Leicester City and Roma ‘can’t wait any longer’ to play in the Europa League.

The Europa tournaments are proving a difficult balancing act for some heavyweight clubs, and as the groups reach midway this week, large clubs like Leicester and Napoli fear falling behind.

Leicester City thrashed Manchester United 4-2 in the Premier League on Saturday, but manager Brendan Rodgers’ tendency of resting players in Europe means they are last in Group C with one point, and they face Spartak Moscow on Wednesday.

For their second matchday trip to Eastern Europe, Leicester fielded a reserve team, failed to score a goal, and lost 1-0 at Warsaw.

They now have an even longer round journey ahead of them, culminating in a tough Premier League match against Brentford on Sunday.

Rodgers said at a pre-match press conference in Moscow on Tuesday, “We’ll pick a team to win the game.” “We’ve brought all of our fit players since this is a crucial game for us.”

“You will see tomorrow,” Rodgers said when asked if Jamie Vardy, who played the final two minutes against Napoli and the final six against Legia, will start.

Leicester must start winning in Europe, according to captain Ricardo Pereira.

He said, “We can’t wait till the last games.” “We usually need roughly 10 points to pass. We’ve had enough of waiting.”

At the bottom of Group C, Leicester has some unexpected company.

Napoli lead Serie A after winning all eight of their domestic league matches — a winning goal from Nigerian international forward Victor Osimhen against Torino on Sunday kept that record alive — but have failed to win in the Europa League.

They fell 3-2 at home to Spartak in the previous round after playing 60 minutes with ten men. They need to win in Warsaw on Thursday against Legia.

Rangers, Marseille, and Real Sociedad are among the other giants without a win in the Europa League.

Rangers are currently six points behind Group A leaders Lyon, but they can close the gap this weekend when they host Brondby.

Real Sociedad are in a tight Group B alongside Monaco and PSV, but may still qualify if they overcome pointless Sturm Graz after drawing with those two.

Meanwhile, West Ham, who are making their Europa League debut, have played good teams in their first two games and have already built a three-point lead in Group H before hosting Genk on Sunday, despite having one eye on a London derby against Tottenham.

‘FLESH AND BLOOD’ is a song about flesh and blood.

Spurs have tried to waste the least amount of energy in qualifying, playing against weaker opposition in the inaugural Europa Conference League, and the outcome has been the most concern.

Tottenham had to rely on Harry Kane to save them in the return leg after leaving their first team at home for a qualifying round trip to Pacos Ferreira.

In Group G, they started reserves at Rennes and at home against Mura, and they needed Kane and his teammates to come off the bench in both games to salvage the four points they had.

They are unlikely to start their stars against Vitesse in Arnhem after a win at Newcastle on Sunday and with West Ham on the horizon.

“It’s fantastic to win and get that winning feeling,” Kane said after Newcastle’s victory. “Hopefully we can continue in Europe this week and then next week against West Ham,” he said.

Meanwhile, Roma, who lead Group C, travels north of the Arctic Circle to play Bodo/Glimt, who are in second position.

Despite the fact that Bodo is the Norwegian champion and began the season in the Champions League, coach Kjetil Knutse played the underdog card when discussing Roma manager Jose Mourinho.

“He’s a real person like the rest of us,” Knutse said, adding that his squad “can accomplish incredible things.”