Category: Conference League

Totti: ‘How Roma will make Mourinho happy’

May 11, 2022

Roma legend Francesco Totti confirms he will go to Tirana to watch the Conference League Final between Roma and Feyenoord and says the Giallorossi will make José Mourinho happy with new signings over the summer.

The Serie A side have qualified for their first European Final in 31 years and could win their first trophy since 2008. Francesco Totti was part of the team that lifted the Coppa Italia under Luciano Spalletti more than ten years ago and will follow Mourinho’s team in Tirana on May 25.

“We haven’t played a Final for a long time and it’s vital to lift a trophy. We’ll go to Tirana with a great desire, I’ll be there as well,” he told reporters at an event before tonight’s Coppa Italia Final.

The 2006 Italy World Cup winner added that he’d rate Roma’s season 5.5 so far.

All the Mourinho and Roma complaints about referees and VAR

The Giallorossi, especially their coach Mourinho, have complained because of a controversial penalty kick awarded to Fiorentina on Monday night.

“What happened in Florence is one of the many episodes not favourable to Roma. If VAR doesn’t help referees, it becomes more complicated,” said Totti.

“Mourinho is one of the best coaches in the world and I am sure the club will do everything to make him happy by signing the right players for him. Roma must improve every year, with or without a director.”

The last Totti line refers to the possibility of returning to the club with an operative role, but for now, both Roma and the former striker have been elusive about the matter.

epa05942185 (FILE) Roma's Francesco Totti celebrates after scoring the 3-0 lead from the penalty spot during the Italian Serie A soccer match between AS Roma and AC Chievo Verona at the Olimpico stadium in Rome, Italy, 18 October 2014 (reissued 03 May 2017). Italian Serie A side AS Roma confirmed on 03 May 2017 that Roma legend Francesco Totti will retire at the end of the season. The 40-year-old scored 250 goals in 616 appearances for the Giallorossi since 1993 and won the FIFA World Cup in 2006. EPA/ETTORE FERRARI

Mourinho: ‘Roma career is moving so fast’

May 9, 2022

Jose Mourinho admits the eight months of his Roma reign have flown by ahead of tonight’s trip to Fiorentina. ‘I feel happy, relaxed and not praying to reach the end of the season.’

It kicks off at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT), you can follow all the build-up and action as it happens on the LIVEBLOG.

Roma beat Fiorentina 3-1 when these sides met in August, which was also Mourinho’s debut at the Stadio Olimpico.

“It feels like it’s all going so quickly, that means you feel happy, relaxed, without fatigue and not praying to reach the end of the season,” Mourinho told DAZN.

“We created a sense of family, then slowly tactically formed a system where the players are more comfortable and we can get the best out of their characteristics.”

There are three points separating these sides going into the Stadio Franchi, with the Giallorossi needing a win to keep up with Lazio in fifth and the Viola able to catch Roma with a victory tonight.

Roma will play in the Conference League Final against Feyenoord on May 25. If they don’t win the trophy, then fifth and sixth from Serie A go into the Europa League, seventh into the Conference League play-offs.

“It is a very difficult league, much tougher than last season, for example Fiorentina are a world away from the team they were last year.

“There are three games to go, if we can get a European place locked down before we play the Conference League Final, that would be important.”