Roma and Nikola Jalewski won the first edition of the LKE. Mourinho won again. Football

Feyenoord Rotterdam and AS Roma have not been able to enter the international arena for many years. The Dutch won the last European Cup 20 years ago, when Tomas Rossa, Lech Bosnan’s current sports director, was happy with his teammates at the UEFA Cup. And Roma? Last season he played in the semi-finals of the Europa League, but his last international trophy was the only one … the Fair Cities Trophy in 1961. What is happening in Tranana, the capital of Albania?

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Already in the 15th minute, Jose Mourinho looked sad as one of Roma’s captains Heinrich Miquitarian left the field with an injury. A quarter of an hour later, the Portuguese laughed as Niccolo Janiolo opened the scoring using a good deep-field pass from Gianlucci Mancini. Not many goals were scored in the first half.

After the break, Feyenoord began to push hard, but the Romans retained the post first, followed by goalkeeper Rui Patricio. It is safe to say that Mourinho’s players have deftly defended the place. And although the Dutch often threw the ball, most of it did not come out.

In the 66th minute, Janiolo and Nicola Jalewski left the field (replaced by Jordan Verret and Leonardo Spinasola). Pole may have been happy in the first half, especially defensively, but after turning the pages he faded a bit and made two technical mistakes, missing the ball.

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It should have been 2-0 in the 85th minute, but Roma captain Lorenzo Pellegrini hit the goalkeeper from very close range. At the end of the match, the Dutch players were aiming for a draw, but they could not win this match.

Little consolation to them is that Serial Deserts, the author of 10 wins, is the top scorer in this tournament. One goal, Roma forward Tommy Abraham, completely lost in the final.

Five Mourinho

After the final whistle, Mourinho made a five-finger gesture. Why? This is his fifth European final and fourth match. 2 against Celtic, when it was still the UEFA Cup) and Manchester United (2-0 with Ajax), now the European Conference League.

However, it should be added that Mourinho only lost in the European Super Cup final.

The goal for next season is to return to the Champions League as Roma finished sixth in Serie A.