Jose Mourinho: Didier Drogba tells Galatasaray a former coach not racist after charges from the Turkish club | Football news
Didier Drogba defended Jose Mourinho for charges of racism from Galatasaray in a message addressed to his former club.
Galatasaray intends to take a legal lawsuit against Mourinho, the main coach Fenerbahce, after accusing their bench of “jumping like a monkey” on Monday during a fractive match between the rival in the Turkish league.
The tensions were high in accumulation due to the appointment of judges, with the Slovenian official Slavko Vincic He drew a Turkish Football Federation. Mourinho welcomed this move as the vocal critic of the official in Turkey.
Vice President Fenerbahce Acun Ilicali accused Galatasaray of manipulating the situation in the performance Sky Sports NewsWhile the club insists that Mourinho’s words “in no way can be associated with racism.”
Drogba, coached by Mourinho in Chelsea over two spells, sought to intervene in dispute on Thursday, because he wrote a message directly to Galatasaraya supporters – the club he played for in 2013/14.
“I have seen recent comments about Jose Mourinho,” Drogba wrote in a post about social media.
“Believe me when I tell you I have known Jose for 25 years, and he’s not a racist, and history (past and recent) Is there to prove it. How can my” dad “be a racist? Come guys.”
He added, “You know how proud I was to wear a yellow and red jersey and my love for the most disgusting club in Turkey! We all know how to be passionate and heated rivalry, and I was lucky to experience it.”
Former Chelsea teammate, Michael Essien, also brought to Stamford Bridge during Mourinho’s time, shared a picture of him and his former boss in an apparent support exhibition on Thursday.
Essien also shared the old Mourinho video, saying that he considers himself the father of former midfielder Ghana.
What are the accusations of Galatasaray?
Galatasaray says Mourinho “persistently” gave derogatory comments to Turkish people since he became head of Fenerbahce and claimed that his latest comments had escalated into “unambiguously inhuman rhetoric.”
The Galatasaray statement is: “From the beginning of his management duties in Turkey, manager Fenerbahce Jose Mourinho persistently issued derogatory statements directed towards the Turkish people.
“Today, his discourse escalated beyond only immoral comments in the unambiguous inhuman rhetoric.
“This officially declares our intention to initiate criminal proceedings regarding racist statements by Jose Mourinho, and in accordance with this we will file an official complaint with UEFA -II FIFA. ‘ – In response to the humiliating behavior of their manager.’
What did Mourinho say after the game?
Mourinho said at his press conference after the match: “I went to the referee’s locker room after the game. The fourth clerk was there – a Turkish referee – I told him if you were a judge, it would be a disaster.
“If they are [Galatasaray] Really, really good, if they want to be an example ‘We are good, we are strong, we are champions, we want to show how good we are’, they should ask for foreign judges in every match.
“But when the judges are foreign, Uefa Cup – go home, against us at home – one shot on the target. But if they are good and they believe in themselves and in their power, they should ask the Federation.
“We thank the judge, for after a big dive in the first minute and their bench jumps like a monkey on the top of the baby, with a Turkish judge, the baby would have a yellow card after one minute, and after five minutes I would have to change.
Vincic showed seven yellow tickets during the match and had to temporarily suspend the game after the flash threw in the stands.
How did Fenerbahce answer?
Fenerbahce announced his statement on Tuesday, where the club accused Galatasaray of “malicious” with the intention of portraying Mourinho as racist.
“This statement has become needed regarding the topic that was on the agenda after the match played between our football team and Galatasaraya,” the statement said.
“The statement of our technical director Jose Mourinho after the match was completely taken out of context and tried to intentionally distort.
“As any reasonable person can see and understand; these statements used by Jose Mourinho to describe the excessive reaction of the technical staff of the opponent’s team on the referee’s decisions during the match cannot be related to racism in any way.
“Trying to show this statement as a racist is a completely malicious approach.
“We would like to inform the public that we will use our legal rights regarding this pathetic defamation that was made to get the competition off the field, change the agenda and manipulated it.”
