Roma beats Feyenoord 1-0 to win Conference League title
Associated PressTIRANA, Albania — José Mourinho had described Roma as “a giant club” lacking a trophy room to match the team’s social dimension and passionate fan base. I’ve been at Roma for 11 months and I realized the moment I arrived what it meant — that they were waiting for this.” It’s Roma’s first European trophy since winning the 1961 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup — a tournament considered to be the precursor to the UEFA Cup and Europa League. Mourinho was also the coach who guided the last Italian club to win a European title when Inter’s treble in 2010 included the Champions League. “In matches like these you’ve got to defend until the last second.” Roma had lost its two previous continental finals, defeated by domestic rival Inter Milan in the 1991 UEFA Cup and dropping a penalty shootout to Liverpool in the 1984 European Cup final in its home stadium.