Turkish Football Federation bans Mourinho for Turkiye referee comments

The Turkish Football Federation announced that Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho has been banned from four matches and fined due to his comments after his team, Fenerbahçe, tied with its rival Galatasaray in the Turkish league. Galatasaray accused the Portuguese coach of making “racist comments” after the goalless draw between the two rivals in Istanbul on Monday in the 25th round of the league. Mourinho’s comments included him saying: “After the big dive in the first minute and their bench jumping like monkeys on the top of the kid… with a Turkish referee you would have a yellow card after one minute and after five minutes I would have to change [substitute] him.” He also criticised Turkish referees, who were not […]