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Mourinho has another trophy, breaking Feyenoord in the Conference Europa League final
Feyenoord’s fairy tale will not have a happy ending. The comet of the Europa League season lost 0:1 to AS Rome in the final. Nicolo Zaniolo scored the only goal in the first half.
Feyenoord’s fairy tale will not have a happy ending. The comet of the Europa League season lost 0:1 to AS Rome in the final. Nicolo Zaniolo scored the only goal in the first half.
The start of the game was very cautious from both sides, with Rotterdam being a bit more active. For AS, on the other hand, a compilation came in the 17th minute, Henrik Mkhitaryn recovered from an injury and had to make a substitution. He was replaced by Sergio Olivera.
The first major chance came in the 26th minute when Lorenzo Pellegrini failed to reach a cross from Tammy Abraham in a good position. In the 31st minute, the Wolves were celebrating after Nicolo Zaniolo beat the goalkeeper in the whitewash.
On the other side, Orkun Kökcü tried his luck, but Rui Patrício made the save. That was the last chance of the first half and AS Roma went into the box with a 1:0 scoreline.
After the change of sides, Gernot Trauner hit the bar, but Guus Til’s shot had no chance of success. Two minutes later, the bar was struck a second time, this time by left back Tyrell Malacia with the help of an intervention by Patricio.
But that was it for a long time. Feyenoord were pressing, but not getting on the end of it. On the other hand, Pellegrini had an insurance shot in the 85th minute, but the Rotterdam goalkeeper flashed a good save.
Feyenoord did not apply any more pressure at the end and lost for the first time in their nineteenth match on the European stage.
Source: UEFA