José Mourinho's AS Roma overcame the strong Dutch side of Feyenoord Rotterdam in Tirana (Albania) this Wednesday evening (1-0) and therefore won the first Europa League Conference in history.
In a balanced match from start to finish, the Italians found the fault in the 32nd minute on the very first shot of this final thanks to the inevitable Nicolo Zaniolo who scored his 5th goal in the Conference league this season.
The Dutch, who had knocked out Olympique de Marseille in the semi-finals, pushed on, twice hitting the posts of Roma goalkeeper Rui Patricio in the second half but never managed to equalise, coming up against a strong Roma defense .
This very first Europa League Conference final was unfortunately marred by racist incidents in the stands.
Two inflatable bananas were thrown onto the pitch during the match, RMC Sports reported, adding that Feyenoord fans were apparently behind the throws which occurred just before a 35th-minute corner kick, when the score was at 1-0 for the Italians.
