Europa Conference League final:Roma beat Feyenoord
Jose Mourinho's first season in charge of the Italians ended with a trophy after Nicolo Zaniolo chested down Gianluca Mancini's lofted pass before beating goalkeeper Justin Bijlow with a clever flick.
Mourinho, who has won the Champions League, Europa League and the Uefa Cup is the first manager to win Uefa's major European trophies.
The Portuguese was criticised after Roma was embarrassed 6-1 in Norway by Bodo/Glimt in the group stage last October.
But this win continued the former Chelsea and Manchester United manager's perfect record in European finals, having overseen five wins in five finals.
"This is a competition we believed we could win since the start," Mourinho Sky Sport Italia.
"I knew the moment I arrived what it meant to the people. They had been waiting for something like this. This did not work tonight; this was history. We had to write history. We wrote it."
Feyenoord, whose campaign started in the qualifying rounds back in July, was denied an equaliser when Rui Patricio tipped Tyrell Malacia's attempt onto the bar soon after Mancini inadvertently hit his post while trying to make a clearance.
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