Atlético hit back at Mourinho after derby: “Stop hounding referees now” | OneFootball

Atlético de Madrid responded forcefully to José Mourinho’s and Real Madrid’s complaints about the refereeing decisions in the derby. The red-and-white side used its social media accounts to post several messages aimed at the Portuguese coach and to question the narrative coming from the white club.

The response came a day after Atlético’s 2-1 win over Real Madrid, a match in which Mourinho called for Cristian ‘Cuti’ Romero and Kang-in Lee to be sent off for two incidents that took place in the first half.

Atlético used Mourinho’s own images

Mourinho appeared at the post-match press conference with two printed photographs of the incidents that, in his view, should have resulted in red cards.

“We could skip the press conference. The story of the match is here,” said the coach as he showed the images of the challenges on Bellingham and Valverde.

“They are two clear red cards,” he added.

The Portuguese coach believed those send-offs would have completely changed the course of the match.

“Given the difficulties we had with eleven against ten, we can imagine what 50 minutes of our eleven against their nine would have been like,” he said.

“Stop referee harassment now”

Atlético responded this Monday with a video posted on its social media.

In the footage, a printer is seen producing a photograph of Mourinho during his press conference. Beneath the image appears, in Atlético’s red-and-white colors, the message:

“Stop referee harassment now”.

In this way, the club made a direct reference to Real Madrid’s constant complaints about refereeing.

Three posts to respond to Madrid

Atlético published a total of three messages related to the controversy.

In the last of them, the club wrote:

“This year they have a new challenge. Three weeks without league football. This season they’re starting very early.”

The post was accompanied by an image of a triangle made up of three gears and the phrase “machinery in on mode”.

The messages came amid an atmosphere of maximum tension between the two clubs after a derby marked by refereeing complaints and the subsequent public debate over the decisions of Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias.

Atlético, this time through its own social media channels, decided to respond directly to the narrative of Mourinho and Real Madrid.

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