Jose Mourinho criticised refereeing standards in Turkey and claimed “nobody abroad” wants to watch Turkish football after his side’s victory over Trabzonspor.
Mourinho’s Fenerbahce side scored a late winner through former Manchester United midfielder Sofyan Amrabat to beat Trabonzspor 3-2, but he was left angry by the decision to award Trabzonspor two penalties following VAR checks and also thought his side should have had a spot-kick before Amrabat’s late winner.
After the game, Mourinho told BeIN Sports: “I blame the Fenerbahce people that brought me here. They told me only half of the truth.
“They didn’t tell me the whole truth because if they told me the whole truth, I wouldn’t come.
“But, with half of the truth and my boys, we fight opponents and the system.
“He [the referee] was alert to give the two penalty decisions which the referee didn’t give and then he was having Turkish tea when it was a clear penalty for us and he didn’t give it.”
Mourinho also criticised the Turkish league in his post-match press conference, claiming “nobody abroad” wants to watch it.
“Who wants to watch this Turkish league abroad? They have the Premier League, they have the French league, they have the German league, they have the Portuguese league, they have the Dutch league. Why should they see this?
“It’s too grey. It’s too dark, smells bad. But that’s my job, and I will give everything to my job, to my club.
“I don’t think abroad many people watch the Turkish league. I think in London only my son watches the Turkish league, nobody else.”
