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At the end of Roma-Feyenoord José spoke Mourinho.
Mourinho a Sky Sport
The tears?
“(Visibly moved) A lot of things go through my head.”
Did she expect this emotional involvement that clung to her?
“I have been here for 11 months and you understand everything where I have arrived”.
And typhoid?
“(Still visibly excited) As I told the guys in the locker room in Turin, we did what we needed to do, qualify for the Europa League. Today it was not work, today it was history to be made and we wrote history “.
Today is history, will it become immortal with this title?
“The Conference League is a competition that we felt like we were winning from the start, then the games got more and more challenging, there were strong teams like Marseille and Feyenoord. We were aiming for this cup, then in the league we could have had a few more points, we bet a lot and we qualified for the Europa League. I stay and there is no doubt, even if rumors arrive I don’t want something, I want to stay in Rome. The Friedkins are honest and fantastic, this story is meant to continue, we have to continue with this project and define the direction for next season ”.
You hugged with the Friedkins, was it they who brought her to Rome?
“All European trophies are important, only Trapattoni and I have won European trophies in different cups, I feel a bit old. I did 2003, 2015 or 2016, now 2022. Now I go on vacation to my beach and I enjoy all of this ”.
What is different about this victory?
“The very nice thing about my career is that, beyond the European trophy with Manchester United, winning with Porto, with Inter and with Roma is very very special. It’s one thing to win when everyone expects it, it’s another to do it with teams that make you immortal, this makes you feel special. Of course I think of myself, but I also think of the Roma people who are having their party today. I hope they can celebrate, I’m really happy for our kids, but for the Roma family ”.
The message to the fans?
“I feel like a Roma player, but it’s also a way of working, I’m a goalkeeper, an Inter player, I’m a chelsista, I’m crazy about Real Madrid, now I’m a Roma player. They are from all those teams that make a family with me and are looking for a goal, we are together in these moments. With all due respect to all the clubs where I have worked and which I am still in love with, I am 100% Romanista and the people are incredible “.
Mourinho at the press conference (From the correspondent in Tirana Gabriele Chiocchio)
Doesn’t it sometimes bother you that you are portrayed as a great character and not as a great coach, who brings out the best in players in all conditions?
“Yesterday a journalist, I think, Dutch, asked me the question. But more than a question he made a statement, he said that it is very difficult to win by playing good football. My answer was that it is very difficult to win. To win is very difficult. . To win you need to have many ingredients. Our team has played 55 games. Rui Patricio has played 54 of 90 minutes, it is absurd. Other players have made more than 40, more than 45. We reached this final in this extreme condition of physical fatigue, for the mental one we were able to work and make it something very well hidden. Physical fatigue is more difficult, to fight it you need the emotional strength of a fantastic group, which excites. I remember when they offered me the dinner for the thousandth game, in my little speech I said that he was 100% sure that this season would end in a special way, and it ended in a special way. In the second half we had difficulties, but not only from a physical point of view, it would be not giving value to our opponent, who played well, who created problems, who changed the way and form in the second half and forced us to make decisions such as that to change with the 5- 3-1-1 with Veretout, Sergio and Cristante to stop their attacking game. I want to congratulate them, they did 15 games like us, they started from the first match of the Conference League, they made an incredible semifinal and like us they gave a new prestige to a new competition, which today becomes an important competition. With all due respect to Eintracht, Rangers, who played the finals in the Europa League, the Conference semifinals were not comparable. We made history, this team was not made to reach the Champions League, we did not have a sufficiently strong and experienced squad, with enough options to fight for the Champions League. We did our job by going to the Europa League. This competition was to make history and history is not playing the final. I shared my lost finals with the guys and every time I lost a final I had the feeling of being out of place, I would have preferred to be eliminated in the semifinals. We won, the boys gave everything. A pity that they go to the national team, if they have the same energy as me they had to go to the beach. See you next season. Fantastic guys. “
What did you think of the final whistle? Is it the best win from an emotional point of view?
“I have won European cups with 4 different clubs. Winning with Manchester United, even if it did not have the quality of other years, is almost natural. Winning the Champions League with Porto is not normal and makes the people happy. Winning the Champions League with Inter, a huge club, but which spent 50 years without winning, makes a people happy. Winning with Roma makes a people happy. This has a special meaning … “. (The entrance of the players interrupts the press conference).
Mourinho a DAZN
Like the first time?
“Yup. Nothing changes, a final is a final. The last few days have been difficult, a lot of work with staff and players. We also worked secretly from you (laughs, ed). We were a family, the second half was complicated. History made, we take the cup and go to Rome. Now I’m working with the club for next season. We enjoy this victory ”.
Where does this victory place it?
“The most important because it was the last. The most important is always the next one. This is beautiful, we were far away to do this “.
Was Italian football missing Mou?
“No, you have won the European Championship. Juve made the final. Too many 12 years without trophies. We hope to make it in the Europa League next season ”.
Remains?
“100%. I can not betray this company, the director, the people that there is a love relationship. Now with the fans we will be linked for life. We will thank each other “.
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