After an apparently desired draw in the first leg, Roma and Feyenoord played their fifth match against each other in three years, this time back in the Italian capital. The Stadio Olimpico was the site of Feyenoord’s Europa League exit last season, and although it took penalties this time, history repeated itself. Tactical analysis and […]

For the third time in as many years, Feyenoord and Roma renewed their European rivalry. Led by José Mourinho in their last two encounters, the Italian side had emerged victorious on both occasions, but they were now without their Portuguese coach. Feyenoord were also missing a number of key players, so this turned out to […]

The final of the first ever UEFA Conference League pitted managers of opposite backgrounds, with the men in the dugout representing historic teams who have nevertheless been left behind by football’s widening economic gulf. In the end, a solitary goal dashed the ambitions of Dutch outfit Feyenoord, with José Mourinho’s Roma coming out on top […]