Chelsea legend lays into Benfica mainstay: It really annoyed me | OneFootball

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, a former Chelsea star, strongly criticized José Mourinho, accusing him of “hypocrisy” following the racism case involving Vinícius Júnior in the match between Benfica and Real Madrid. The former striker, who in Portugal played for Campomaiorense and Boavista, recalled the comments made by the coach after the first-leg play-off match.

“I’m saying it was a mistake, but actually it wasn’t really a mistake. If even Mourinho can do that, then it’s an issue of education. What happened there really annoyed me, really annoyed me, and especially against Mourinho, because he said Vinícius shouldn’t have celebrated like that,” he began by saying in an interview with the British newspaper Daily Mail.

The former Dutch international also recalled the Portuguese coach’s own emphatic celebrations throughout his career. “We all know the iconic moments of Mourinho’s celebrations. At Old Trafford, against Manchester United, with Porto, with Chelsea, with Inter Milan at Camp Nou, simply standing there provoking those fans. I loved it when he expressed himself. The fact that he came out publicly and said that really annoyed me. We have to get rid of that from the game. Get it out of the game as quickly as possible,” he criticized.

It is worth remembering that Jimmy had already put the “Special One” under pressure. “But what is he talking about? What a hypocrite. Unbelievable. He should have gone and spoken to his player and asked him directly: ‘What did you say?’ And then, if he says he didn’t make any racist insult, say: ‘Ok, I spoke to the player, and this is what he said. But if there were racist insults, he has to be punished,’” he told the English newspaper The Guardian at the beginning of this month.

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