FENERBAHČE won the derby of the 11th round of the Turkish championship away from home against Trabzonspor 3:2 with a goal scored by Sofyan Amrabat in the 12th minute of stoppage time. The coach of the winning team, Jose Mourinho, wildly celebrated the victory in the match with numerous twists and turns, five goals, 19 corners, and as many as 34 shots at the opponent's goal. After that, he criticized some things in Turkish football.
Let us remind you that the visitors took the lead in the 42nd minute with a goal by Fred, but Trabzonspor turned the score around at the beginning of the second half with goals from Simon Banza from the penalty spot (59th, 67th). Edin Džeko equalized in the 75th minute, and Sofyan Amrabat brought victory to the guests in the 12th minute of stoppage time.
It's worse than they told me"
"The main man of the match was Atilla Karaoglan (VAR referee, op. a.). The invisible man. The main referee is just a child. Atilla Karaoglan is the man of the match. We don't want to see him in our matches anymore. We don't want him as a VAR referee. A lot that's what I was told before I came here. I didn't believe it, but now I see that it's even worse than what they told me," Mourinho said after the game, adding:
"We are playing against the system. I speak for all Fenerbahce fans when I say this. That's why we celebrated the victory like this. Before I came here, they told me half the story. If they had told me the whole story, I wouldn't have come."
"I started watching the Turkish league to get to know my team"
His criticisms were followed up by the world media today. The video from the press conference after the match reveals what he really thinks about the Turkish championship.
"I didn't watch Turkish football before I arrived, because nobody wants to watch it. Who outside of Turkey wants to watch it? There's the Premier League, the French league, the German league, the Portuguese league, the Dutch league. Why would anyone watch this?" he said and added:
"I started watching it when I was invited to Turkey. And that was because of the perspective, to meet my future players. My focus was not on the matches, but on getting to know them. I also met some other big Turkish clubs, but I couldn't believe what that's all. Too dark. It stinks."
Post on Instagram
On his profile on Instagram, Mourinho also published the moment at the end of the game when the penalty kick was not played for his team. He called it the biggest scandal at the match and explained why he published it.
"Like I said, many people abroad don't follow the Turkish league. I think my son is the only one who watches it in London. Nobody else. That's why I posted a video on Instagram, which has, I think, more than five million followers. So everyone can see what is the Turkish league like," he concluded.