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The Roma it is one step away from the dream. Tomorrow the chance to take home the first European trophy in his history will be played, a responsibility of which Mourinho is well aware. You spoke about it in the usual press conference on the eve.
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MOURINHO IN PRESS CONFERENCE
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A long journey that began in August, then a 9-month journey with 55 games, what is the awareness? “We have reached the end of this season. With two finals to play in 4 days: the first gave us what we deserved and what we had as our goal, which is the Europa League. We managed to win that final. It didn’t make history. but we had to finish the year’s work to reach a goal. For Roma, finishing in the Europa League area is normal. Tomorrow’s final is history. We wrote our own to get here, but in the final we must do everything possible to win and make history “.
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Did you manage to contain the euphoria of the team? How is Mkhitaryan? “We did it before Turin. It was a difficult match. It was a final that could give us the right attention to play this one in which the cup is up for grabs. We didn’t need the extra tension. We reached the goal of the match. “Europa League and it was the best way to think only of Feyenoord. With my staff we have been in Trigoria since Friday without ever leaving. I couldn’t ask the players this, but I think they are fine. I see the team attentive and happy. well. Mkhitaryan trained today for the first time in a group, a small session without meaning at the final level because it was open to the press. Very basic. For him it is important, I trust his experience. I trust him, he knows the his body and he knows how to interpret the signals well. At the end of the work he told me that he is available “.
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There is great attention to Rome and to you, can your experience make a difference? “No, I don’t think so. People are wrong in the analysis. The only reason why there is this feeling of cheering for Roma is because we have an Albanian in the team, it’s normal. If Roma wins, an Albanian raises the cup and this has a meaning. I played a UEFA super cup between United and Real in Macedonia. There was a party in Tirana, it’s the same. It is an important moment, which they deserve as a country. The stadium is very beautiful, too bad for the reduced capacity, but I’m happy to play here. Usually the finals are the last games of the season, you play first in the national cups. When you get to this point the work is done. For us there was nothing to do in These two days. Leadership cannot take effect for three days, it is part of a process. Tomorrow is the day of the players, we coaches can help them read the game, but the work is done and tomorrow is the last. Luckily it’s a final, you can just be happy to play this match. “
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Are you very serious because you are worried about the final? “It’s a final, until tomorrow there is nothing else in my mind. It’s my way of being and doing. Experience doesn’t help, I thought it might not. My way of being is The same as when I played in the first final. I’m concentrated or maybe it’s my way of preparing for the match. “
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You who have played several endings, is it superstitious? “No, I don’t have to be. I hate superstitions and sometimes I quarrel with those who listen to these things.”
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On the big screens “The support of the fans can only do well. But if Roma have a final with the people at the Olimpico in front of the screens, it is not their fault. They asked me what shirt we play in and I said I don’t want to know, for me it is the same”.
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How’s your ankle after the discount with Kumbulla? If he wins tomorrow it is his first training session and he is the first to have won all the European cups “If I win. I’m not superstitious, it’s the truth. I don’t like talking about hypotheses, let’s see. Marash hurt me and I joked about it because he should have been the last to do this to me because he’s the heaviest. having to go to the match in flip flops because my foot didn’t fit in the shoe. Kumbulla is a good player, he has learned a lot and will be with us next year because he has good potential. “
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Do you like Dutch football? Why do we never win? “But that’s not true. Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord have won. You have a good story. I don’t know if you’re naive.”
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What is your first impression of Albania? What can the Special One do to win a special match? “The Special One story is old. When you are more mature you see a lot more people and you think less of yourself. For me it has become an old story, tomorrow I can try to help, I don’t believe in magic. When you get to the final after that. so much work you gave it all. It’s the team that plays tomorrow. This is not the time for individuals. We just have to be us and play with our quality without limits. It is the first time in Albania, one of the few places where not yet I had been. It is a beautiful country, I am happy to be here. I did not visit the city, I am happy with the airport. When we played Vitesse we were at the airport for two hours, I don’t know why, but there were too many you check, as if they were criminals and they were looking for something. The hotel is as beautiful as the stadium and the pitch. We can criticize the capacity of the stadium, but we have to take football everywhere. I am happy to be here and play the Albanian final. “
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On Zalewski, are you surprised with your work? What is its best quality and its position? “In the first part of the season he did not hurt. A year ago he played in the Primavera and now he plays in the first team. These six months have been important for his career. Honestly he can do everything on the pitch. When you are 20 and you can not play counts where, but you just have to play. He has a good mentality and a good future. “
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The season is over, Roma played two finals. Today Rocchi agreed with you about everything, is this season positive for you? “Yes, for me yes”.
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Do you have any training doubts? Is Spinazzola back as he thought? “It’s not a prize. He can play, 10 months off is a lot but he worked hard to get back. He lacked some minutes, some sensations and he found them in the 75 ‘on the pitch against Torino. The sensations were positive so tomorrow is an option for us “.
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Some have never experienced a final, can you take a crash course to manage emotions for the final? “No, I can’t handle mine either. Maybe others with my own experience can say the opposite“.
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What mistake shouldn’t we make? “We have to do what we do every game. This is why I say to always think about the next one and the next is a final, the last of the season, there is something special that is a trophy. But you have to do exactly the same“.
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Are these moments that help for the mentality? “ For the group it is part of a journey “.
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What game are you expecting? “I don’t know, they’ve had a lot of time to work. You never know if they may present something different, they have changed something in their path. With Marseille they made it 0-0 and it was a different game from their philosophy. I don’t know, we know how we want to play“.
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Does Mkhitaryan have the physical condition to be the owner? “He has the physical condition to help the team, we think so. We are optimistic, yesterday he did real tests without a team and today with the team … positive feeling“.
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May 24, 2022 (change May 24, 2022 | 18:56)
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