Tammy Abraham’s thumping early header helped Roma reach a European final for the first time in 31 years.
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Roma’s last European final came in 1990/91, when they lost 2-1 on aggregate to fellow Italian side Inter (0-2 a, 1-0 h).
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Roma are unbeaten in their last 19 European home matches, since a 2-0 Champions League loss to Real Madrid in November 2018.
Tammy Abraham’s11th-minute header, and a disciplined defensive display thereafter, allowed Jose Mourinho ‘s Roma to edge past Leicester City and into the inaugural Europa Conference League final.
Tammy Abraham scored his ninth UEFA Europa Conference League goal of the season – becoming the first Englishman to score nine goals in a European campaign (group stage onwards) since Newcastle’s Alan Shearer in 2004/05.
Jose Mourinho has now reached a major UEFA final with four different clubs.
Jose Mourinho is the first manager to reach the final of a major European competition with four different clubs, having done so with Porto (UEFA Cup & Champions League), Inter (Champions League), Man Utd (Europa League) and now Roma (Europa Conference League). Special.
Roma coach Jose Mourinho on Europa Conference League semi -final match against Leicester City on Thursday night ,he said,”I’m very emotional. This, for us, is our Champions League.
When you work in Rome, you live in Rome, you breathe Rome and you breathe this club. I felt from the day I signed that they were a huge club, but with no victories and not many finals. We’ve managed to build an okay team that has grown step by step and has now beaten a Premier League side from a different dimension.
We had a fantastic game, the players are great and deserve this final. In 180 minutes our goalkeeper made just two saves.
We had a fantastic game, the players are great and deserve this final. In 180 minutes our goalkeeper made just two saves.
It was a family win, both on the pitch and in the stands: that is our biggest strength. Now we want to win the final.”
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