Former AS Roma sporting director Walter Sabatini has heaped praise on manager Jose Mourinho ahead of the team’s UEFA Europa League final with Sevilla on Wednesday night.

Roma will clash with Sevilla in the Europa League final in Budapest.

However, Sabatini hailed Mourinho for never losing a UEFA final, adding that he managed to give the Roma team a psychological and tactical architecture.

“By virtue of the fact that Jose Mourinho has never lost a UEFA final and that Sevilla have never lost a Europa League final, making a prediction is a wicked thing, and I won’t do it,” Sabatini told VoceGiallorossa.it.

“What I know is that Mourinho has managed to give the team a psychological and tactical architecture; he can compete against anyone. Even from a point of view of being nervous, Roma are now used to fighting any match like a war, so they will certainly rise to the occasion.”