Once again, Mourinho wept emotionally on the sidelines! At 3:00 a.m. Beijing time on May 6, the second leg of this season's Europa League semi-finals began, Roma sat at home to meet the challenge of Leicester City, and the first leg of the game Red Wolves drew 1-1 away from home. In this match, Roma scored with the top star Abraham's header in the 11th minute of the game, and finally won 1-0 at home to Leicester City, so that the Red Wolves eliminated their opponents 2-1 on aggregate in two legs and successfully advanced to the final of this season's European Union. At the moment when the final whistle of the game sounded, Roma coach Jose Mourinho shed tears of excitement on the sidelines.
In his first season in charge of Roma, Mourinho brought the Red Wolves, who were still in the rebuilding stage, to the final stage of european competitions, and the magic bird magic continued. The last time Roma reached the European final was in the 1990/91 League Cup, when the Red Wolves lost to Inter milan in the final.
Although in the eyes of many media and fans, the gold content of the European Union League event is not enough, Mourinho led Roma to the final of this event, which is actually not a great achievement. However, the European Union, as an official cup competition organized by UEFA, is still full of various unknowns and challenges, and even the liverpool and Real Madrid teams that are now advancing to the Champions League final do not dare to guarantee that they will meet on the stage of the UEFA final. Therefore, it is commendable that Mourinho can lead such a Roma team today to advance to the final of european competitions.
As Mourinho said in a post-match interview: "Football competition is divided into levels, and this competition is also leveled. Just yesterday we all watched an incredible Champions League showdown (Real Madrid vs Manchester City) and we can't get to that level yet. Then the UEFA is our Champions League arena. Now for us, to be on the stage of reaching the European final, I think it is already a great result. ”
I believe that as long as you look at the ranking and situation of Roma in Serie A today, you will understand why Mourinho will play the UEFA as a Champions League event.
As Mourinho led Roma to the UEFA final, the Magic Bird also set a new great record in his coaching career. That was when Mourinho became the first manager in history to lead four different teams to the finals of European competitions (Porto's 2002/03 UEFA Cup, 2003/04 Champions League; Inter Milan's 2009/10 Champions League; Manchester United's 2016/17 Europa League). It is particularly worth mentioning that in these four European finals, Mourinho has all laughed to the end and lifted the championship trophy as desired.
Looking back at the 15 finals that Mourinho has led the team to participate in, the team coached by the Magic Bird has won 13 of them, including Mourinho's 100% winning rate in the European finals. Even if Roma have returned home in the previous two European finals, but now with a real and magical head coach like Jose Mourinho, the first European championship trophy in the history of the Red Wolves is stable!