Leicester and Roma can't be separated in Europa Conference League semi-final first leg - as it happened

"I think that, based on the hard work we've put in this season to improve and to get to this stage, we deserve to reach the final," said Jose.

"Sometimes football rewards that hard work, but we have to face a great side."

"When you come away and you see the teams we've played against and the four teams left you see it’s a prestigious competition," said the Leicester boss.

"To get to the final, we will have to work really hard. Roma have a great manager and fantastic players, so we will have to be at our best.

"We want to perform and it should be an incredible atmosphere and the crowd can really help us bring our performance and tempo."

At the other end of the pitch, Abraham will hope to add to his 24-goal tally and move clear as the competition's top goalscorer.

How the 35-year-old would love to add to his five goals in just 10 career appearances against the Portuguese.

Mourinho names the same eleven that played in the second leg against Bodo/Glimt a fortnight ago, meaning Tammy Abraham and Chris Smalling are included.

Nicolo Zaniolo has recovered from a minor back which is a huge boost for the Italians.

Leicester boss Rodgers makes four changes from the side that drew 0-0 with Aston Villa on Saturday, the talking point being that Jamie Vardy starts just his second game this calendar year.

No real surprises from the Foxes, but we perhaps didn't see Ademola Lookman replacing Harvey Barnes on the left flank.

Leicester XI: Schmeichel, Pereira, Fofana, Evans, Castagne, Dewsbury-Hall, Tielemans, Maddison, Albrighton, Vardy, Lookman.. subs: Ward, Justin, Soyuncu, Barnes, Iheanacho, Perez, Amartey, Vestergaard, Daka, Thomas, Soumare.

Roma XI: Patricio, Ibanez, Smalling, Mancini, Karsdorp, Mkhitaryan, Cristante, Pellegrini, Zalewski, Abraham, Zaniolo.. subs: Fuzato, Vina, Perez, Shomurodov, Maitland-Niles, Veretout, Kumbulla, Oliveira, Spinazzola, Bove, Afena-Gyan, El Shaarawy.

Hello and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE text commentary of the Europa Conference League semi-final first leg clash between Leicester and Roma at the King Power Stadium.

An exciting night in the making as Brendan Rodgers takes on his former colleague Jose Mourinho, so let's grab the team news ahead of this 20:00 BST kick-off!