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The Portuguese José Mourinho, current coach of Fenerbahçe
Mourinho said the galatasaray bank “jumped like monkeys.” This was the drop of water for the Turks, which say they feel disrespected since the Portuguese arrived in the country. Drogba guarantees that the “father” is not racist.
José Mourinho It is under the fire in Türkiye again. In November, the Portuguese coach was fined suspended for saying that the referees harmed him and felt that he was fighting “the system”.
The coach of Fenerbahce has since been successively accused of having a racist speech against the Turksnamely referees and soccer league.
The most recent case happened this Monday, after the draw without goals, between Fenerbahçe and the rival Galatasarayarbitrated, curiously, by a foreigner (Slavko Vinčićfrom Slovenia)
At the press conference, Mourinho praised Slavko Vinčić for a “top performance”, and said that I preferred to always have foreign referees instead of Turks.
This is because, at the end of the game, Mourinho went to greet Vinčić; And when he approached the (Turkish) room told him: “If you were the referee, it would be a disaster”.
Justifying these words, the Portuguese exemplified that when the referee made a right decision, “The galatasaray bank jumped like monkeys”.
Following these statements, Galatasaray filed a complaint against Mourinho for racism – not specifically the expression “monkeys”, but for “Constant pattern of derogatory terms when it refers to the Turkish people”.
Fenerbahçe rival justified the complaint, arguing that Monday’s speech “surpassed mere immoral comments.”
📌 Club Statement from Galatasaray SK
Since the commencement of his managerial duties in Türkiye, Fenerbahçe manager Jose Mourinho has persistently issued derogatory statements directed towards the Turkish people. Today, his discourse has escalated beyond merely immoral comments…
– Galatasaray en (@galatasaray)
Mourinho returns in April
Following these events, Mourinho was punished for four games by the Turkish Sports Committee (two for the statements about Galatasaray and two others by the incident with the fourth-referee); And you can only be in the bank again in mid -April.
Galatasaray stated that it would also file a complaint to FIFA and UEFA to accuse Mourinho of persistently “derogatory statements aimed at the Turkish people.”
O Fenerbahce Rejeitou The accusations, saying that Mourinho’s comments were “deliberately taken from context and misleadingly distorted.”
“Mourinho only intended to describe the excessive reaction of the defendant club’s technical team to the referee’s decisions during the game. These observations cannot, in any case, be associated with racism, ”wrote the club on social networks.
Former players defend Mourinho
In recent days there have been several players and former Mourinho players who came to public defend their coach.
The main highlight is the ídoy is the Gillar Digoba. In a publication on the social network X, the former Costa-Marfinense internouncement defended his “pai”.
“They know the pride I felt for wearing the yellow and red nightgown [Galatasaray] And my love for the club with the most titles in Turkey. I saw the recent comments about José Mourinho. Believe me when I say that I have known José for 25 years and that He is not racist“Said Drogba, who was one of Mourinho’s most important players in Chelsea.
“The story (past and recent) is there to prove it. Let us focus on our games, support our brilliant lions and win the league to get closer to the five stars. How could my ‘father’ be racist? Come on… ”, asked the old striker.
Dear
You know how proud I was to wear the yellow and red jersey and my love for the most decorated club in Turkey!!
We all know how passionate and heated rivalries can be, and I’ve been lucky enough to experience it.
Ive seen the recent comments about Jose…
— Didier Drogba (@didierdrogba)
Michael Essien, who Mourinho took to Chelsea and Real Madridit was another of the players defending the Portuguese coach, with a simple photo that also includes Didier Drogba.
