Mourinho reacts to Roma taking the lead in the Conference League final.
He’s been here before.
Nicolò Zaniolo gave Roma the lead with their first shot on target 32 minutes into the Europa Conference League final
‘The Special One’ throwing up the five to remind us he’s never lost any of the five European finals he’s managed in.
Champions League
Europa League
JOSÉ MOURINHO WINS THE FIRST EUROPA CONFERENCE LEAGUE TROPHY WITH ROMA
Jose Mourinho is the first-ever manager to win the Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League
2 – José Mourinho is the second manager to win five major European titles after Giovanni Trapattoni, with the Portuguese now winning the UEFA Europa Conference League, the UEFA Champions League twice and also the UEFA Cup/Europa League twice. Decorated.
Champions League:
vs Monaco
vs Bayern
Europa League:
vs Celtic
vs Ajax
Europa Conference League:
vs Feyenoord
Jose Mourinho becomes the first manager to win all three competitions.
𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒃𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆, 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒃𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆.
Roma had not lifted a trophy since winning the Coppa Italia all the way back in 2008…
And then Jose Mourinho, Chris Smalling, and Tammy Abraham decided to link up in Rome…
2017: José Mourinho, Chris Smalling and Henrikh Mkhitaryan win the UEL with Man Utd:
◎ 2018: Sell Mkhitaryan
◎ 2018: Sack Mourinho
◎ 2020: Sell Smalling
◉ 2022: Mourinho, Smalling and Mkhitaryan win the UECL with AS Roma.
United haven’t won anything in that time.
Bryan Cristante’s game by numbers:
60 Touches
39 Total passes
15 Possession won
14 Total duels
7 Final third entries
5 Tackles
2 Shots
A gladiatorial effort.
4 - Arne Slot is the 4th consecutive Dutch coach to lose a major European final after Louis van Gaal (09-10 Champions League), Peter Bosz (16-17 Europa League) & Gio van Bronckhorst (21-22 Europa League)
1 - AS Roma have won their first UEFA title in their history and their first international competition since the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1960/61 campaign. Magical.
The inaugural winners of every European club competition:
◉ European Cup: Real Madrid
◉ Intercontinental Cup: Real Madrid
◉ Intertoto Cup: Ajax
◉ Cup Winners’ Cup: Fiorentina
◉ UEFA Cup: Tottenham
◉ UCL: Marseille
◉ UEL: Atlético Madrid
◉ UECL: AS Roma
Trivia.
5 - No side has scored more than one goal in any of the last five major European finals:
UCL: Bayern Munich 1-0 Paris Saint-Germain
UEL: Villarreal 1-1 Manchester United
UCL: Chelsea 1-0 Manchester City
UEL: Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 Rangers
UECL: Roma 1-0 Feyenoord
Snooze.
4 - José Mourinho is the first manager to win a major European competition with four different teams (FC Porto x2, Internazionale, Manchester United & Roma). Special.