José Mourinho is in turmoil! The Portuguese coach is accused of racism for remarks made at the end of the derby between Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray (0-0), last night. The current Fenerbahçe coach wanted to thank, at the post-match press conference, the Slovenian referee of the meeting. He said the Galatasaray bench was jumping ” like monkeys ».
“After the match, I thanked Slavko Vincic
(Slovenian referee) For having refereed this great match. If it had been a Turkish referee, it would have been a complete disasterhe added. (…) The Galatasaray bench jumped like monkeys after each good decision. »»
The Turkish football federation had decided to designate a foreign referee for this derby to silence the controversy issued by Fenerbahçe who accused Turkish referees of promoting the Galatasaray.
Criminal complaint with UEFA and FIFA
José Mourinho's words did not fail to react. The management of the Galatasaray also indicated in a press release, accompanied by the slogan “SaynotoRalism”, file a complaint against José Mourinho. “” Since he took office as a coach in Türkiye, Jose Mourinho, the manager of Fenerbahçe, has continued to make derogatory statements towards the Turkish people. Today, his speech has gone from simple immoral comments to unequivocal and inhuman rhetoric.We want to inform you that we are going to file a criminal complaint with the prosecution concerning the racist remarks of José Mourinho »»can we read in this press release.
In addition to the criminal complaint, the blood and gold direction indicates file a complaint with UEFA and FIFA. She says she wait to see the reaction of the management of Fenerbahçe:
“We will also file a complaint with UEFA and FIFA. In addition to all these initiatives, we will follow the attitude of the technical directors of our rival 'moral model' “. The management of Fenerbahçe has not yet reacted to the complaint against its coach.