“The VAR referee will eat his meal calmly, but we lost our dreams.” Jose Mourinho slams the officials following his team’s 2:0 victory over Rangers

Posted on March 15, 2025 by admin

Fenerbahçe manager José Mourinho reacts after his team won 2-0 at Rangers but lost in a penalty shootout: “If we’re going to be eliminated, we’d rather be eliminated this way. We were not eliminated without feeling the same pride in Europe as the other teams.

“I leave the commentary for this match to the experts who killed us in the first leg. I hope they will give an honest commentary for this match as well. I am proud of my team.

“This club can play in the European finals. I did it with Porto. For Turkish teams, let alone winning a trophy, even the semi-finals are difficult. We definitely deserved to be in the quarter-finals today. We played a great game. It’s not easy to come back from the first game.

“I don’t think the VAR referee will have trouble sleeping tonight. He will eat his meal calmly and have a nice night. Then he will be on duty again in the big match. But we lost our dream today. We were treated unfairly.”