Abraham smashed home a effective header in the 11th minute at a bouncing Stadio Olimpico in Rome to provide Jose Mourinho's group their first European very last in greater than three a long time, the primary of the new competition.
They await Feyenoord in Tirana, Albania on May 25th after the Dutch side prevailed three-2 inside the different semi-very last, and they will be backed through an navy of supporters who got at the back of their group in stirring style.
Roma lovers have not visible their group win a trophy considering 2008 and the roar set free at the very last whistle turned into one of big relief after spending a good deal of the suit at the returned foot against the Foxes, themselves gunning for a first main continental final.
Brendan Rodgers' crew ran into floor towards a generally nicely-organised Mourinho aspect who were content to allow Leicester do the jogging and try to pick the away aspect off at the destroy once their aggregate gain changed into established early on.
Roma's remaining European final - in the antique UEFA Cup - became lost to Inter Milan in 1991 and the pre-match environment become as feverish as could be expected for one in every of Europe's maximum passionate and lengthy-struggling fan bases.
A crowd of sixty five,000 had already been whipped up with the aid of a strong start for the house crew when Abraham nearly delivered the roof off, assembly Lorenzo Pellegrini's corner with a header that flew past Kasper Schmeichel.
The England global's purpose became just reward for Roma's enterprising start which featured clever Schmeichel stops but as the half wore on Leicester shook off the cobwebs and began to get a foothold.
From there the match settled into a pattern of Leicester trying to push past a properly-organised Roma rearguard, to begin with with out fulfillment because the away aspect did not have a single shot on the right track inside the commencing period.
Leicester's first effort on target did not come until 11 minutes from the give up, while James Maddison's low dive turned into without problems accrued via Rui Patricio and after that the hosts had some respectable opportunities themselves.
