[photo by Max Kim]

FC Porto beat Braga 1-0 to achieve that goal of winning the Europa League. This is Porto's first major cup since the 2004 Champions League. Porto was lead by a younger Jose Mourinho. Today Porto was lead by another young portuguese coach, Andre Villas-Boas.

"You can dream about goals, and we dreamed the most about winning this tournament," FC Porto coach Andre Villas-Boas said. "I believe we always felt obliged to win the Europa League. We sort of felt we owed it to ourselves."

The goal to achieve the goal was scored by Radamel Falcao in the 44th minute.

"The big secret of this team is that we're a big family, a family that gets on well," Falcao said. "We're a very humble team. ... We always play for the good of the entire team, and when we play like that, each player will give his best."

"If you think that Porto 2003-2004 was amazing, Porto is back in a final in 2011, and that is something very, very good and important," Villas-Boas said. "The only thing we have to regret today was that the spectacle wasn't up to the Portuguese standards."

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