Jose Mourinho returns to attack UEFA. The Portuguese coach confessed to Sky Sports UK of feeling almost persecuted after the final Roma lost against Sevilla. A feeling that returned due to the expulsion suffered in the last match of the Europa League: “The feeling is that I’m in difficulty in Europe. I lost a final (Roma-Seville) in a way that I still don’t accept and since then I’ve been thinking I think it’s unfair; in football, when they have to sanction you, they sanction you, but then we should start from scratch, but that wasn’t the case. We were eliminated from the Champions League qualifying phase against Lille due to a penalty conceded by VAR in the 94th minute and who only saw VAR. I know it’s a battle I can never win.”
Fair treatment: “I deserve to be treated like everyone else. On the pitch it doesn’t matter if you are Lionel Messi or you are playing your first match. The rules are the same for Messi and for the youngster. And it’s the same for the coaches: not it matters if you are Carlo Ancelotti or a young manager, Ancelotti must behave like the young man. That’s what I want for myself and that’s what I want in general. I don’t demand special treatment, I want honest treatment, that’s all bad, they will punish me and I will pay if I don’t do anything wrong, leave me alone. So it’s becoming difficult to work.”
The Premier League: “I will never go to a team fighting not to be relegated. I honestly think it’s more difficult than playing for titles. It must be very difficult emotionally, because it’s something life-changing. I’m at a point in my career in which I would always like to be happy but at the moment, playing in European competitions, I get angry all the time. Do I go back to England? London is my home, so I have to go back one day, unless nobody wants me… But one day I would like to go back But don’t get me wrong: for the next two years, this season and next, no one will take me away from Fenerbahçe.”
Life in Istanbul and the future: “It’s fantastic, I live in Europe and every day I go to Asia to train. Then I go back to Europe to sleep. I stay at the training camp a lot: I can’t lose that desire and that hunger, because if you lose it it’s better to stop. The match against United was a pleasure for me. And seeing everyone sad for a draw was a fantastic feeling, because usually a point against them makes the national team happy. I still have too much energy to play one match a month. In the future a World Cup, a European Championship… Why not?”.
