Fenerbahce manager Jose Mourinho was given a four-match ban and fined by the Turkish Football Federation following his comments about Turkish referees after a match at Galatasaray. (More Football News)
The Turkish federation on Thursday fined the 62-year-old Portuguese coach 1.6 million Turkish lira ($44,000) after he criticized the match officials in a media conference following a 0-0 Super Lig draw on Monday.
Mourinho served one of his suspended four games on Thursday when he was absent from the bench for Fenerbahce바카라s 4-1 Turkish Cup win at Gaziantep.
Britain바카라s Sky Sports News said Fenerbahce had appealed the four-game ban. It means that if Fenerbahce바카라s appeal is unsuccessful, he will miss their next three domestic games.
In his post-match interview on Monday, Mourinho welcomed the decision to bring in a foreign referee for the game and also praised Slavko Vincic of Slovenia for a 바카라top performance.바카라
Mourinho said he바카라d gone to see the referee and thank him following the game. When he saw the fourth official 바카라 a Turkish referee 바카라 Mourinho said he told him: 바카라If you are the referee ... would be a disaster.바카라
Asked about a challenge early in the match, he said a Turkish referee would have reacted with a yellow card 바카라after the big dive and their bench jumping around like monkeys.바카라
The Turkish federation said the ban and fine were instituted due to 바카라derogatory and offensive statements towards the Turkish referee바카라 and accusations of chaos and disorder in Turkish football.
It said Mourinho바카라s remarks violated sports ethics, promoted violence and disorder and could incite fan incidents.
Fenerbahce issued a statement on Tuesday defending Mourinho, saying his comments were taken out of context and deliberately distorted.
Former Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur manager Mourinho has previously been fined and suspended for his comments about Turkish match officials.
On Wednesday, former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba supported his former coach and said Mourinho 바카라is not a racist and history is there to prove it.바카라
