AS Roma coach, Jose Mourinho yesterday after losing the Europa cup final to Sevilla 4-1 on penalties confronted English referee, Anthony Taylor in a car park and branded him a “f—ing disgrace” when players and match officials were set to leave for their hotels.
Mourinho was seen in a clip shared by Sportitalia lambasting the referee for his “bulls—” decisions as Taylor tried to leave the Puskas Arena in Budapest.
Roma felt that Referee Taylor was particular;y too harsh with his players and by so doing mounted undue pressure on them.
Roma lost 4-1 on penalties but Mourinho was especially unhappy about the number of cards Taylor issued in the game – 14, a record for a European final.
After accusing Taylor of “seeming Spanish”, the Roma manager can be seen in the video approaching the match officials’ minibus and shouting “F—ing disgrace man, it’s a f—ing disgrace” before then switching to Italian to further berate Taylor.
Mourinho was booked towards the end of extra time and later accused Taylor of “seeming Spanish”.
“Next year we won’t be playing the Champions League and that’s a good thing because we’re not made for it,” Mourinho told reporters.
“And let’s hope that Taylor only officiates games in the Champions League and does the same bull— there that he did tonight, and not in the Europa League.”
“It was an intense, vibrant game with a referee who seemed Spanish. It was yellow, yellow, yellow all the time.”
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