Jose Mourinho claims UEFA 'mistreated' him after X-rated Anthony Taylor incident

Jose Mourinho believes that he is a victim of unfair punishment from officials in European competitions due to his past misdemeanours.

was after his Fenerbahce side were denied a penalty during against in the . He was by referee Clement Turpin for his protest after Bright Osayi-Samuel went down in the box under a challenge from Manuel Ugarte.

The Portuguese boss was in a sarcastic mood after the match, congratulating “absolutely incredible” Turpin for spotting his behaviour on the touchline despite the match going “100 miles per hour”. He then suggested he should playing at a lower level, so as to get away from UEFA officials.

Mourinho has now suggested that UEFA hold a grudge against him for in the aftermath of Roma’s defeat by Sevilla in the Europa League final in June 2023. He was fuming with referee Anthony Taylor’s performance in Budapest, to label him a “f***ing disgrace” – an incident which earned him a four-match ban.

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Speaking to , Mourinho said: “I am in trouble in Europe, I am in trouble. I lost a final in a way that I still don’t accept. And since then, I feel it. We were knocked out by Lille from the with a VAR penalty in minute 94 that only the VAR saw.

“I know that it’s a battle that I can never win, but I feel that it isn’t fair in the sense that, in football, when you have to be punished, you are punished, but then after you are punished it’s a clean sheet, start from zero. But it didn’t start.

“I deserve to be like anybody else. I don’t want special treatment. I want to have an honest treatment, just that. So if I do something wrong, punish, and I pay for the punishment. If you do nothing wrong, leave me in peace. It’s getting difficult since that Budapest final.”

about managing a lower-level club to escape the officials he believes are against him. "I made a joke," he said. "I'm never going to a team fighting relegation. I will never go. I get upset, and I'm not in the period of my career to get upset.

“I'm in the period of my career to be happy all the time and at this moment playing in European competitions, I am getting upset all the time. But I'm not going to fight relegation. It's too hard! Honestly, I believe that has to be the hardest thing. It's more difficult than playing for titles. It has to be very hard emotionally, because it's something that changes lives. I think it's brave guys that do it."

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