Roma fans are not offended if we say that it is not the Champions League and it is not even the championship. The however also arrives immediately: however the Conference League, first edition, it is the first continental trophy that an Italian team has won in 12 years and it is the second that Roma have won in its entire history after the 1961 Coppa del Fiere. These numbers are enough to say that the Giallorossi team has done something special beating Feyenoord by 1 to 0 (Zaniolo’s goal) and he did it thanks to what is the Special One every year: José Mourinho. Here are five reasons why the Portuguese manager is special:
The numbers say it
Roma hadn’t won a European trophy for over fifty years and have won three in all. It took a special to bring the Giallorossi to victory. All the Italian teams have been missing in Europe for more than a decade. Guess who won the last trophy 12 years ago with Inter? Yes him. The triumph in the Champions League on the Inter bench of the Triplete, 2-0 against Bayern Munich in Madrid.
His personal too
Mourinho triumphed in his fifth European final, the sixth if you add the Cup Winners’ Cup won in 1997 by deputy on the Barcelona bench. He has two Champions Leagues on his bulletin board, one with Porto in 2004 and another with Inter in 2010, two Europa Leagues with Porto in 2003 and with Manchester United in 2017 and the Conference League with Roma in 2022. He played 8 European finals. This success is the 26th of his career and Mou becomes the second coach capable of winning five major European titles after Giovanni Trapattoni. Only the two of them and Sir Alex Ferguson have won in three decades.
The bet
Taking Mourihno is a bet: in words it is always unpredictable, always original. It never leaves you indifferent. The method, however, is also serious. A year with him changes the team even if he does not have the best squad in the world and not even the longest bench. Of course the games are lost, you don’t always win, but you already have the culture of victory, ideas and strategies it’s a step forward.
Awareness
«What is different from the other victories? It is one thing to do it with Manchester United, with teams built to achieve this goal, it is another thing to do it with Porto, with Inter after so many years and today with Roma. AND’ very very special, something that makes you immortal“. Word of Mou who has made communication his weapon by always using it in a provocative way for better or for worse, exalting at times, attacking others.
Identification
«Of course I feel like a Romanist. I belong to all those who have a family with me, who are looking for a goal, who are together in difficult times. Today, with all due respect to my old clubs, I feel one hundred percent Romanista. Now I’m going on vacation and I’m going to sit on the beach, in front of my house, to rethink all this ». Always José Mourinho who communicates and who makes his “I” always very strong, a “we”. Maybe he only thinks about it up to a certain point, but he makes you believe very well and the fan feels special, like him.
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Source: Vanity Fair
