"It's obvious who I'll be rooting for: for me Sevilla was an important parenthesis, even if very short. We reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League, a historic milestone for the club, and the final of the Copa del Rey. But it's been a few months, you can't compare it to the passion for Roma: it's been ten very intense years for me." So Vincenzo Montella, current coach of Adana Demirspor and double x of Rome and SIviglia, guest of Radio Anch'io Sport on Radio 1, on the Europa League final in Budapest on May 31st.
Right on the Sevilla bench, Montella defeated Mourinho's Manchester United: "But it was not a final - adds Montella with a joke - Mourinho is a winning man, suffice it to say that in Rome he reached two European finals in two years. He's a genius."
How much will the presence or absence of Dybala affect? And how much will the outcome of the final in Budapest affect Mourinho's future? "Dybala - adds Montella - makes the difference, in Roma a little more, he is the player who has more talent and unpredictability. I hope he can be in the physical condition to play even for just a piece of the game. I can't predict Mourinho's future, but in Rome he still left his mark, the proof is the sold out at the stadium every Sunday. With him we returned to breathe the enthusiasm of the early years of the new millennium that fortunately I also experienced".
Scudetto Napoli: "Very happy, it was too many years that Napoli did not win, it was a triumph. We coaches live on energy and stimuli, when they fail, leaving is an act of great responsibility. Hats off to Spalletti".
Milan season judgment: "Excellent and highly competitive season, with Champions League semi-finals and fourth place. We need quality grafts in all departments, Maldini and Massara know this very well".
Future Montella? "I don't know - he concludes - I'm fine in Turkey, I like the championship. As I said, a coach lives on ambitions and stimuli, we'll see what happens, I'm not in a hurry now to decide."
Europa League, Montella: 'Wednesday I support Roma, Mou winning genius'
2023-05-29T12:31:43.251Z
Highlights: 'Goodbye Spalletti? Without stimuli, leaving is an act of responsibility" (ANSA). "It's obvious who I'll be rooting for: for me Sevilla was an important parenthesis, even if very short" "Dybala makes the difference, in Roma a little more, he is the player who has more talent and unpredictability" "I can't predict Mourinho's future, but in Rome he still left his mark, the proof is the sold out at the stadium every Sunday"
'Goodbye Spalletti? Without stimuli, leaving is an act of responsibility" (ANSA)
