With referee Staryan's final whistle sounding, Jose Mourinho's Roma finally beat Leicester City 2-1 on aggregate to advance to the final of the European Union Cup.
It was a typical Mourinho-esque victory, especially in the final stages, where the wolf cubs showed enough to impress fans around the world.
It is really not easy for The Elder Mu to bring such a Roma team to the final of the European Union Cup.
Look at Leicester City's starting line-up: Vardy, Harvey. Barnes, Tillermans, Madison, Ricardo. Perez, Evans, Schmeichel Jr., almost every player can be called a Premier League star,
Look at Roma's starters: Tammy Abraham, Pellegrini, Zaniolo, Karstop, Smalling, Gianluca. Mancini, Ibanez, Oliveira, if not fans who have been following Roma for a long time, can't even match their names and faces.
Of course, in the second leg against Leicester City, the most disadvantageous part of Mourinho's Roma is the injury of the midfield metronome Mkhitaryan.
In other words, Mkhitaryan's injury is like this Real Madrid team without Modric now, now This Manchester City without De Bruyne, and now this Liverpool without Salah.
So, Mourinho's strategy of grabbing the start is entirely correct:
Don't you Premier League teams like high-intensity fighting? Then roma put more intense pressure on the Leicester city backline.
Aren't you a Premier League team tough? Then the Roman wolf cubs are harder and stronger.
All in all, with the blessing of a Mourinho brand hair dryer, Roma played the best first half of the season:
Throughout the first half, Roma's backline was airtight, and not only did Leicester City's forward line not have a decent shot, but even the midfield did not have a decent shot.
In this case, on the contrary, the Roma team's counterattack was sound and colorful, in addition to Abraham's Tarzan pressing the top to help roma team successfully pry open the ten-finger mark of The Little Schmeichel, several counterattacks have kicked out the style of Mu-style Real Madrid, but unfortunately there is always a lack of in the last pass.
In fact, the most crucial thing for Roma to be able to "smoothly" advance to the final is the second half.
No way, with the current strength of this Roma team, it is simply not enough to fight Leicester City for 90 minutes, or even 80 minutes.
It's not just the Premier League advantage, it's also a longitudinal contrast between Leicester City and Roma's bench depth.
Well, Leicester City's bench was so rich that Rogers was able to replace Isinacho and Amatei directly in the second half.
On the other hand, when Abraham raised his hand in the 80th minute to show that his physical groove had bottomed out, Mourinho could only smile in return: Child, hold on a little longer, you should still have some savings.
As Roma's coach, Mourinho certainly knows about Tammy Abraham, but he knows better than anyone else about the situation on the bench:
Gian Jr. and Shomu were not injured and could get on, but in the end they could not pose a threat to Leicester City's three defenders.
To say that Abraham really persevered, in the case of Leicester City's large-scale attack, gritted his teeth, burned his last bit of strength, and constantly held the ball forward to help Roma's backline find a breather.
And the moment when Abraham fell to the ground with all his might, he was like a god of war who struggled with blood and never gave up.
Of course, it's not just Abraham, every player in this game roma team is enough to be called a fighter.
Admittedly, Roma didn't play as well as Guardiola's Manchester City in comparison, but so what? Football is like that, only the winner and the spirit of never giving up can have the last laugh.
By the way, today the portuguese old man rarely cried.