José Mourinho Criticizes Referee After UEFA Europa League Final Loss

UEFA decided to consider the actions of the football coach, who after the match decided to express all his thoughts to the chief referee of the match. The fact is that FC Roma, whose mentor is José Mourinho, played a draw with Sevilla in regular time, but according to the results of the post-match penalty shootout, they lost with a score of 4:1.

During the official press conference, Jose Mourinho did not hold back in his statements, he criticized “to the smithereens” of the chief referee Anthony Taylor. He called him a “Spaniard”, expressing his hope that this referee will remain in the Champions League, where he will “do the same bullshit” that he did in the Europa League final, according to the Portuguese coach. The specialist also hopes that this referee will leave the Europa League alone.

Moreover, after the match ended, Mourinho met with the refereeing staff in the parking lot, where he called their work a “disgrace”.

Note that this defeat in the Europa League final was the first for Jose Mourinho in his pro career in European competition. In total, he participated in 6 finals, of which he won the Europa League and the Champions League 2 times, and under his leadership the team won the first UEFA Conference League.