Mourinho loses Madrid derby and blasts the referee: He's mediocre | OneFootball

José Mourinho, who left Benfica to take charge of Real Madrid, lost his first Madrid derby since returning to Spain and did not hold back in his criticism of the refereeing team after the defeat to Atlético Madrid. At the end of the match at the Metropolitano, the Portuguese manager pointed the finger at Ortiz Arias, the main referee, and Trujillo, who was in charge of VAR.

Right at the start of the press conference, Mourinho appeared with a sheet of paper in his hand, on which he had marked the two incidents where he believes Romero and Kang-In Lee should have been sent off: “We can skip the whole press conference, because the whole story of the game is here,” he began, while showing the document to journalists.

The Portuguese manager also criticized the choice of refereeing team and questioned Ortiz Arias’s experience to officiate a derby of this magnitude: “The ones who should be happy, besides Atlético, are the Appointments Committee. It was all very strange. A week earlier, it was already known who the referee would be, when normally that is only known 24 hours beforehand,” he said.

Mourinho continued his criticism, this time aimed directly at the main referee: “The referee did not have the experience to officiate a derby. He is 41 years old. He is a mediocre referee who has only officiated matches of little importance. Congratulations to the refereeing committee for this appointment,” he said sarcastically.

The accusations then extended to Trujillo, who was in charge of VAR, with Mourinho recalling previous episodes involving Real Madrid: “But Mr. Trujillo (VAR) does, in fact, have a history with Real Madrid. In the Cup, in Girona, in Osasuna. He is a VAR referee with a long track record,” he said.

Mourinho also took the opportunity to recall other recent episodes in Spanish football that, in his opinion, raised doubts about refereeing: “Things happen in this stadium that are not normal. The goal disallowed against Osasuna is a joke, what happened in San Sebastián... LaLiga is still the same as the one I left behind. We will fight. My boys are leaving sad,” the Portuguese manager concluded.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.