AS Roma make history and Jose Mourinho completes Europe, One more year for Mohamed Salah - The Warm-Up

THURSDAY'S BIG STORIES Vintage Conference Ad/> With ten minutes left in the Europa Conference League final, with Roma defending a 1-0 lead on the edge of their penalty area, something clicked. It became clear that whatever happened from this point would be classic José Mourinho. Hold on for the win? There you go, you see: get the goal, give the other lot the ball, let them make the mistakes.

UEFA Europa Conference LeagueMourinho celebrates Roma triumph: 'We made history'10 HOURS AGO And if Feyenoord had scored, and rolled on for the win as they surely would, then we could all have shaken our heads and tutted our tuts. 'Just like at Spurs,' we'd have said. 'It just doesn't work any more.' Perhaps this is Mourinho's final and ultimate victory: he owns both sides of the narrative.

Whatever happens, it's about him. That's showbusiness. Going back to the match, there were some players there too.

Three stood out in particular: first Nicolò Zaniolo, who made the only goal with a glorious piece of shoulder-control and then poked it home just before the defence swallowed him up. Coming back to score in a final after snapping your ACL would be a good story. Managing that after snapping both, one then the other, all by the age of 22? That's a player with a fine career to be getting on with.

/> Then Tammy Abraham. He didn't get a goal — he didn't really get a sniff of a goal — and yet he should by rights have ended the game as the most important player on the pitch. But Marcos Senesi's tug on his arm went unpunished, and so Abraham learned an important lesson about honesty.

It doesn't pay. And VAR isn't going to save you either. Chuck yourself on the ground.