Italy global Zaniolo struck with a well-taken end in the 32nd minute to earn Roma their first trophy of any kind given that 2008 and cap a a success first season for educate Jose Mourinho in Rome. Mourinho became moved to tears via his fifth continental cup as a teach, the first for an Italian group in view that he led Inter Milan to the Champions League 12 years in the past.
"It changed into a real conflict but I'm surely happy," Zaniolo said to Sky. "It turned into my dream and now I've done it."
Roma, Fairs Cup winners in 1961, rode their good fortune with Feyenoord having the lion's proportion of the play and twice putting the woodwork inside the 2d half. But they remained stable inside the face of Dutch dominance and taken joy to one among Europe's most passionate and success-starved fan bases. Over 50,000 fans packed the Stadio Olimpico inside the Italian capital to look at their crew make a touch piece of records in Albania and poured onto the pitch as soon as the trophy turned into secured.
Meanwhile the small nook of supporters allowed into Tirana's National Stadium roared with pride as soon as referee Istvan Kovacs blew his whistle to quit their crew's trophy drought. "We recognize that once those excellent victories it's continually difficult to start once more but a actual group wins, celebrates and then receives going once more," stated Rome-born captain Lorenzo Pellegrini.
For 1970 European champions Feyenoord it became their first ever defeat in a European final in addition to being the first loss in the competition for Arne Slot's crew.
Zaniolo broke the impasse with the simplest actual second of magic in what turned into a tight, scrappy commencing half of. He expertly added down Gianluca Mancini's ball over the top that simply escaped Gernot Trauner earlier than flicking a end past the onrushing Justin Bijlow. The goal made Zaniolo the first Italian to score in a European very last on the grounds that Filippo Inzaghi in 2007 in addition to a confirmed hero for Roma lovers.
Feyenoord had ruled the ball, creating not anything of interest, however that modified almost straight away after the restart. Trauner diverted a low go off the put up and seconds later Rui Patricio made his first actual keep of the match, the Portuguese reacting well to push Guus Til's shot away. And the 34-yr-old changed into known as into movement again four minutes after the break, flinging himself to his left to just tip Tyrell Malacia's rocket of a shot onto the woodwork.
Almost instantly after Tammy Abraham had his fingers inside the air in disbelief whilst he changed into pulled lower back through Marcos Senesi just as he become charging through on aim, but Feyenoord have been certainly on pinnacle. The Dutch side continued to push however a lively shielding display typical of Mourinho's teams held them off and surpassed Roma a unprecedented moment of glory.
