Jose Mourinho closed the circle this Wednesday of European titles in Tirana with his fifth continental crown. She touched the sky. Roma beat Feyenoord by the minimum with much more trouble than expected, and became the first Conference League championtournament that has been released this year.
Roma made history, like their coach, a Jose Mourinho who never leaves indifferent and that this Wednesday entered the Olympus of the elect of international football. The Portuguese has become in the first coach to achieve all three European titles, lto the Champions League, the Europa League and today the Conference League. Major words for Portuguese.
‘Mou’ played his eighth final this Wednesday andEurope and took his fifth crown, which is said soon, since he has only lost three finals, (all three of the European Super Cup). The current coach of Roma was champion of the Champions League in 2003-04 with Porto and repeated in 2009-10 with Inter.
He also ‘championed’ twice with the Europa League. He took it in 2002-03 with Porto and in 2016-17 with Manchester United. And today he stamped his signature on his fifth crown.
‘The Special One’ cried again with joy and reasons were not lacking, Well, he hadn’t won a European title since 2017. But his track record is unparalleled in Europe. And the game ended hugging all his playersexultant and excitedletting go of all the tension and nerves that he exhibited throughout the match, a duel where he suffered unspeakably due to the tightness of the scoreboard and because Feyenoord pressed until the end, selling dearly the defeat against an Italian eleven who asserted their status as favorites .
For Roma it was also a historic day as it had been 31 years since they played in a final. The last one, the UEFA Cup, the ‘giallorossi’ played and lost to Inter in 1991.
Hoy heads came out and Roma touched the sky in Tirana thanks to a goal from Zaniolo. José Mourinho arrived at Roma at the lowest point of his career. After two disappointing spells at Manchester United, where he had won his last title (the Europa League), and Tottenham. The always controversial Portuguese needed a blow of effect that relaunched his ‘cache’ and self-esteem as a technician, devalued lately. In Roma he has found a trophy, the first in Europe of one of the great and historic clubs of the old continent. ‘Mou’ has made history today, closing a circle of crowns within the reach of very few. ‘The Special One’ is out.
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