Fenerbahce supervisor Jose Mourinho was given a four-match ban and fined by the Turkish Football Federation following his feedback about Turkish referees after a match at Galatasaray.
The Turkish federation on Thursday (February 27, 2025) fined the 62-year-old Portuguese coach 1.6 million Turkish lira ($44,000) after he criticized the match officers in a media convention following a 0-0 Super Lig draw on Monday.
Mourinho served considered one of his suspended four video games on Thursday when he was absent from the bench for Fenerbahce’s 4-1 Turkish Cup win at Gaziantep.
Britain’s Sky Sports News stated Fenerbahce had appealed the four-game ban. It signifies that if Fenerbahce’s enchantment is unsuccessful, he’ll miss their subsequent three home video games.
In his post-match interview on Monday, Mourinho welcomed the choice to usher in a overseas referee for the sport and likewise praised Slavko Vincic of Slovenia for a “top performance.”
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 instructed him: “If you are the referee … would be a disaster.”
Asked a few problem early within the match, he stated a Turkish referee would have reacted with a yellow card “after the big dive and their bench jumping around like monkeys.”
The Turkish federation stated the ban and nice have been instituted because of “derogatory and offensive statements towards 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 an announcement on Tuesday defending Mourinho, saying his feedback have been taken out of context and intentionally distorted.
Former Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur supervisor Mourinho has beforehand been fined and suspended for his feedback about Turkish match officers.
On Wednesday, former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba supported his former coach and stated Mourinho “is not a racist and history is there to prove it.”
Published – February 28, 2025 10:13 am IST
