Rome’s cheerful stars burst into Jose Mourinho’s press conference to soil his radiant head with water and sing “champions, champions” after the Europa League Conference triumph.
From Max Mathews for Mailonline
Posted: 08:17, 26 May 2022 | Updated: 8:44 AM, May 26, 2022
Exalted Roma players interrupted Jose Mourinho’s post-match press conference to soak his coach with water after winning the Europa Conference League.
The Italian team beat Feyenoord 1-0 on Wednesday night and won the first trophy of the European Conference League thanks to a goal from Nicolo Zaniolo.
Portuguese coach Mourinho burst into tears after winning the continental title, and was killed by his merry stars, who sprayed him with water, danced and sang “champions, champions, olé, olé, olé” .
Exalted Roma players interrupted Jose Mourinho’s post-match press conference (pictured)
The merry stars sprinkled their heads with water after winning the Europa Conference League
The players danced around, singing ‘campions, campions, olé, olé, olé’ with the Portuguese
The pictures show the former Chelsea and Manchester United coach speaking to the press, before four players, including captain Lorenzo Pellegrini, burst in, hugged Mourinho and sang.
The 59-year-old, who becomes the first coach to win all three UEFA European competitions, was then fired from the press as his players drove him for more celebrations.
After the match, Mourinho told Sky Sports Italia: “There are so many things going through my mind. So many things at once. I’ve been in Rome for 11 months, when I arrived I realized what I wanted. say, they were waiting for this. As I told the guys in the Turin dressing room, we did what needed to be done.
AS Roma won the inaugural European Conference League with a 1-0 victory at Feyenoord
Nicolo Zaniolo’s good goal in the first half (above) was enough to bring down the Dutch team in Tirana
Roma coach Mourinho is the first coach to win all three UEFA European competitions
The full-time whistle unleashed jubilant scenes of Roma players celebrating their victory
‘It wasn’t a job tonight, that was history. We had to write history. We wrote it. The Conference League is a competition that we felt we could win from the start, but it got stronger when the Europa League teams, Leicester City, Olympique Marseille and Feyenoord entered. We’ve put a lot into that.
‘I’m staying now, there’s no doubt about it. Although there are some rumors, I just want to stay in Rome. We need to understand what our owners, who are great people, want to do next season, we can build a very strong project with honest professionals.
“Of course I feel Romanist … I’m a fan of Porto, Inter, Chelsea, I’m crazy about Real Madrid, now I’m a fan of Roma, I belong to all these clubs because we spent those moments together. Tonight , with all due respect to all the clubs I’ve worked for before, I’m 100% Romanian, because these fans are really amazing. ”