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Dec 10, 2021

Leicester drop into Conference League but Brendan Rodgers unaware of the competition

 Leicester have dropped into the Europa Conference League but manager Brendan Rodgers admitted he does not even know what the competition is.



The Foxes were beaten 3-2 at Napoli, and coupled with Spartak Moscow's 1-0 win at Legia Warsaw in the other game in Group C, Leicester finished in third place.


They now face a play-off round in February to enter the Europa Conference League but Rodgers told BT Sport: "I have to be honest - I don't even know what the competition is in all fairness. I was focused on the Europa League and winning this group.


"At the very least, finishing second so with all due respect to the competition, I'm not sure what it is. I'm sure I'll find out soon enough."


Leicester were condemned to Europe's new third club competition and for the 600-odd supporters who had made the trip to Naples, they will be wondering how they managed to let a wide-open group slip away from them.


Their evening had started badly when a police escort had directed their official coaches the wrong way to the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, meaning they missed the opening 20 minutes, and things got even worse when they entered the ground upon learning their team were two goals down.


But Rodgers' side were level by half-time and really ought to have at least come away with the point needed to seal their progress as Maddison and Vardy both passed up glaring opportunities either side of Eljif Elmas' decisive second on the night.