English Referee and Family Attacked by Fans of Roma Club in Budapest Airport

BUDAPEST: An attack by fans of the Italian club Roma against the English referee and his family. English referee Anthony Taylor and his family were attacked by fans of the Italian club at Budapest Airport in Hungary after the Spanish team lost to Sevilla in the Europa League final. In the Europa League final, the referee was attacked by the fans after he did not award a decisive penalty in favor of Roma. In the match, Roma lost to the Spanish team in the penalty shootout.

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Roma’s coach Jose Mourinho spoke against the English referee after the match, which led the fans to attack Anthony Taylor. Fans chased the referee from the car park at the airport, hurling abuse and throwing wheelchairs and bottles.

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The English referee showed yellow cards 14 times in the Roma-Sevia Europa Final match. Eight of these cards were against Roma. After this, the Portuguese coach openly attacked the referee. Mourinho said the referee behaved like a Spaniard.

At the same time, in the context of all these incidents, UEFA ordered a disciplinary investigation against the Portuguese coach. The complaint is that Mourinho’s words made way for the referee’s harsh language and other developments.

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