Jose Mourinho “invents” a new method of silent protest using a laptop and a screenshot in front of a camera… and gets a yellow card!
Jose MourinhoHe is a unique guy in football and they don’t call him “The Special One” for nothing.. No one can say that they remember the Portuguese as a sober guy who liked to remain unnoticed, because he has a habit of leaving an anecdote almost weekly. The Portuguese, who is currently on a new adventure in Turkey, has no intention of cutting his hair with the referees of a league that usually doesn’t mess around.
This Sunday he received a warning from the referee for the match in which his Fenerbhace visited Antalyaspor, which they eventually won by two goals to nil. Even with victory under your arm, He was unhappy with the yellow card he received and the reason for the referee’s warning.. What’s amazing is that while Mourinho may have looked visibly annoyed on the bench, Mourinho was completely calm when the manager showed him the card. Apparently, he did not protest against any action, but then Turkish television showed what he was reprimanded for.
Broadcast beIN Sports He showed an interesting photo: a computer located on the sideline and focused on the field camera. The device belonged to Mourinho and the image depicted a match situation. It is logical that the Fenerbahçe coach placed it deliberately, as a sign of protest against the offside situation, which the Portuguese considered non-existent and wanted to inform the refereeing team about it. As expected, He was given a yellow card for his strange manner of complaining about his disagreement..
After the game, he explained what loopholes he found in Sunday’s refereeing to dare to play at that moment. “There was no offside at Dzeko’s goal, so I showed the tactical camera angle. We saw the whole field, a wide angle.” He also wanted to clarify what was seen on television: “I didn’t put pressure on the referee, I didn’t say a word. I reacted calmly, but he decided to show a yellow card.”. And he made his wishes clear for the coming days: “I need a good referee in VAR, it doesn’t matter whether he is Turkish or foreign”.
“The referee made decisions that raised a lot of doubts in the first minute.” criticized, bared his hair and signed the games that squeaked at him: “Penalty against Dzeko, red card for the second yellow card for Tadic’s elbow and Dzeko’s goal (offside, for which he protested through his computer).” At least Mourinho will be able to say that these “mistakes” did not affect the score he took in Antalya. He is still in full contention for the championship lead held by Galatasaray, who still have three points, and his team has no bad feelings at the moment.