Roma manager Jose Mourinho said he was "very emotional" following his side's Europa Conference League semi-final win over Leicester City on Thursday.

The Italian club will face Feyenoord in the inaugural final on 25 May in Tirana, Albania.


Mourinho is the first manager to reach the final of a major European competition with four different clubs.

"I am very emotional. This for us is our Champions League," Mourinho said after his side won 2-1 on aggregate.

"When you work in Rome, live in Rome and breathe Rome, you breathe this club because it is the real club of the city.

"I felt from day one it is huge ... but no victories and not many finals. The history is not related to the social dimension of the club.

"We managed to build an OK team that grew step by step so we could beat a Premier League [team]. Of course, I have had bigger moments than this but I am not feeling for myself, I am feeling for the people and my players."
Mourinho guided former clubs Inter Milan and Porto to Champions League titles, before winning the Europa League with Manchester United in 2017.

He joined Roma in May 2021 and it is the first time they have reached a final in European competition since 1991 when they were runners-up in the Uefa Cup.

Serie A reporter James Horncastle told BBC Radio 5 Live: "Mourinho remains a formidable communicator. He said to the fans before, 'Don't just come to the stadium to support us, come to play for us.'

"That's success now. That's what the fans wanted. You saw it in the stands and in the city in the last few weeks. It's given Roma fans something they've been craving for an awful long time."

England striker Tammy Abraham, who scored the winning goal in the second leg at the Stadio Olimpico, added: "Before the game started, the fans won us this game. We could hear them before getting into the stadium and throughout the warm-up.

"The win was for them and my team. Hopefully we can go all the way."

The rejected stone has now become a cornerstone.

What a game, what a heroic performance from Tammy and a great miss for my darling Chelsea

The special one doing special things......

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And he is sure winning this one

NaijaDonCast:
And he is sure winning this one

90% sure for him. And if he wins it, it would be a historic victory in his profession as d first coach to go eufa finals with 4 different clubs.

FootballOrbit:
The special one doing special things......

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When u wana talk about trophy, just talk about Jose Mourinho

Maxymilliano:
The rejected stone has now become a cornerstone.

What a game, what a heroic performance from Tammy and a great miss for my darling Chelsea

Jose Mourinho has really turned Tammy Abraham into a beast. Abraham of Roma is not Abraham of Chelsea

Tinpot trophy

Be like na only Bodoe Glimt give Dem wahala...
Madrid UCL
Frankfurt UEL
Roma* UECL
* means any side win is fine too.

Stephenmoka4:
Be like na only Bodoe Glimt give Dem wahala...

Madrid UCL

Frankfurt UEL

Roma* UECL

* means any side win is fine too.

Gbamsolutely. Though 50/50 for champions league

final can go anywhere...

paulolee:
final can go anywhere...

U are right bro

Stephenmoka4:
Be like na only Bodoe Glimt give Dem wahala...

Madrid UCL

Frankfurt UEL

Roma* UECL

* means any side win is fine too.

My Gee, d game is done and dusted, up Roma, up Jose Mou

emmanuelbrown26:

My Gee, d game is done and dusted, up Roma, up Jose Mou

Best of luck to both sides, Madrid have suffer comebacks on all stages and hopefully this pays off.

Stephenmoka4:
Best of luck to both sides, Madrid have suffer comebacks on all stages and hopefully this pays off.

That game will be 50/50, they two teams are good, d coaches are good and d hv record in champions league