Mourinho just arrived, but already faces complaint at Benfica | OneFootball

The APAF has filed a complaint against José Mourinho, following the coach's statements of Benfica, against the refereeing team, at the end of the match against Rio Ave. The eagles had a goal disallowed in the first round match of the Liga Portugal Betclic, which ended in a one-all draw.

, José Mourinho took several swipes at the referees: "We score a goal that is invalidated because one little finger steps on another, I don't like this football but, if it's the new football, we have to accept it as such".

"The protagonist of the game ended up being the gentleman who was in the City of Football calling the referee to see what we saw and then the referee not having personality, which they usually don't have", were some of the phrases uttered by José Mourinho, which showed the Portuguese coach's displeasure with the refereeing team of Benfica - Rio Ave.

The statements did not go down well within the Portuguese Association of Professional Referees, and even prompted a complaint from this institution, against José Mourinho, to the Disciplinary Council of the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF), in a news story that was advanced by Antena 1, and meanwhile confirmed by the newspaper A Bola.

Rio Ave - made his debut refereeing games of the Club of Light. In the city of football, responsible for the VAR, was Pedro Ferreira, who made the decision to call the main judge to the monitor, at the Stadium of Light, to disallow the goal of António Silva, which ended up happening.

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