Can Mourinho lead Roma all the way to another European final?

Mourinho is into his third campaign in charge in the Italian capital and has already led Roma to victory in the inaugural Europa Conference League and then to a Europa League final which they lost on penalties to Sevilla. Yet in Serie A they continue to lag behind.

They are currently seventh, 11 games into this season, and that is only after a dramatic comeback to beat Lecce 2-1 at the Stadio Olimpico last weekend, with Sardar Azmoun and Romelu Lukaku both scoring stoppage-time goals. Roma are 11 points adrift of the leaders, Mourinho's old side Inter, with a derby showdown against Lazio to come this Sunday.

It is possible, then, that they may require Europa League success if they are to make it into next season's Champions League, which is the stage where they and Mourinho really want to be.