Chris Smalling

Roma defender Chris Smalling once again put up an incredible performance that helped the Giallorossi maintain a crucial clean sheet against Feyenoord.

“I think you can see that we, as a club, had to win the game at all costs. The Englishman sounded delighted in his post-match conference. “This is the most passionate and intense trophy win for me, the most important trophy is always the last one, and I haven’t won in years.”

Roma defender Chris Smalling chose a good time to put in a fine performance on Wednesday, as he guided his side to victory in the Europa Conference League ...

We won, the players gave everything,' the Roma manager said. It was the second European trophy won by Smalling under manager Jose Mourinho, after the pair won the Europa League with Man United in 2017. - Roma beat Feyenoord 1-0 in the Europa Conference League final in Albania

Chris Smalling and Tammy Abraham talk up the magnitude of Roma's 1-0 victory over Feyenoord in Wednesday's Europa Conference League final.

Abraham added: "One thing I said when I came was I was going to help my team get to the final and win a trophy in my first season. "Even when I first came to the club it was a long time since Roma had won a trophy. We dropped a bit deeper than we wanted to and everyone was fighting.

The inaugural Europa Conference League final takes place on Wednesday night, and there will be plenty of familiar faces on show for followers of the Premier ...

Beckham played 33 games in total for the Rossoneri, proving that even in his mid-30s he could still perform at the sharp end of European football. In his second, Inter broke Juventus’ near-decade of Serie A domination to lift the league title. Tomori is not the only Englishman to go to Milan and lift the Scudetto in recent years. While Inter could only muster a seventh-placed finish in his first season, Ince impressed in the heart of the Nerazzurri midfield. Ex-Chelsea defender Fikayo Tomori was a vital part of AC Milan’s return to the top of Italian football. The inaugural Europa Conference League final takes place on Wednesday night, and there will be plenty of familiar faces on show for followers of the Premier League. Roma manager Jose Mourinho will grab the headlines, but there is a strong contingent of English players in contention.

Roma secured their maiden European trophy on Wednesday, defeating Feyenoord 1-0 in the Europa Conference League final in Tirana.

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Chris Smalling put in a Man of the Match display as Roma defeated Feyenoord to lift the Europa Conference League trophy, prompting Manchester United fans to ...

He said: "We knew how much it was going to mean to everybody in Rome. In the wake of his Europa Conference League triumph, fans questioned United's decision to let him go given their dire defensive record this season, which saw them concede 57 goals in the Premier League - more than relegated Burnley. Following the defender's heroic display, one fan noted: "That Chris Smalling fella has been a top, solid defender for Roma tonight. One fan said, "Also @ManUtd you guys need to sign Smalling to replace Maguire cause he's levels above the fridge." He was the man of the match tonight." However, it was Smalling's return that United fans were longing for after the final.

Smalling starred at the back as Roma beat Feyenoord​ 1-0 in the Europa Conference League final on Wednesday.

We knew how much it was going to mean, you can see we've got some of the best fans." You could see, strikers running back, everybody defending and we knew we had to win United sold Chris Smalling for €15m who’s just dropped a masterclass in a European final and replaced him with £80m Harry Maguire, great buisness 😭— 𝓛𝓮𝓮🍊 (@IeeSZN) May 25, 2022 Five victories in five European finals for Jose Mourinho. Chris Smalling immense.— Simon Stone (@sistoney67) May 25, 2022 Chris Smalling left Man United as a “finished” player and now he’s won the MOTM in a Cup final.— LERRY 👑 (@_AsiwajuLerry) Chris Smalling put on an absolute masterclass for Roma in the— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) #UECLfinal

CHRIS SMALLING has been hailed for his man of the match performance in Roma's Europa Conference League final win.The former Manchester United defender.

We knew how much it was going to mean, you can see we've got some of the best fans." Asked about a potential Three Lions return, he said: "I would never close the door on something like but at the minute I'm clearly not in Gareth's plans. I would never close the door on something like but at the minute I'm clearly not in Gareth's plansChris Smalling on a potential England return

CHRIS SMALLING has been hailed for his man of the match performance in Roma's Europa Conference League final win.The former Manchester United defender.

We knew how much it was going to mean, you can see we've got some of the best fans." Asked about a potential Three Lions return, he said: "I would never close the door on something like but at the minute I'm clearly not in Gareth's plans. I would never close the door on something like but at the minute I'm clearly not in Gareth's plansChris Smalling on a potential England return

Roma have won the Europa Conference League, and Chris Smalling was their stand-out player in the final. He's come a long way. Again.

Perhaps he didn’t quite hit the bar that Manchester United expected of him, but we all know how impossibly high that bar can be, we all know the extent to which players have deteriorated while at the club, and we all know what’s happened to their defence since he left. He lost his father when he was five years old, and grew up in poverty to the extent that there were times when he couldn’t afford to travel to football training. He made 31 appearances in total, but the last of these came in 2017, when he was dropped by Gareth Southgate with comments from the manager that Southgate would later confess he regretted. Smalling went on to play more than 300 games for United in total and, despite the subsequent narrative that the years since Ferguson retired have been nothing more than unremitting calamity for Manchester United, Smalling still went to the win the FA Cup, the Carabao Cup, and the Europa League. December 2018 turned out to be a busy month for him. But on the pitch, the Player of the Match award went to a man who has – in the manner of Englishmen who move abroad – become something of a half-forgotten memory back in his home country. As the Feyenoord players collapsed to the pitch at the end of the Europa Conference League final in Tirana, their winning counterparts from Roma had something to celebrate.