Joyous Roma stars burst into Jose Mourinho's press conference after UECL triumph

  /  autty

Elated Roma players interrupted Jose Mourinho's post-match press conference to soak their manager with water after winning the Europa Conference League.

The Italian side beat Feyenoord 1-0 on Wednesday night to secure the first ever Europa Conference League trophy thanks to a goal from Nicolo Zaniolo.

Portuguese boss Mourinho broke down in tears after securing the continental title, and was mobbed by his joyous stars, who sprayed him with water, danced around and sung 'campiones, campiones, olé, olé, olé'.

The footage shows the former Chelsea and Manchester United boss talking to the press, before four players - including captain Lorenzo Pellegrini - burst in, embraced Mourinho and broke into song.

The 59-year-old, who becomes the first manager to win all three UEFA European competitions, then waved goodbye to the press as his players led him out for further celebrations.

After the game, Mourinho told Sky Sports Italia: 'There are so many things going through my head. So many things at the same time. I've been at Roma for 11 months, I realised the moment I arrived what it meant, they were waiting for this. As I told the lads in the locker room in Turin, we did what we needed to do.

'This was not work tonight, this was history. We had to write history. We wrote it. The Conference League is a competition that we had the sensation from the start we could win, but it got a stronger competition when the Europa League teams came in, Leicester City, Olympique Marseille and Feyenoord. We put so much into this.

'Now I am staying, there are no doubts. Even if some rumours emerge, I only want to remain at Roma. We must understand what our owners, who are fantastic people, want to do next season, we can build a really strong project with honest professionals.

'Of course I feel like a Romanista... I am fan of Porto, Inter, Chelsea, I am crazy about Real Madrid, I am now a Roma fan, I belong to all those clubs because we had these moments together. Tonight, with all due respect for all the clubs I worked for before, I am 100 per cent Romanista, because these fans are truly incredible.'

Related: Roma Mourinho
Latest comments
Download All Football for more comments