Jose Mourinho vs Feyenoord Journalist : This Thursday evening at the Stadio Olimpico, AS Roma qualified for the last four of the Europa League after extra time win against Feyenoord (4-1 after extra time. 0-1 in the first leg).
After the match at a press conference, José Mourinho made the show. In the middle of the exchanges, the Portuguese came down from the stage to offer a keychain to a Dutch journalist.
At the end of the ring, hang a mini-trophy of the Europa League Conference won by the Italian club last season at the expense of Feyenoord. To understand this gesture of Mou, you have to go back to the first leg on April 13.
In Rotterdam, the two men had a rather lively exchange after the victory at Feyenoord. To the question “what will you have to do to beat Feyenoord in a week? “, the Special One had simply replied:” Score, put the ball in the goal.”
To which the journalist, a bit provocative, had retorted: “Everything that you did , did not work today. “A little further in the exchange, Mourinho had raised his voice: “You haven’t stopped crying for ten months. You shouldn’t cry, you lost a game that you can’t win anymore, here referring to the Europa League Conference final.
The problem with this first leg is that it is precisely the first leg. We are at halftime. “It was then that the journalist gave him” an appointment in seven days “, for Thursday’s second leg.
A risky aplomb when facing the Portuguese technician: “I promise you that even if we lose, sleeping will not be a problem. I’m not going to have nightmares for ten months”, Jose claimed.
So when Mourinho arrived in the Stadio Olimpico press room after his side’s qualification on Thursday evening, it didn’t take long for him to recognize the Batavian journalist.
“Oh, my friend is here. I have a present… Do you like it? You can give it to your trainer, ”he asks him when giving him the famous key ring.
Before a final exchange. “Your bench made the difference tonight,” says the journalist. Mourinho’s response: “Efficiency allowed us to win, our bench changed the game… And so now you’re going to cry for a whole year because we could count on a better bench?”
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