José Mourihno the Special One takes AS Roma in two consecutive European Finals. The Roman Football Club managed to eliminate Bundesliga based Bayern Leverkusen.

The Special one secured another final for Rome after winning the first ever Europa Conference League in 2022.  This consequently came after a goalless draw in the second leg of their semi-final tie on the night of 18th/05/2023.

Edoardo Bove’s goal gave the Italian side a 1-0 win in the first leg, and in the meantime that was enough to take them through. Bove is a young Italian player born in Rome and aged 18.

Roma therefore progressed to face Sevilla in the final on 31 May in Budapest Hungary. On the other hand, Spanish Sevilla secured a win in extra time against Turin based and Italian giant  Juventus.

The Special one – Manager of History

The relatively new Manager (since 2021) has changed the Roman club history.  Not only by winning the Conference league trophy last season.  But also by taking the club in two consecutive European finals in two seasons after 31 years.

In addition, citation from BBC Sports via Sky Sports reports José words:

“My concern isn’t marking my place in the Roma history books,”
“It’s helping these kids [players] to grow and achieve important things”.
“It’s also helping the Roma fans who have given me so much since day one. It’s an immense joy to get to another final.”

Furthermore, this is the sixth European final for the Portuguese manager. He is the only coach who has managed to win four different UEFA Trophies with four different Clubs. He is looking at his sixth UEFA trophy. 

Meanwhile the Italian Serie A has taken another twist. Four different teams have won the Scudetto in four years. This came after Juventus won the Italian top most competition for 9 consecutive times.

serie a becomes competitive

Football lovers noticed how Italian Clubs have been competitive on European football nights. In summary, two Serie A teams reached the Champions league semifinals. Three managed to reach the finals. Inter Milan in the Champions League and Fiorentina in the Conference league.  And then AS Rome in Europa league. 

Although it is worth mentioning that Rome’s performance is not stable.  Because of un-avoidable injuries and having few players. Paolo Dybala never played though he was on the bench. Of course, all will be known in the coming day of May and June if an Italian Club will take home a European Trophy.