“Roma is a humble team”, José Mourinho

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José Mourinho welcomes Chris Smalling’s new contract and prepares for Feyenoord by pointing out that Roma’s not the best team in the Europa League, but we could still win it.

“It’s official? If so, it will be very good for Smalling and for Roma. It means that he is happy, that he has found a level of consistency that he lacked in previous years, excellent for Roma because he has performed fantastically in the last two years. I think it is a perfect match. Feyenoord is certainly the best team in their league, the numbers are clear and objective, so they will certainly win the title in a few weeks. When you are the strongest team, it means that you score more than the others. We are not the best team in Italy, we are not the best team in the Europa League, but we can still win it. We play with the resources at our disposal and what we have is balance. Roma is a humble team with a humble coach who respects his opponents, who tries to know everything about them and to reduce the unpredictability of the soccer match to a minimum, all with humility. I have analyzed Feyenoord, they are a very good team, it is difficult to find weaknesses, they score a lot of goals and have quality players, they are aggressive, they know how to play direct also with the long ball from the goalkeeper”, said the Portuguese coach.