Jose Mourinho accused of making ‘racist statements’ by Galatasaray after saying bench jumped ‘like monkeys’

Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho was accused of racism by Turkish side Galatasaray at the end of the derby that was played against Fenerbahce on Monday. While the expected collision between the two Istanbul clubs ended with 0-0, there was a lot of tension around the game between the leaders of the Turkish league, Galatasaray, and the current second, because of what took place in recent weeks. It all went to a different level on Monday, with Mourinho using the word “monkeys” to describe the opponent’s bank.

In recent weeks, Fenerbahce and Mourinho accused the referees and Galatasaray of fraud and corruption in the competition at several times, and that accusation led to the Turkish FA to appoint a foreign referee for the heated derby, which took place with 30,000 police officers ready to intervene The sidelines of the Rams Park, the home stage of Galatasaray.

This is what to know:

What did Mourinho say?

At the end of the game, which fortunately did not need the intervention of the police, Mourinho spoke during the press conference after the game about the behavior of the opposite bank, and also praised the difficult job of the Slovenian referee, Slavko Vincic.

“I went to the changing room of the referees after the game. Of course the fourth official was there, a Turkish referee. I told Vincic:” Thank you [for coming] Here because you come for a big competition and you are responsible for a big competition ‘. And I turned myself to the fourth official and I said, “This match, if you are the referee, this match would be a disaster.”

“I also have to thank the referee, because with a Turkish referee after the big dive in the first minute, their couch jumps like monkeys at the top of the child, with a Turkish referee you would have a yellow card after a minute and after five minutes I would have minutes must change him. “

At the time of the comments, the bank of Galatasaray consisted of several players, with Carlos Cuesta the lonely player who is black.

How the two clubs responded

Galatasaray responded immediately and issued an official statement about their social media channels.

“Since the start of his management duties in Türkiye, Fenerbahçe manager Jose Mourinho has constantly issued derogatory statements aimed at the Turkish people. Nowadays his discourse has been escalated further than just immoral comments in life. Proceedings with regard to racist explanations from Jose Mourinho, and will submit official complaints accordingly to UEFA and FIFA.

“Furthermore, we will diligently observe the attitude of Fenerbahçe – confessing an institution to maintain” exemplary moral values ​​” – to the answer to the reprehensible behavior that their manager shows.”

On Tuesday, the day after the game, Fenerbahce replied:

“We consider it necessary to issue this statement with regard to a matter dominated after the match between our football team and Galatasaray. A comment after the match of our coach, Jose Mourinho, is deliberately entirely out of context and distorted taken and deformed in a misleading way.

“As every reasonable person can clearly recognize, the expression that Jose Mourinho uses was intended exclusively to describe the excessive reaction of the technical staff of the opposite team to the referee’s decisions during the match. These comments can not be under any circumstances associated with racism. perception.