Jose Mourinho has revealed he will be rooting for Real Madrid to beat Liverpool in the final of the Champions League.
Liverpool booked their place in the Paris showdown after overcoming Villarreal in the semi-finals earlier this week. Jurgen Klopp’s side eventually prevailed 5-2 on aggregate.
While Real booked their place in the May 28 game after coming from behind to leave Manchester City stunned on Wednesday night. Despite trailing both on the night and in the tie, Carlo Ancelotti’s side somehow prevailed.
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Rodrygo scored twice to force an extra 30 minutes, cancelling out Riyad Mahrez’s opener in the process, before Karim Benzema struck from the spot to seal a 6-5 win on aggregate for Los Blancos and leave City wondering what if in Europe for a sixth consecutive season.
Mourinho's Roma reached the final of the Europa Conference League on Thursday night after edging past Leicester City. Tammy Abraham's powerful header for the home side was the difference in Rome after the first-leg finished 1-1 at King Power last week.
And in his post-match interview at the Stadio Olimpico, Mourinho couldn’t resist but reveal he will be rooting for his 'great' friend Ancelotti when the Reds take on Real at the Stade de France later this month.
“If you allow me a message for a coach who is my friend, the great Carletto, let's both go and win the Finals,” he told Sky Sport Italia.
On his own side’s performance in the semi-final, Mourinho said: “I am so tired, I want to go home! It's a victory of the family. Not just the one that was on the pitch and on the bench, but in the stadium.
“That is our greatest achievement, this empathy and sense of family we have created with the fans.
“I think our performance was extraordinary, others might see it differently, but when your goalkeeper makes two saves over 120 minutes against a Premier League side with so much attacking quality, it means we've done something good.
“The lads deserve this, we have three Serie A games left to end as well as possible. We've had a fantastic trajectory to reach the final, we dropped points in Serie A to achieve that, but now we are in the Final and we want to win."
