The inaugural UEFA Europa Conference League concludes tonight when Roma face Feyenoord in the final at Tirana’s Air Albania Stadium.
Roma had a small lead at halftime, with Nicolo Zaniolo making it 1-0 in the 45th minute.
This is Jose Mourinho’s fifth European final, and the legendary coach has a perfect balance in the previous four, as he leads Roma in search of the club’s first continental title since 1961.
The Italian team battled Leicester in the semi-finals, with Tammy Abraham’s return winner enough to give them an overall 2-1 victory over the Foxes.
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For Feyenoord, the 0-0 draw in Marseille did the job after winning 3-2 at home and will look to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the club’s success in the UEFA Cup with another trophy to add to the cabinet .
Tammy Abraham and Chris Smalling start with Roma, while Reiss Nelson is in the starting eleven of Feyenoord.
Starting at 20:00 BST, follow all the action with the Live blog from Standard Sport below …
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49 min: VAR review and the second corner is nothing.
Early indications suggest that this could be a long 45 minutes for Rome, as the Feyenoord throws them all.
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47 min: Feyenoord directs the attack and has an early corner.
OUT OF PLACE! Mancini almost puts it on his own network. Until then from the rebound … great stop! Rome is expected here.
Handball VAR check in area …
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Back on track!
Can Feyenoord find a way back to this? Time to find out!
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Feyenoord with more possession, more shots, more shots on goal … fewer goals.
Mourinho’s master class? I’m still not sure I can say that, but he has his side on the path to European glory.
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Everyone on the bench enjoyed the first goal.
Well … almost everyone.
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Only goal of the match so far …
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HT: Roma 1-0 Feyenoord
The Dutch team pressed in the last minutes of the half, but went into the break.
Zaniolo’s goal put Mourinho ahead 45 minutes into the match, and the home team managed to get a 1 – 0 lead.
Imagine Feyenoord will see a lot of ball in the second half, but they have to be much better in attack.
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45 + 1 min: Four minutes added, Feyenoord finishing strong.
Center, Patrico clears absolutely everything while almost taking the ball away. You have more of Ibanez than anything else.
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43 minutes into the game, Feyenoord had a great chance to put his team ahead, but his kick from the left went wide.
Senesi tries a through ball, but Malacia is caught offside. Missed opportunity again.
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41 minutes into the game, Kokcu had a great chance to put his team ahead, but his kick from the left went wide. Patricio made a great block, though.
First shot on goal by the Dutch team.