The Europa Conference League,essentially a third-tier European Competition behind the Champions League and Europa League was created in May 2021 to give more European clubs a chance to play each other;
The Special One became the first manager to win the inaugural final.
He also thus became the second manager to win five major European titles after Giovanni Trapattoni.
Mourinho having won the 2003 UEFA Cup and 2004 Champions League finals with Porto;the 2010 Champions League final with Inter Milan;and the 2017 Europa League final with Manchester United now added the Conference League trophy to his collection.
“It’s one thing to win when everyone expects you to win, when the squad is made to win, when the investments have been made to win, but it’s entirely different to win things that remain immortal, that stay forever,” a teary-eyed Mourinho said following Roma’s 1-0 victory over Feyenoord in Tirana, Albania.“That makes you feel truly special.”
Roma have had a 14 year wait for a title and and that’s why Mourinho is weeping at the fact that even though not many consider him to be the special one anymore he was the one to finally set things right for Roma on that score.
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