José Mourinho worthily celebrated Fenerbahçe's victory snatched at the last second against Trabszonspor this Sunday (2-3) by completely missing his celebration. And by criticizing the referees.
José Mourinho has had a week full of twists and turns. After being injured by his own player in training this Thursday, the “Special One” went through all the emotions this Sunday during Fener's trip to Trabzonspor on the 11th day of the Turkish championship. If his team opened the scoring before the break thanks to Fred, Trabzon reversed the trend with a double from Simon Banza.
But the match was finally decided in the last minutes. Edin Dzeko tied the two teams, before Sofyan Amrabat offered Fenerbahçe an almost unexpected success. It didn't take much for José Mourinho to let his joy explode.
VAR referee 'is bad' according to Mourinho
Like the entire bench, the Portuguese technician ran onto the pitch and tried to slide on his knees. A completely failed move, since he ended up on the ground, before rolling. Drunk with joy, the coach was quickly suffocated by his players. During this rich afternoon, José Mourinho put on a show on the field, but also off it, since the 61-year-old coach was very critical of the referee who officiated at VAR.
“The man of the match today was Atilla Karaoğlan. We didn't see him on the pitch today, but he was the referee of the match. As the invisible man, he managed to be the most important man in the match. I speak on behalf of all Fenerbahçe supporters, we don't want him,” he railed on Bein Sports Turkey. We don't want this referee. Because he's really bad. He has been very bad for us so far. I was told a lot of things before I came here, I didn't believe them, but it was even worse than what I had been told.”
Furious against “VAR and the system”, Mou is convinced that his team won a “fight against very, very strong people”. “That's why we celebrated our victory like this (…) My players and I are fighting against our rivals and the system.” With this seventh victory in ten games, Fenerbahçe is second in the championship, six points behind leader Galatasaray.
