Mvogo clambered low to tip round a post but his desire to make the difference did not end there, converting the substitute Ayoze Pérez’s pullback before Pereira capped the comeback. Iheanacho hooked a clever ball over the top of the PSV defence and Daka raced through one on one with the goalkeeper Yvon Mvogo but the striker, perhaps put off by Teze’s determination to make life difficult, dropped his shot wide. A PSV supporter threw his beer towards Maddison as the midfielder was mobbed by his teammates and Brendan Rodgers was all smiles when Pereira sealed victory with two minutes to spare.
Leicester face Jose Mourinho's Roma in the last four after reaching a European semi-final for the first time.
- Maddison – 7 - Ricardo – 7 - Schmeichel – 7
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Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall slipped in Lookman and he crossed for Daka, whose shot was parried by Mvogo with the ball running free for Pereira to fire in the rebound and send the Foxes into dreamland. But Leicester spurned their own glorious opening to level just after the hour when Lookman played Daka through and the striker drilled wide from the edge of the area. With 45 minute to save their European hopes, Rodgers sent on Ademola Lookman and Patson Daka for Barnes and Marc Albrighton at the break as he rolled the dice to reach the last four. Chances came and went, with Timothy Castagne heading wide and Maddison firing over as the Foxes continued to prove they would find openings. The Foxes remained undaunted and could have levelled after 33 minutes when Maddison’s drive hit Ramalho and looped over Yvon Mvogo, only for Jordan Teze to acrobatically clear off the line. The defender’s goal with two minutes left completed a brilliant turnaround to seal a 2-1 win on the night in Eindhoven in their quarter-final second leg.
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"48 qualifications they have in Europe so this is a great experience for us. "So with all due respect to the competition, I'm not sure what it is. I'm so happy for the players as they have taken another step to reach the club's first semi-final."
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