What Mourinho Said After Winning Europa Conference League Title

Oyinlola Awonuga
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What Mourinho Said After Winning Europa Conference League Title

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Jose Mourinho has finally reacted as he celebrated a historic achievement having become the second manager to win five major European titles.

Mourinho, a 59 years old experienced manager, who had previously won the Champions League, Europa League and the UEFA Cup, completed a unique European trophy haul as Roma beat Feyenoord 1-0 in Tirana to ensure he would add the inaugural Conference League to his collection.

That is five European finals he has won during his spells at Porto, Inter Milan, Manchester United and now Roma since 2003.

“The great thing about my career is that, aside from the Europa League with Manchester United, doing it with Porto, Inter and Roma are very, very, very special,” Mourinho said.

It is one thing to win when everyone expects it when you made the investments to win, but it’s quite another to win when something feels immortal, that feels truly special.

This remains in the history of Roma, but also mine. I was told only I, Sir Alex (Ferguson) and Giovanni Trapattoni won trophies in three different decades. It makes me feel a little old, but it’s nice for my career.”

It represented a fine end to a first season in the Italian capital for Mourinho, having steered his side to a sixth-place finish in Serie A this term.

The Portuguese has no plans to seek new challenges, as he is already looking to next season with the club.

“Now I am staying, there are no doubts,” Mourinho added. “Even if some rumours emerge, I only want to remain at Roma.

“We must understand what our owners, who are fantastic people, want to do next season because this is history, but we can build a really strong project with honest professionals.

Of course, I feel like a Romanista, but that might be my way of working. I am a Porto fan, an Inter fan, a Chelsea fan, I am crazy about Real Madrid, I am now a Roma fan, I belong to all those clubs because we had these moments together.”

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