Mourinho gets four match ban

also gets fine of 1.6 million Turkish Lira

The Turkish Football Federation, TFF, on Thursday banned Portuguese tactician, Jose Mourinho.

The Fenerbahce manager Jose Mourinho was banned for four games and fined a total of £35,194 for comments made after Monday’s game with local rivals Galatasaray.

Recall that DDM Sport Central had earlier brought you the report of how Galatasaray FC had accused Mourinho of making racist comments after the Istanbul derby.

Both teams had requested a foreign official to take charge of the fixture and the request granted.

Slovanian referee Slavko Vincic had to officiate the game which ended in a stalemate.

But the fourth official was Turkish and Mourinho repeated his criticism of Turkish referees during his post-match news conference.

Fenerbache on Tuesday released a statement saying Mourinho’s comments had been taken “completely out of context”.

The 62 year old Portuguese coach, said that he went to the referee’s dressing room after Monday’s game, to tell the fourth official that the match would have been a disaster if he (the fourth official) had been the centre referee of the game.
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On Thursday, the Turkish Football Federation confirmed it would sanction Mourinho, external for two separate disciplinary matters.

The TFF said it would penalise him for “his derogatory and offensive statements towards the Turkish referee” and because he “accused Turkish football of chaos and disorder with insulting and offensive statements towards both the Turkish football community and all Turkish referees”.

The former Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham boss has been banned from the dressing room and dugout for two games and fined 117,000 Turkish lira (£2,543).

Mourinho has also received another two-match ban for “an act against sportsmanship” during his post-match news conference and been fined 1.6 million Turkish Lira (£32,651).

His comments included him saying that the bench of the opposing team (Galatasaray) were jumping like monkeys after what termed ‘the big dive’ in the first minute, saying that a Turkish referee would have issued a yellow card and after five minutes he would have had to substitute the player.

The TFF said the statements used towards the members of the opposing team were contrary to the ethics of sports and the concept of fair play.

They said it also contained expressions that could encourage violence and disorder in sports, and could cause fan incidents.

Fenerbahce officials confirmed to the BBC on Thursday that the club will appeal the penalties given to Mourinho.

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