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AS Roma Champions of Europe* Finally!

Yes, you read that right. Granted, they are NOT the champion of the UEFA Champions League nor the UEFA Europa League (Not yet anyway). But rather the champion of the newly third tier competition UEFA Europa Conference League. Still, this is a big achievement for us as the last trophy we ever won was 14 years ago! Also, this is our first European trophy. Jose Mourinho. When he was announced as the new manager last year, expectations were high. He needed to bring us back where we belong! The Champions League! Started great with 6 wins in a row, but he told us Romanisti we haven't really achieved anything and basically kept us in check. Usually for us Romanisti, they cycle was if the team rack up wins we believed them to be the Scudetto contender, and when we lost we felt like they were fighting for relegation. It's that extreme. Then the defeat came. Against Hellas Verona, not long after we lost the Derby Della Capitale (Lazio), lost again against our big rival Juventus and then came the spanking by a team I'm not familiar with Bodo Glimt. 6-1! What a disaster!! Shouts of "Mourinho Out" began on the internet, but I and many others kept faith in him. If there's a man who'll lead us to glory, it is him! Mourinho adapted to the team after his favoured 4-2-3-1 didn't fit the team's style. Last season we were playing with 3-4-2-1. So, we reverted back to the 3-4-2-1 and sometimes it is even 3-5-2, 3-4-1-2 or 5-3-2. And boy, the team does improve after that. Granted we only improved 1 position than last season, but we always knew the quality of our squad isn't up there yet, Mourinho led us to the UECL glory in the end. With arguably the weakest Roma squad in decades! That's is quite a special achievement. Now these good players are becoming champions, which will raise their level of performance. Last season, despite our attractive football we failed to beat the top 6 sides. This season we managed to get our revenge on the home derby (Lazio), defeat Atalanta home and away, and we almost defeated Juventus for 70 minutes before our mentality collapsed. I am excited to see what our squad can achieve next season. I feel we need to build this success and continue to be a side always fighting for trophies. Grazie Mourinho for changing our mentality and Forza Roma!
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