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Roma won their first major European title in more than 60 years as Nicolo Zaniolo's first-half goal earned the Italians a 1-0 victory over Feyenoord ...

“One thing I said when I came here was I was going to help the team get to the final and one day I want to win a trophy. Three Italian fans and two Dutch supporters were also injured. Two separate groups of Dutch and Italian fans clashed with police in the city, injuring 19 officers and five Albanian civilians. You could see, strikers running back, everybody defending and we knew we had to win.” Now we have to celebrate and then start again, which is always difficult after a great victory, but a real team wins, celebrates and starts again,” the Roma captain Lorenzo Pellegrini told Sky Sport Italia. We have worked hard all year.

Nicolo Zaniolo's first-half strike proved to be the winner as Roma beat Feyenoord 1-0 to become the inaugural Europa Conference League champions in Tirana.

Chris Smalling was in inspired form throughout, throwing himself in front of a Kokcu shot and seemingly getting on the end of every Feyenoord cross into the box. Gianluca Mancini swung in a superb cross from deep, Trauner misjudged the flight of the ball and Zaniolo was waiting behind to chest it down and then flick a lovely finish over the goalkeeper. Marcos Senesi tried to let the ball run through to his goalkeeper, allowing Abraham to pounce and he looked to be clean through as the defender pulled his arm back.

Nicolo Zaniolo won Roma their first ever major European trophy on Wednesday with the only goal in a 1-0 win over Feyenoord in the inaugural Europa ...

The goal made Zaniolo the first Italian to score in a European final since Filippo Inzaghi in 2007 as well as a confirmed hero for Roma fans. For 1970 European champions Feyenoord it was their first ever defeat in a European final as well as being the first loss in the competition for Arne Slot’s team. Italy international Zaniolo struck with a well-taken finish in the 32nd minute to earn Roma their first trophy of any kind since 2008 and cap a successful first season for coach Jose Mourinho in Rome.

Smalling was the man-of-the-match as he secured a clean-sheet for the Italians, while Abraham - though largely stifled in Tirana against Feyenoord - was the ...

We are champions, I am happy to be a part of the team, now it is time to celebrate and enjoy.' We knew how much it was going to mean, you can see we've got some of the best fans.' You could see, strikers running back, everybody defending and we knew we had to win.'

Jose Mourinho proved he still has the nous to lift European silverware as Roma beat Feyenoord in the Europa Conference League final. Nicolo Zaniolo, Tammy ...

Italy’s subsequent shock elimination in the playoffs for Qatar 2022 means he will have to wait even longer to shine on the biggest stage with his country. At 24, there is no need to gamble a career on a sharp upward trajectory in the transfer market. At the end of one such foot race with Marcos Senesi, he beat his chest and fired up the Roma support, who roared back in approval. But the open spaces offered to wingbacks Rick Karsdorp and Nicola Zalewski were a puzzle the Eredivisie side never truly solved in the first half. Feyenoord looked to attack in a narrow 4-3-3, with Arsenal loanee Reiss Nelson to the fore in the early exchanges. Once upon a time, Mourinho was the coach in his early forties taking a young team swaggering into European finals.

Jose Mourinho said that he and Roma had made history after winning the Europa Conference League, the club's first ever major European trophy.

We wrote it.” Wednesday’s triumph was his fifth European title and made him the first coach to win all current UEFA competitions. “This was not work tonight, this was history. They had been waiting for something like this,” Mourinho told Sky.

Nicolò Zaniolo made the difference as Roma clinched their first major UEFA club competition title by winning the 2021/22 UEFA Europa Conference League.

The Giallorossi lifted the trophy as Mourinho once again delivered in a final and became the first coach to win the Europa Conference League, the Europa League and the Champions League. In the second half, we had more possession and opportunities. Chris Smalling, Roma defender: "We knew how much it would mean to everyone in Rome and you can see how together we are until the end. We struggled in the second half; our opponents played well and they forced us to make defensive changes." Arne Slot, Feyenoord coach: "I told the players during the break what they had to do better. Roma won their first ever UEFA trophy, the first ever edition of the Europa Conference League, and did so by taking their best chance, holding firm at the back and keeping that vital clean sheet. Rui Patrício made a magnificent save in the second half which made a big difference in the game. Let's be honest, they were the better team, but Feyenoord had a decent campaign. However, as Feyenoord piled on the pressure, a now compact Roma side dropped deep. How different things may have been if they'd managed to play with such intensity before the break as well. Roma made the first meaningful advance, but Nicolò Zaniolo's outstretched leg was a whisker away from a cute Lorenzo Pellegrini through ball. It was a cagey opening in Tirana, as both sides cautiously probed and looked to test their opponents' mettle.

Latest updates from Tirana as the Dutch and Italian giants battle for the inaugral Conference League trophy.

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Jose Mourinho became the first manager ever to lift the UEFA Europa Conference League trophy after his Roma side beat Feyenoord in Wednesday's final.

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Jose Mourinho said he would stay at Roma and said the club had 'made history' with their Europa Conference League final win.

Now it is time to party and celebrate." We have worked hard all year. We deserved it. We’ve got some of the best fans.” We dropped a bit deeper than we ideally wanted to but we had to give everything. I have no doubts, I will continue as Roma manager.”

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Mourinho, 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 ...

It's a bit of cliche, but it was 20 years ago that we last played in a European final. That sounds nice, but it is true. It makes me feel a little old, but it's nice for my career." "This is terrible. I belong to all those clubs because we had these moments together." That is five European finals at Porto, Internazionale, Manchester United and Roma since 2003 that Mourinho has coached in and five times he has taken home the trophy.

TIRANA: Nicolo Zaniolo's goal earned AS Roma a first major European title in more than 60 years after a 1-0 win over Feyenoord in the Europa Conference ...

It's especially terrible that we can't take the cup to Rotterdam." "We put the pressure on them and then you saw they had trouble dealing with us. Now we have to celebrate and then start again, which is always difficult after a great victory, but a real team wins, celebrates and starts again,” Roma captain Lorenzo Pellegrini told Sky Sport Italia.

Jose Mourinho's Roma win first major European title in more than 60 years with 1-0 victory over Feyenoord in Tirana.

It’s especially terrible that we can’t take the cup to Rotterdam.” “We put the pressure on them and then you saw they had trouble dealing with us. I’ve been at Roma for 11 months and I realised the moment I arrived what it meant – that they were waiting for this.”