Conference League: Mourinhos Roma must worry about the final.
Union Berlin's group cone Feyenoord Rotterdam has to worry about the final entry in the new European Cup competition Conference League.
The former European football winner only achieved a narrow 3: 2 (2: 2) success in the semi-final first leg against Olympique Marseille.
A hardly better starting position for the second leg (May 5th/Thursday), start coach Jose Mourinho with Italy's ex-title carrier AS Rome got a 1-1 (1-0) master Leicester City in England.
Rotterdam played a 2-0 lead on the way to the first desired European Cup victory since the UEFA Cup triumph against Borussia Dortmund in the first round with a 2-0 lead by hit by Nigerian Cyriel Desser (18th) and the Colombian Luis Sinisterra (20.) until the break.
After compensation of the French by the Senegalese Bamba Dieng (28th) and the Brazilian veteran Gerson (40th), the hosts who had won both encounters in the group phase against Bundesliga club Union Berlin (3: 1 and 2: 1), with dessers (46.) thank you for the small advantage in the second leg.
Leipziger loan shocks Mourinho and Co.
Mourinho's team in Leicester was also able to hope for a lead in the decisive second leg.
After Rome's early lead by Lorenzo Pellegrini, the Leipzig loan Ademola Lookman (67th) secured the British, who had been in the quarterfinals end station for the Dutch top team EN PSV Eindhoven with the German coach Roger Schmidt and ex-world champion Mario Götze, but at least Draw.
The Conference League has its premiere as a third European Cup competition behind the Champions League and the Europa League in the current season. The final will take place on May 25th in the Albanian capital Tirana.
Berlin had taken the only place for the Bundesliga. However, after a successful qualification for the group phase, the Köpenickers were eliminated before the knockout rounds as the third in the table of Group E behind Rotterdam and Slavia Prague.
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