The Turkish soccer federation on Friday issued a four-match ban and a fantastic of 1.6 million Turkish lira ($44,000) on Fenerbahce supervisor Jose Mourinho after his current feedback on referees after a match in opposition to Galatarsaray.
In his post-match interview on Monday, Mourinho welcomed the choice to usher in a international referee for the sport and likewise praised Slavko Vincic of Slovenia for a “high efficiency.” Mourinho stated he’d gone to see the referee and thank him following the sport. When he noticed the fourth official — a Turkish referee — Mourinho stated he informed him: “In case you are the referee … could be a catastrophe.”
Requested a few problem early within the match, he stated a Turkish referee would have reacted with a yellow card “after the large dive and their bench leaping round like monkeys.”
The Turkish federation stated the ban and fantastic have been instituted resulting from “derogatory and offensive statements in direction of the Turkish referee” and accusations of chaos and dysfunction in Turkish soccer.
It stated Mourinho’s remarks violated sports activities ethics, promoted violence and dysfunction and will incite fan incidents.
Fenerbahce issued a press release on Tuesday defending Mourinho, saying his feedback have been taken out of context and intentionally distorted.
On Thursday, former Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba had defended his former Chelsea supervisor Mourinho, insisting the Portuguese is “not a racist”.
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Drogba, who performed for Galatasaray within the 2013-14 season and performed for Chelsea when Mourinho was the supervisor, jumped to his defence. “You understand how proud I used to be to put on the yellow and crimson jersey and my love for probably the most embellished membership in Turkey!!,” Drogba posted on X. “Everyone knows how passionate and heated rivalries could be, and I’ve been fortunate sufficient to expertise it. I’ve seen the current feedback about Jose Mourinho. Belief me after I let you know I’ve recognized Jose for 25 years and he isn’t a racist and historical past (previous and up to date) is there to show it. How can my “Dad” be a racist. Come on guys.”
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