Jose Mourinho’s comments at the press conference attracted attention.
Turkish Football Club Galatasaray accuses its competitor Fenerbahce head coach Jose Mourinho about racist statements.
On Monday night, Galatasaray and Fenerbahce played a hot local match in Istanbul, which ended at 0-0. During the post -match press conference, Portuguese coach Mourinho said, among other things, that Galatasaray’s “exchange bench jumped like monkeys”. Mourinho also criticized Turkish referees.
Galatasaray said that it had started a “criminal proceedings” based on 62-year-old Mourinho’s speeches and complains to the International Football Association for FIFA and the European Football Association Uefa.
– Jose Mourinho has given derogatory statements to the Turks ever since he started his coaching task in Turkey. Today (Monday), his speech escalated over immoral comments as an unequivocal inhumane rhetoric, Galatasaray said in a news release.
Fenerbahce has not commented.
Istanbul’s local match referee was a Slovenian Slavko Vincicfor Galatasaray and Fenerbahce had hoped for a neutral referee for the match. Galatasaray leads the Turkish league with a 64 -point pot, Fenerbahce is second at 58 points.
For the first time in Fenerbahce, Mourinho is one of the most successful football coaches of the 21st century, but Portuguese statements have often aroused controversy. Mourinho has previously coached Porto, Chelsea, Inter, Real Madrid, Manchester United, Tottenham and As Romaa.